Ari Ian Blumofe

20120045538, Feb 23, 2012

Aug 23, 2010

12/806795

Ari Blumofe - Lincolnwood IL, US

A23L 1/30

426 2

The invention provides a method of improving the ingestion of nutrients. The method involves ingesting nutrients in two different forms. At least one form may be a solid and one form may be a liquid form. At least one of the solid and liquid forms contains a nutrient team that increases the absorption of nutrients. At least one of the solid and liquid forms contains a bully that is separated from nutrients in the other form and thereby prevents the bully from impairing nutrient absorption. By properly teaming up and separating nutrients, greater absorption of nutrients can be achieved with lower dosages, following the physiological rules regarding vitamin pairs and teams; necessary for nutrient absorption or usage. This is especially the case where lowering the dosage of calcium allows many other nutrients to be absorbed at much higher levels. The solid form can be tasty and satiating encouraging proper diet and weight loss, without any stigma for using “special” products, for special diets; or contain condition specific (and/or age or other specificity based criteria) based special nutrients and nutrition. The liquid can be tasty and voluminous enough to help satisfy one's fluid intake requirements.

20010025260, Sep 27, 2001

Feb 19, 2001

09/788688

Ari Blumofe - Chicago IL, US

G06F017/60

705/027000, 705/026000

Subscriptions to periodicals are arranged for via a communications network, such as the Internet, wireless or cellular links, satellites or a cable/DSL link, using a subscriber terminal. A selected periodical is downloaded via the Internet to the subscriber's terminal with the contents presented on a video display. An authorization code may be assigned to the subscriber terminal, the individual subscriber, or to both, with the code, or codes, verification by an authorizing authority prior to downloading of the requested subscription materials. The terminal is of the interactive type allowing the subscriber to select a specific periodical from a list of available periodicals, perform a word search covering one or more periodicals for a specific subject matter, change the subscription from one to another periodical on a daily, weekly, monthly, etc., basis, or even several times in one day on a real time basis. The subscriber pays a fee to the authorizing authority and receives credit units in accordance with the amount paid or the subscriber's account may be debited. These credit units may be used by the subscriber as desired until the units are used up. Each time a periodical is downloaded to the subscribe's terminal, the subscriber's account is debited. The authorizing authority maintains an account for each subscriber, periodically informing each subscriber of the number of credit units available as well as when the credit units are about to be used up.