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`The present invention relates to a system for monitoring health, wellness and fitness, and in
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`self-help books, alternative therapies, and most recently, a plethora of health information web sites
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`healthy. Each of these attempts, however, addresses only part of the needs of individuals seeking a
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`healthier lifestyle and ignores many of the real barriers that most individuals face when trying to
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`or herself to find motivation, to implement a plan for achieving a healthier lifestyle, to monitor
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`progress, and to brainstorm solutions when problems arise; the fact that existing programs are
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`directed to only certain aspects of a healthier lifestyle, and rarely come as a complete package; and
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`the fact that recommendations are often not targeted to the unique characteristics ofthe individual or
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`An apparatus for monitoring human status parameters is disclosed which includes at least
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`two sensors adapted to be worn on an individual’s body. At least one of the sensors is a
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`physiological sensor selected from the group consisting of respiration sensors, temperature
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`individual, wherein the first parameter is a physiological parameter. The apparatus also includes
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`the data indicative of a first parameter and a second parameter, wherein the derived data
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`comprises a third parameter of the individual. The third parameter is an individual status
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`disclosed that includes at least two sensors adapted to be worn on an individual’s body selected
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`from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, wherein at least one
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`first parameter is physiological. The apparatus also includes a processor for receiving at least a
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`portion of the data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter, the processor
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`being adapted to generate derived data from the data indicative of at least a first parameter and a
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`the group consisting of ovulation state, sleep state, calories burned, basal metabolic rate, basal
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`temperature, physical activity level, stress level, relaxation level, oxygen consumption rate, rise
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`time, time in zone, recovery time, and nutrition activity. The third parameter is an individual
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`status parameter that cannot be directly detected by any of the at least two sensors.
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`supports the sensors or wherein at least one of the sensors is separately located from the housing.
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`The apparatus may further include a flexible body supporting the housing having first and
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`second members that are adapted to wrap around a portion of the individual’s body. The flexible
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`body may support one or more of the sensors. The apparatus may further include wrapping
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`means coupled to the housing for maintaining contact between the housing and the individual’s
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`body, and the wrapping means may support one or more of the sensors.
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`Either embodiment of the apparatus may further include a central monitoring unit remote
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`from the at least two sensors that includes a data storage device. The data storage device
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`receives the derived data from the processor and retrievably stores the derived data therein. The
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`apparatus also includes means for transmitting information based on the derived data from the
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`central monitoring unit to a recipient, which recipient may include the individual or a third party
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`authorized by the individual. The processor may be supported by a housing adapted to be worn
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`on the individual’s body, or alternatively may be part of the central monitoring unit.
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`The apparatus may be further adapted to obtain life activities data of the individual,
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`wherein the information transmitted from the central monitoring unit is also based on the life
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`activities data. The central monitoring unit may also be adapted to generate and provide
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`feedback relating to the degree to which the individual has followed a suggested routine. The
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`feedback may be generated from at least a portion of at least one of the data indicative of at least
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`a first parameter and a second parameter, the derived data and the life activities data. The central
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`monitoring unit may also be adapted to generate and provide feedback to a recipient relating to
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`management of an aspect of at least one of the individual’s health and lifestyle. This feedback
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`may be generated from at least one of the data indicative of a first parameter, the data indicative
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`of the following detailed description of the present invention, taken in conjunction with the
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`following drawings, in which like reference characters refer to like parts, and in which:
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`Fig. 1 is a diagram of an embodiment of a system for monitoring physiological data
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`and lifestyle over an electronic network according to the present invention;
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`Fig. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the sensor device shown in Fig. 1;
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`Fig. 5 is a representation of a preferred embodiment of the Health Manager web page
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`Fig. 6 is a representation of a preferred embodiment of the nutrition web page
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`Fig. 10 is a representation of a preferred embodiment of the daily activities web page
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`lifestyle and certain contextual parameters of an individual is collected and transmitted, either
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`later manipulation and presentation to a recipient, preferably over an_electronic network such as the
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`device 10 is preferably worn by an individual user on his or her body, for example as part of a
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`sensors of sensor device 10 are separated from the individual’s body by a material or the like, or a
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