Patent ID: 8630872

Claim:
A method for health management, the method comprising: receiving health data from a first user, wherein the first user is a part of a community of users within a social network; and executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor: recommends a health action to the first user based on the received health data, increments a score associated with the first user in response to receiving confirmation that the recommended health action was at least partially completed by the first user, decrements a score associated with the first user in response to not receiving confirmation that the recommended health action was at least partially completed by the user after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, calculates a numerical level value associated with the first user based on the score, displays the score, numerical level value, and recommended health action associated with the first user through a social network user interface, the score, numerical level value, and recommended health action being viewable through the social network user interface by a second user in the social network, receives feedback from the second user regarding the score, numerical level value, and recommended health action associated with the first user, the feedback received through comment fields and like buttons within the social network user interface, and displays the feedback from the second user to the first user through the social network user interface.