Patents by Inventor Tina M. Herron

Tina M. Herron has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150025809
    Abstract: A method, including: determining steady state values for daily caloric parameters that conform a person to weight management goal, the daily caloric parameters including a daily base metabolic rate (BMR) and a target offset from a daily total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), wherein the TDEE includes the BMR; determining an intake shortfall for a plurality of days between actual daily offsets and the steady state target offset; making a recommendation including food to be consumed to reduce the shortfall, the recommendation effective to account for a transient change in a hunger response resulting from the consumption of the recommended food; causing consumption on an up adjustment day; and determining transient values for at least one of the daily caloric parameters to be used subsequent to the consumption on the up-adjustment day effective to bring an average of the actual daily offsets closer to the steady state target offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Tina M. Herron, Patrick D. Herron
  • Publication number: 20140072936
    Abstract: A method, including: tracking a quantity of an item consumed and when the consumption occurs; tracking if an effect was felt and a magnitude of the effect felt; selecting an item of interest; displaying in graphical form the quantity of the item of interest consumed and when the consumption of the item of interest occurred; displaying in graphical form when the effect was felt and the magnitude of the effect felt; and determining if a relationship can be drawn between the display of the quantity of the item of interest consumed and when the consumption of the item of interest occurred and the display of the magnitude of the effect felt and when the effect was felt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Patrick D. Herron, Tina M. Herron
  • Publication number: 20140072935
    Abstract: A method, including: selecting at least one favored food item; determining a target caloric intake for a period, determining an amount of calories desired for a caloric up-adjustment, wherein the up-adjustment reduces any caloric intake shortfall from the target caloric intake for the period; and making at least one food recommendation including a number of servings of one favored food item or any combination of more than one favored food item. A total caloric impact of the recommendation includes a caloric content of the recommended food plus an allotment for an expected transient increase in caloric intake necessary to reach a same level of satiety during a subsequent transient increase in appetite. The food recommendation is selected to be a food recommendation including a total caloric impact that best matches the desired up-adjustment calories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Tina M. Herron, Patrick D. Herron