Refuse intelligence acquisition system and method for ingestible product preparation system and method

• US 10,026,336 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2011
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Holman, Paul, Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Stephenson, Neal, Young, Christopher Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Goyea, Olusegun
• Application Number:
  US13/373,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,421 Days
• Field of Search: 705 11, 705 5, 705 15, 705 268, 705 271, 705330, 705339, 705500, 705 28, 705 1466, 705 2, 705 3, 705 145, 705 30, 705 265, 705 29, 99321, 99322, 700233, 700236, 700232, 700225, 700231, 222243, 426523, 702101, 702102, 707705, 455 412, 4555521, 4555531, 455 306, 235375, 235383, 715810, 715811, 715822, 725 38, 725 75, 725 76, 382100, 340540
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0078 Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a hot or cooked condition, e.g. popcorn, nuts
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0092 for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/26 for printing, stamping, franking, typing or teleprinting apparatus ticket printing or the like apparatus G07F17/42
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/42 for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/009 User recognition or proximity detection
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/026 for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition

Abstract

Electronically directing control at least in part of acquisition of refuse intelligence including information related to one or more discarded portions of at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products discarded by the particular individual subsequent to ingestion by the particular individual living being of one or more other ingested portions of the at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products within a second vicinity of the electronically outputting of the electronically generated one or more selection menus. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A refuse intelligence system, comprising:

at least one camera component;

at least one weight sensing component;

at least one touch screen component;

at least one information store;

circuitry configured for maintaining, using the at least one information store, at least some refuse intelligence capable of facilitating refuse analysis associated with at least one ingestible product, including at least;

circuitry configured for receiving, at least in part using the at least one touch screen component, an identification of a particular living being;

circuitry configured for outputting, via the at least one touch screen component, one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more ingestible products subject to discard by the particular living being, the one or more selection menus generated based at least in part on at least some data accessible via the at least one information store;

circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard;

circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard;

circuitry configured for acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component;

circuitry configured for displaying, via the at least one touch screen component, at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard based at least in part on the at least one weight of the at least the portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard and based at least in part on at least some financial data related to the at least one ingestible product designated for discard accessible via the at least one information store;

circuitry configured for acquiring at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component; and

circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product;

circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product; and

circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least some information from the updated at least one information store relating to one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring the at least one weight of the at least the portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly based on sensing, via the at least one touch screen component, at least some user input associated with initiating the acquisition of one or more of the at least one weight or the at least one image.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on one or more additional outputted selection menus, at least one tray associated with the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on one or more additional outputted selection menus, at least one tray associated with the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, and

wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component includes at least;

