Patent ID: 7835230

Claim:
A system for managing a feeding of an infant, comprising: a clock circuit that keeps time; a memory for storing a feeding time interval; interface means for obtaining a start time; a module operatively connected to the interface means and the memory and configured to calculate a first feeding alert time as being equal to the start time plus the feeding time interval; alarm-setting means for automatically advancing a next feeding alert time to a time after the first feeding alert time that is equal to the feeding time interval plus a time elapsed by the clock circuit between the first feeding alert time and a next start time obtained through the interface, such that the alarm-setting means varies the interval between successive feeding alert times to reflect actual feeding of the infant and thereby maintains a constant interval between actual infant feeding start times and feeding alert times; and alert means for producing a feeding alert in response to at least one of the first feeding alert time and the next feeding alert time being reached by the clock circuit.