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US 2004/0006494 A1Published application
Systems and methods for a consumer to determine food/medicine interactions
OwnerEllen R. Badinelliinventor
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to systems and methods for detecting harmful and/or hazardous ingredients that may cause an allergic reaction, interfere with the effectiveness of a prescription drug, exacerbate symptoms associated with a chronic illness, and/or cause another undesired reaction.
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A system for detecting the presence of an unwanted ingredient in a product, comprising:
- a scanner for scanning indicia associated with the product and capturing product information, which product information includes a product identifier;
- a mechanism receiving the product information for obtaining, from a product database, data identifying each ingredient associated with the product identified by the product identifier;
- a mechanism for obtaining, from a user database, each unwanted ingredient associated with a particular person;
- a mechanism receiving each ingredient associated with the product identified by the product identifier and each unwanted ingredient associated with the particular person for determining if any ingredient associated with the product identified by the product identifier is also an unwanted ingredient associated with the particular person;
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- a mechanism for indicating if it is determined that any ingredient associated with the product identified by the product identifier is also an unwanted ingredient associated with the particular person.
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A system for detecting the presence of an unwanted ingredient in a product, comprising:
- a scanner for scanning indicia associated with the product and capturing product information, which product information includes each ingredient associated with the product;
- a mechanism for obtaining, from a user database, each unwanted ingredient associated with a particular person;
- a mechanism receiving the product information and each unwanted ingredient associated with the particular person for determining if any ingredient associated with the product is also an unwanted ingredient associated with the particular person;
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- a mechanism for indicating if it is determined that any ingredient associated with the product is also an unwanted ingredient associated with the particular person.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.