Patent ID: 8758019

Claim:
A multimedia system based on gaming experiences for providing a user with self-improvement guidance in health, education, or safety to achieve a specific predetermined goal, the multimedia system includes computer instructions embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium to be executed by a processor, the computer instructions comprising: a) an educating portion for communicating content material related to the self-improvement guidance; b) a monitoring portion for improving and tracking specific self-improvement behaviors identified by the user, the user inputting into the monitoring portion the user's physiological characteristics, selected from a set of standard wellness measures; c) an alerting portion for alerting the user to potential health dangers revealed by the monitoring portion; d) a gaming portion for improving and testing the user's knowledge of the content material, in which the user's responses to game steps must indicate understanding and assimilation of the information covered by a particular topic before proceeding to additional topics, said topics being selected by said multimedia system in order for said user to achieve said specific predetermined goal, a format of the gaming portion being selected to reflect the user's demographics, based upon a matching algorithm, which matches a profile of the user with available game formats; e) an interactive portion for providing help information to the user; and f) an information recording portion for recording the user's interaction with the system; whereby said multimedia system creates an entertaining environment in which predetermined goals can be achieved; g) further including the step of inputting to the monitoring portion: 1) prescription information; 2) each dose of medication the user has taken; and 3) the effects of the dose on the user's: a) levels of pre-defined bodily fluids or b) measurements of pre-defined bodily functions; h) said self-improvement behaviors further comprise compliance with a medication regime.