Method, generator device, computer program product and system for generating medical advice

A computer system for generating personalized medical advice regarding an eating behaviour for a person seeking answers to the eating behaviour through an Internet portal, the computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-readable code executable by the processor to cause the computer system to:
• request, through the Internet portal, personal data from a person who has logged onto the Internet portal by way of an input unit, the personal data including the person's current emotional state of mind, wherein the request comprises a request for the person to indicate the person's current emotional state by means of an onscreen emotional meter having a range scale;
• register the personal data in a first electronic storage whenever the personal data is entered by the person;
• receive an eating behaviour query from the person by means of the Internet portal;
• search a second electronic storage containing health-related data using the query, in order to retrieve a matching response based on a weighted and normalized n-gram similarity function;
• modify the matching response using the personal data as well as a person's history of interaction with the computer system to generate a modified matching response;
• and
• provide to the person, the personalized medical advice regarding the eating behaviour, based on the modified matching-response, via the Internet portal, for display on a display associated with the input unit.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for generating personalized medical advice regarding an eating behaviour for a person seeking answers to the eating behaviour through an Internet portal, the medium containing computer-readable code executable by a processor to cause a computer system to:

• request, through the Internet portal, personal data from a person who has logged onto the Internet portal by way of an input unit, the personal data including the person's current emotional state of mind, wherein the request comprises a request for the person to indicate the person's current emotional state by means of an onscreen emotional meter having a range scale;
• register the personal data in a first electronic storage whenever the personal data is entered by the person;
• receive an eating behaviour query from the person by means of the Internet portal;
• search a second electronic storage containing health-related data using the query, in order to retrieve a matching response based on a weighted and normalized n-gram similarity function;
• modify the matching response using the personal data as well as a person's history of interaction with the computer system to generate a modified matching response;
• and
• provide to the person, the personalized medical advice regarding the eating behaviour, based on the modified matching-response, via the Internet portal, for display on a display associated with the input unit.