Systems and methods for providing animal health, nutrition, and/or wellness recommendations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016012748-A1
Application number	US-201514793304-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 7, 2015
Priority date	Jul 8, 2014
Publication date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for preparing nutrition, health, and/or wellness recommendations for an animal. The systems and methods involve collecting data from the animal, analyzing the data, and providing the nutrition, health, and/or wellness recommendation based upon the analyzed data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of preparing a nutrition, health, and/or wellness recommendation for an animal, the method comprising:
collecting data on one or more of a health, diet, behavior, and environmental parameter of the animal; analyzing the data; and providing the nutrition, health, and/or wellness recommendation based upon the analyzed data.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the recommendation is one or more of a changes in environment; initiating, limiting, or increasing an exercise protocol; administration or cessation of vitamins, supplements, or medication; initiating or modifying a training protocol; a nutritional/feeding change; a veterinary visit; and a combination thereof.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the health parameter of the animal is selected from one or more of the animal's age; sex; gender; species or breed; body weight; body mass index (BMI); body composition; body temperature; gait force; reproductive aspects; skin and coat condition; cardiovascular system; gastrointestinal and kidney functions; vision, cognitive health;
and combinations thereof.

4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the diet parameter of the animal is selected from one more of the animal's food and water consumption and amount and time of day thereof; nutritional profile of the food consumed; vitamin, supplement, and/or medication consumption; and
combinations thereof.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the behavior parameter of the animal is selected from one or more of the animal's activity profiles (which includes one or more of calories burned, steps or distance traveled, intensity levels, changes in elevation, and time of day information); elimination activity (which includes one or more of frequency, amount, and time of day information); vocalization; and combinations thereof.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the environmental parameter of the animal is selected from one or more of weather information (which includes one or more of air temperature, humidity, heat index, and precipitation); location coordinates of animal; location coordinates of food/water/waste container/sleeping or resting locations; presence or absence of owner/caretaker at the location; presence or absence of children/elderly at the location; and combinations thereof.

7 . A system for preparing a nutrition, health, and/or wellness recommendation for an animal, the system comprising a mobile module for receiving and analyzing animal data and analysis regarding the same, wherein the mobile module comprises
a settings module configured to receive and store information of a user, a dashboard module configured to provide analytics-generated messages and system information messages to the user, an analytics module configured to provide data stream details to the user based upon data type and animal, and a notifications module configured to provide additional analytics and system information messages to the user.

8 . A computer-implemented method of preparing a nutrition, health, and/or wellness recommendation for an animal in accordance with claim 1 .

9 . A computer program product, existing on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to prepare a nutrition, health, and/or wellness recommendation in accordance with claim 1 .

Assignees

• Nestec Sa

Inventors

• Donavon Mark A

Classifications

• G09B19/0092

  Nutrition · CPC title

• G09B5/02

  with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip · CPC title

• A01K1/00 Primary

  Housing animals; Equipment therefor · CPC title

• G09B19/00 Primary

  Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass (teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26) · CPC title

• G16Z99/00

  Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass · CPC title