circuitry configured for updating the acquired at least one weight of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product at least partially based on at least one weight of the selected at least one tray associated with the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein circuitry configured for updating the acquired at least one weight of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product at least partially based on at least one weight of the selected at least one tray associated with the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for subtracting the at least one weight of the selected at least one tray associated with the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard from the acquired at least one weight of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partially via electronic image recognition of at least one content of the at least one ingestible product upon the at least one weight sensing component subsequent to the particular living being initiating, at least partially via the at least one touch screen component, the identification.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for providing at least one notification of the selection opportunity to the particular living being at least partially via control of sound emitted by the system.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one weight of other than one or more culinary components of at least one content present on the at least one weight sensing component at least partially via at least one lookup directed to the at least one information store.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one weight of packaging associated with one or more culinary components of at least one content present on the at least one weight sensing component at least partially based on the particular living being initiating one or more of the acquiring at least one weight or at least one image of at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring, upon receiving user input from the particular living being, the at least one weight of the at least the portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more refuse analysis reports, including at least one report regarding at least one amount of spoiled material related to at least one discarded ingestible product, from the updated at least one information store.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more refuse analysis reports, including at least one report regarding at least one weight of spoiled material related to at least one discarded ingestible product, from the updated at least one information store.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more refuse analysis reports, including at least one report regarding at least one weight of improperly prepared material related to at least one discarded ingestible product, from the updated at least one information store.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more refuse analysis reports, including at least one report regarding at least one financial penalty associated with at least one discarded ingestible product, from the updated at least one information store.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct transfer of compensation to the particular living being at least partially based upon at least one amount of discarding of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least some information from the updated at least one information store.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct issuance of one or more penalties to the particular living being based at least partially based upon at least one amount of discarding of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least some information from the updated at least one information store.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to direct adjustment of preparation of one or more culinary products at least partially based on at least some information relating to one or more discarded portions of at least one ingredient of the one or more culinary products at least partially based on at least some information from the updated at least one information store.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more refuse analysis reports, including utilizing at least some refuse intelligence from the updated at least one information store to compare at least some current information regarding at least one portion of at least one discarded ingestible product with refuse intelligence regarding one or more previously discarded portions of the at least one discarded product.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to initiate, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, electronic image recognition at least partially via the at least one camera component of at least one ingestible product designated for discard upon the at least one weight sensing component within a field of view of the at least one camera component, the at least one camera component disposed for capturing one or more images of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard while resting upon the at least one weight sensing component via the at least one camera component being aimed in the direction of the at least one weight sensing component.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store to facilitate generation of one or more subsequent selection menus identifying at least in part one or more refuse analysis reports related to at least one discarded ingestible product from the updated at least one information store.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard to facilitate generation of at least one message related to discarding of the selected at least one ingestible product, the at least one message including at least the stored at least one image from the updated at least one information store.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store to facilitate generation of one or more subsequent selection menus based at least in part on at least some of the acquired refuse intelligence from the updated at least one information store, including at least correlating one or more discarded products discarded by the particular living being and at least some data accessible by the at least one information store related to a prior refuse intelligence acquisition associated with the particular living being.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for directing at least one refuse analysis, the at least one refuse analysis at least partially based on at least some data obtained via at least one chemical sniffer capable of acquiring data relating to the one or more discarded products, the at least some data capable of identifying one or more culinary components of the one or more discarded products discarded by the particular living being.

26. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one network component;

circuitry configured for determining that the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard exceeds at least one weight established for the selected at least one ingestible product allowable for discards at least partially based on the acquired at least one weight; and

circuitry configured for transmitting, at least partially via the at least one network component, at least one message associated with the determining that the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard exceeds at least one weight established for the selected at least one ingestible product allowable for discards, the at least one message including at least one indication of the acquired at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

27. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one network component;

circuitry configured for determining that the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard exceeds at least one value established for the selected at least one ingestible product allowable for discards at least partially based on the acquired at least one weight; and

circuitry configured for transmitting, at least partially via the at least one network component, at least one message associated with the determining that the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard exceeds at least one value established for the selected at least one ingestible product allowable for discards, the at least one message including at least one indication of the acquired at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

28. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one RFID reader; and

wherein circuitry configured for receiving, at least in part using the at least one touch screen component, an identification of a particular living being includes at least;

circuitry configured for determining the identification of the particular living being at least partially via reading a content of at least one RFID tag associated with the particular living being via the at least one RFID reader upon activation by the particular living being of the at least one touch screen component.

29. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one magnetic strip reader; and

wherein circuitry configured for receiving, at least in part using the at least one touch screen component, an identification of a particular living being includes at least;

circuitry configured for determining the identification of the particular living being at least partially via reading a content of at least one magnetic strip of at least one identification card associated with the particular living being via the at least one magnetic strip reader upon activation by the particular living being of the at least one touch screen component.

30. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one bar code reader; and

wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard includes at least;

circuitry configured for determining the identification of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partially via reading a content of at least one bar code associated with the at least one ingestible product designated for discard via the at least one bar code reader upon activation by the particular living being of at least one aspect of the outputted one or more selection menus via the at least one touch screen component.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for outputting, via the at least one touch screen component, one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more ingestible products subject to discard by the particular living being, the one or more selection menus generated based at least in part on at least some data accessible via the at least one information store comprises:

circuitry configured for outputting, via the at least one touch screen component, one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more controlled substance ingestible products subject to discard by the particular living being, the one or more selection menus generated based at least in part on at least some data accessible via the at least one information store.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one controlled substance ingestible product designated for discard.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of at least one controlled substance ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of at least one controlled substance ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one controlled substance ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one controlled substance ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one controlled substance ingestible product.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded controlled substance ingestible product from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including the at least one image of the at least one discarded controlled substance ingestible product.

36. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one networking component;

circuitry configured for transmitting, via the at least one networking component, at least one message readable by at least one authority related to discard of at least one controlled substance ingestible product at least partially based on refuse analysis from the updated at least one information store.

37. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one networking component;

circuitry configured for transmitting, via the at least one networking component, at least one message readable by at least one authority related to discard of at least one controlled substance ingestible product at least partially based on refuse analysis from the updated at least one information store, the at least one message readable by at least one authority including at least one image of the at least one controlled substance ingestible product.

38. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring, using video imaging, one or more acts of disposing of refuse after consumption of the at least one ingestible product; and

circuitry configured for sensing, based at least in part upon the video imaging, that an amount of ingestible product consumed has not changed over successive acts of disposing of refuse even though a makeup of the ingestible product has been modified.

39. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least one image of at least a portion of at least one controlled substance ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component.

40. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for maintaining, using the at least one information store, at least some refuse intelligence capable of facilitating refuse analysis associated with at least one ingestible product and circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion comprise:

circuitry configured for providing a waste audit system.

41. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for displaying, subsequent to receiving a designation of the at least one ingestible product subject to discard responsive to the outputted one or more selection menus, a prompt for the particular living being to initiate, via the at least one touch screen component, one or more of acquiring at least one weight or acquiring at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

42. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring the at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard previous to acquiring the at least one weight of the at least the portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

43. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring the at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard substantially simultaneously with acquiring the at least one weight of the at least the portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

44. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for outputting, via the at least one touch screen component, one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more ingestible products subject to discard by the particular living being, the one or more selection menus generated based at least in part on at least some data accessible via the at least one information store comprises:

circuitry configured for outputting one or more selection menus, the one or more selection menus generated in graphical form based at least in part upon one or more favorite foods associated with the particular living being as observed and recorded in the at least one information store and identifying at least in part one or more ingestible products subject to discard by the particular living being.

45. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for storing, in at least one refuse intelligence database housed by the at least one information store, at least one new database record including at least one reference to (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product.

46. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring one or more of at least one video or at least one photographic image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component.

47. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for transmitting an indication of the one or more selection menus for display by a remotely located display screen, the one or more selection menus associated with remote access of the refuse analysis from the updated at least one information store.

48. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity for the particular living being to identify at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, the at least one reason chosen from at least one listing of reasons including at least spoliation of the at least one ingestible product, temperature of the at least one ingestible product, and improper preparation of the at least one ingestible product.

49. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one manufacture containing the at least one ingestible product designated for discard, the at least one manufacture including at least one of a vial, syringe, or aerosol container containing the at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

50. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard comprises:

circuitry configured for electronically unlocking a lockable portion of at least one manufacture containing the at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

51. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one receptacle configured for receiving the at least one ingestible product, the at least one receptacle upon a sensor portion of the at least one weight sensing component.

52. The system of claim 51, wherein the at least one receptacle configured for receiving the at least one ingestible product, the at least one receptacle upon a sensor portion of the at least one weight sensing component:

at least one receptacle configured for receiving the at least one ingestible product, the at least one receptacle upon a sensor portion of the at least one weight sensing component, the at least one weight sensing component configured for resting on a floor, the at least one touch screen component mountable to a surface above the at least one receptacle and operably coupled to the at least one weight sensing component.

53. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one bar code reader; and

wherein circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard includes at least;

circuitry configured for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to initiate scanning by the at least one bar code reader of at least one barcode affixed to one or manufactures containing the at least one ingestible product designated for discard.

54. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least some information from the updated at least one information store relating to one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least one image of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store.

55. The system of claim 54, wherein circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least one image of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store comprises:

circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on recognition of at least a portion of at least one discarded ingestible product portion via a recognition application applied to the at least one image of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store.

56. The system of claim 54, wherein circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least one image of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store comprises:

circuitry configured for directing adjustment, via at least one scheduling application, of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least one image of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store.

57. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least some information from the updated at least one information store relating to one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least one weight of one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products as determined from the updated at least one information store.

58. The system of claim 57, wherein circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least one weight of one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products as determined from the updated at least one information store comprises:

circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on recognition of at least one weight of one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products as determined by at least one weight recognition application.

59. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least some information from the updated at least one information store relating to one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least one time of day of discard of one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products as determined from the updated at least one information store.

23. A method for a refuse intelligence system, comprising:

providing a refuse intelligence system, including at least;

at least one camera component;

at least one weight sensing component;

at least one touch screen component; and

at least one information store;

maintaining, using the at least one information store, at least some refuse intelligence capable of facilitating refuse analysis associated with at least one ingestible product, including at least;

receiving, at least in part using the at least one touch screen component, an identification of a particular living being;

outputting, via the at least one touch screen component, one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more ingestible products subject to discard by the particular living being, the one or more selection menus generated based at least in part on at least some data accessible via the at least one information store;

providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard;

providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard;

acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component;

displaying, via the at least one touch screen component, at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard based at least in part on the at least one weight of the at least the portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard and based at least in part on at least some financial data related to the at least one ingestible product designated for discard accessible via the at least one information store;

acquiring at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component; and

updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product;

facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product; and

directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least some information from the updated at least one information store relating to one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products.

25. A refuse intelligence system, comprising:

at least one camera component;

at least one weight sensing component;

at least one touch screen component;

at least one information store;

means for maintaining, using the at least one information store, at least some refuse intelligence capable of facilitating refuse analysis associated with at least one ingestible product, including at least;

means for receiving, at least in part using the at least one touch screen component, an identification of a particular living being;

means for outputting, via the at least one touch screen component, one or more selection menus identifying at least in part one or more ingestible products subject to discard by the particular living being, the one or more selection menus generated based at least in part on at least some data accessible via the at least one information store;

means for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify, based at least in part on the outputted one or more selection menus, at least one ingestible product designated for discard;

means for providing a selection opportunity, via the at least one touch screen component, for the particular living being to identify at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard;

means for acquiring at least one weight of at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one weight sensing component;

means for displaying, via the at least one touch screen component, at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard based at least in part on the at least one weight of the at least the portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard and based at least in part on at least some financial data related to the at least one ingestible product designated for discard accessible via the at least one information store;

means for acquiring at least one image of the at least a portion of the at least one ingestible product designated for discard at least partly via the at least one camera component; and

means for updating the at least one information store utilizing at least (i) the identification of the particular living being, (ii) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least a portion of the selected at least one ingestible product designated for discard, (iii) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (iv) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (v) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product;

means for facilitating generation of one or more selection menus associated with access of refuse analysis regarding at least one discard activity of at least one discarded ingestible product portion from the updated at least one information store, the refuse analysis including at least (a) the identification of the particular living being, (b) the identification, the at least one weight, and the at least one image of the at least one discarded ingestible product portion, (c) the at least one reason for the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, (d) the at least one financial consideration associated with the at least one ingestible product being designated for discard, and (e) the time of day of discard of the at least one ingestible product; and

means for directing adjustment of one or more subsequent offering times of one or more ingestible products at least partially based on at least some information from the updated at least one information store relating to one or more discarded portions of the one or more ingestible products.