Systems and methods for providing customized packagings for customized food items that were customized based, at least in part, on customized food item integrity preference

• US 10,053,280 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2013
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Holman, Pablos, Hyde, Roderick A., Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Kare, Jordin T., Levchin, Max R., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Petroski, Robert C., Tegreene, Clarence T., Whitmer, Charles, Wood, Jr., Lowell L., Wood, Victoria Y. H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zukanovich, Brandy A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller, Brittney N
• Application Number:
  US14/144,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20150186966A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,695 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261- 272, 705 15, 700231, 700235
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/70 for materials not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/70 in which the articles are formed in the apparatus from components, blanks, or material constituents
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0064 for processing of food articles cooking vessels A47J37/00
• 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 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 9/023 Arrangements for display, data presentation or advertising

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring user information associated with one or more users for preparing one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the user information including one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items; and directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items of the one or more users, the one or more customized packagings having one or more features that are customized based, at least in part, on the acquired user information. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. A food packaging customization system, comprising:

at least one processing device; and

at least one non-transitory medium including one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to be configured as at least;

circuitry configured for acquiring at least two user identifiers associated with at least two users, the at least two user identifiers including at least one identifier associated with at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and at least one identifier associated with at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system;

circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items;

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one image identifying at least one of the at least two users;

circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users; and

circuitry configured for controlling one or more components of a robotic packaging system to pack one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into the one or more customized packagings.

2. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items comprises:

circuitry configured for retrieving dietary information associated with at least one of the at least two users.

3. The food packaging customization system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for retrieving dietary information associated with at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for retrieving at least one of one or more dietary preferences, one or more ingredient preferences, one or more dietary schedules, or one or more dietary restrictions associated with at least one of the at least two users.

4. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least two user identifiers associated with at least two users, the at least two user identifiers including at least one identifier associated with at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and at least one identifier associated with at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system comprises:

circuitry configured for determining that the at least one other user is affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system using at least some social networking data.

5. The food packaging customization system of claim 4, wherein circuitry configured for determining that the at least one other user is affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system using at least some social networking data comprises:

circuitry configured for determining that the at least one other user is affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system using at least some social networking data obtained by the food packaging customization system via at least one wireless communication between at least one mobile device of the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and the food packaging customization system.

6. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items comprises:

circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users related to purity of one or more food ingredients.

7. The food packaging customization system of claim 6, wherein circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users related to purity of one or more food ingredients comprises:

circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for presence of at least one of one or more prions, one or more antibiotics, or one or more selective bacteria.

8. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items comprises:

circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users for at least one of one or more sources or one or more locations for obtaining one or more food ingredients.

9. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items comprises:

circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users that one or more food ingredients not be obtained from at least one of one or more specified sources or one or more specified locations.

10. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing printing of information indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users onto one or more labels; and

circuitry configured for directing affixing of the one or more printed labels onto one or more packagings designed for holding one or more portions of the one or more customized food items.

11. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing printing of information indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users onto one or more packagings designed for holding one or more portions of one or more customized food items.

12. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more visual indicators providing information related to at least one of the two or more users.

13. The food packaging customization of claim 12, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more visual indicators providing information related to at least one of the two or more users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one image of the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system.

14. The food packaging customization system of claim 12, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more visual indicators providing information related to at least one of the two or more users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one image of the at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system.

15. The food packaging customization system of claim 14, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one image of the at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least the at least one image of the at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and one or more of an alert or a warning associated with the at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and the customized food item.

16. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining at least one image identifying at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining social networking data through at least one mobile device of the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system, including at least obtaining one visual indicator that provides user identification identifying the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system from at least one social networking website.

17. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators providing dietary information related to at least one of the at least two users.

18. The food packaging customization system of claim 17, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators providing dietary information related to at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators indicating historical dietary consumption information of the at least one of the at least two users.

19. The food packaging customization system of claim 17, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators providing dietary information related to at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators comparing one or more quantities of one or more ingredients of one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging with historical consumption data of the at least one of the at least two users.

20. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators providing information related to one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging.

21. The food packaging customization system of claim 20, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators providing information related to one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators identifying one or more ingredients included in the one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging.

22. The food packaging customization system of claim 20, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators providing information related to one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators indicating one or more quantities of the one or more ingredients included in the one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging.

23. The food packaging customization system of claim 20, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators providing information related to one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators indicating one or more customizations performed in order to produce one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging.

24. The food packaging customization system of claim 23, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators indicating one or more customizations performed in order to produce one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of at least one customized packaging including at least one or more visual indicators identifying one or more ingredients absent, in accordance with the one or more customizations, from the one or more customized food items to be held by the at least one customized packaging.

25. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of acquired dietary information associated with the at least one of the at least two users.

26. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of one or more ingredient preferences associated with the at least one of the at least two users.

27. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of integrity of the one or more customized food items.

28. The food packaging customization system of claim 27, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of integrity of the one or more customized food items comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of purity of the one or more customized food items.

29. The food packaging customization system of claim 28, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of purity of the one or more customized food items in accordance with the one or more user customizations comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of purity of the one or more customized food items in accordance with the one or more user customizations, the purity of the one or more customized food items including at least one of that one or more selective bacteria are present in the one or more customized food items at least below one or more predefined levels, that one or more portions of the one or more customized food items were not obtained from one or more specified sources, or that one or more portions of the one or more customized food items were not obtained from one or more specified locations.

30. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for controlling one or more components of a robotic packaging system to pack one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into the one or more customized packagings comprises:

circuitry configured for directing packing of one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into the one or more customized packagings, respectively.

31. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for controlling one or more components of a robotic packaging system to pack one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into the one or more customized packagings comprises:

circuitry configured for controlling one or more components of a robotic packaging system to place one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into at least one of one or more customized wrapping sheets or one or more customized bags.

32. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for controlling one or more components of a robotic packaging system to pack one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into the one or more customized packagings comprises:

circuitry configured for controlling one or more components of a robotic packaging system to deposit one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into the one or more customized packagings.

33. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least two user identifiers associated with at least two users, the at least two user identifiers including at least one identifier associated with at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and at least one identifier associated with at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system comprises:

circuitry configured for detecting the at least one user in a proximity of the food packaging customization system; and

circuitry configured for acquiring the at least one identifier associated with the at least one user in the proximity of the food packaging customization system in response to the detecting.

34. The food packaging customization system of claim 33, wherein circuitry configured for detecting the at least one user in a proximity of the food packaging customization system comprises:

circuitry configured for detecting the at least one user approaching the food packaging customization system.

35. The food packaging customization system of claim 34, wherein circuitry configured for detecting the at least one user approaching the food packaging customization system comprises:

circuitry configured for detecting the at least one user approaching the food packaging customization system via the food packaging customization system receiving an indication of at least one mobile device of the at least one user attempting to obtain a wireless network connection via at least one wireless access point of the food packaging customization system.

36. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for controlling preparation of the one or more customized food items; and

circuitry configured for controlling generation of the one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least the one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during the preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users.

37. The food packaging customization system of claim 36, wherein circuitry configured for controlling preparation of the one or more customized food items comprises:

circuitry configured for directing three-dimensional printing of the one or more customized food items in accordance with the one or more user customizations.

38. The food packaging customization system of claim 37, wherein circuitry configured for directing three-dimensional printing of the one or more customized food items in accordance with the one or more user customizations comprises:

circuitry configured for depositing one or more ingredients to form the one or more customized food items, including at least omitting depositing of at least one ingredient to which at least one of the at least two users is allergic in accordance with the one or more user customizations.

39. The food packaging customization system of claim 36, wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:

circuitry configured for directing generation of a plate for holding the one or more customized food items, the plate including at least the one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items; and

circuitry configured for directing generation of a wrapper for wrapping the plate holding the one or more customized food items, the wrapper including at least the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users.

40. The food packaging customization system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items comprises:

circuitry configured for retrieving at least one dietary restriction related to at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user based, at least in part, on network data obtainable via at least one mobile device of the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system; and

wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users includes at least;

circuitry configured for determining that the one or more customized food items have at least one ingredient included in the at least one dietary restrictions related to the at least one other user; and

circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings identifying the at least one other user and including at least one warning indicative of the at least one ingredient included in the at least one dietary restriction related to at least one other user.

41. The food packaging customization system of claim 40, wherein circuitry configured for retrieving at least one dietary restriction related to at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user based, at least in part, on social networking data obtainable from at least one mobile device of the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system comprises:

circuitry configured for retrieving at least one dietary restriction related to at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user, the at least one dietary restriction related to the at least one other user being unknown to the at least one user, and the at least one other user not detected proximate to the food packaging customization system.

42. A food packaging customization system, comprising:

acquiring at least two user identifiers associated with at least two users, the at least two user identifiers including at least one identifier associated with at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and at least one identifier associated with at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system;

retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items;

obtaining at least one image identifying at least one of the at least two users;

directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users; and

controlling one or more components of a robotic packaging system to pack one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into the one or more customized packagings,

wherein at least one of the acquiring, retrieving, obtaining, directing, or controlling is at least partially implemented using at least one processing device.

43. A food packaging customization system, comprising:

at least one processing device; and

one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to perform one or more operations including at least;

acquiring at least two user identifiers associated with at least two users, the at least two user identifiers including at least one identifier associated with at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and at least one identifier associated with at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system;

retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items;

obtaining at least one image identifying at least one of the at least two users;

directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users; and

controlling one or more components of a robotic packaging system to pack one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into the one or more customized packagings.