Directing one or more users to one or more automated customized food generation machines

• US 10,115,142 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2014
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• 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): Waggoner, Timothy R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Akridge, Stephen L
• Application Number:
  US14/199,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20150186970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,699 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0064 for processing of food articles cooking vessels A47J37/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/002 Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines
• 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 preference information of a user that indicates one or more customized food preferences of the user including at least one or more preferences related to integrity of one or more ingredients for use in generating one or more customized food items; identifying one or more capable automated customized food generation machines that have one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with the one or more customized food preferences of the user; and presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators that direct the user to at least one automated customized food generation machine. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user;

identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines;

presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine; and

controlling, upon detecting at least one indication of the user within at least one proximity, the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine to generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user,

wherein at least one of the acquiring, identifying, presenting, or controlling is at least partially implemented using at least one processing device.

2. A system, comprising:

circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user;

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines;

circuitry configured for presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine; and

circuitry configured for controlling, upon detecting at least one indication of the user within at least one proximity, the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine to generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some information indicating at least one of historical travel or movement information related to the user.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some information indicating at least one previous usage by the user of the automated customized food generation machine network.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some information related to one or more recommendations previously presented to the user that recommended to the user one or more specific automated customized food generation machines for use by the user.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least a portion of the one or more food preferences of the user in response, at least in part, to determining that at least one automated customized food generation machine is unable to currently generate one or more customized food items.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for querying the automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines in order to determine one or more automated customized food generation machines of the at least two automated customized food generation machines that have the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user; and

circuitry configured for selecting at least one of the determined one or more automated customized food generation machines that have the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user as at least one capable automated customized food generation machine for subsequent direction of the user to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein circuitry configured for querying the automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines in order to determine one or more automated customized food generation machines of the at least two automated customized food generation machines that have the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for determining a current location of the user, including at least receiving at least one location detected by at least one mobile device of the user via at least one position sensor of the at least one mobile device of the user;

circuitry configured for determining presence of one or more automated customized food generation machines among the at least two automated customized food generation machines associated with the automated customized food generation machine network within a short walking, mass transit, and/or driving distance from the current location of the user; and

circuitry configured for querying only the one or more automated customized food generation machines among the at least two automated customized food generation machines associated with the automated customized food generation machine network that were determined to be located within the short walking, mass transit, and/or driving distance from the current location of the user in order to determine which of the queried one or more automated customized food generation machines have the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more dietary preferences of the user.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more dietary preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine machines that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more ingredient preferences of the user.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more dietary preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more dietary schedules of the user.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more dietary preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more dietary restrictions of the user.

13. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more purity preferences of the user.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more purity preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more purity preferences of the user that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for at least one of a presence or an absence of one or more impurities.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more purity preferences of the user that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for at least one of a presence or an absence of one or more impurities comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more purity preferences of the user that the one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for at least one of a presence or an absence of one or more selective bacteria.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more purity preferences of the user that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for at least one of a presence or an absence of one or more impurities comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more purity preferences of the user that the one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for at least one of a presence or an absence of one or more pesticides.

17. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more food preferences of the user that the one or more ingredients were obtained from one or more specified sources.

18. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more customized food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more food preferences of the user that the one or more ingredients were not obtained from one or more specified sources.

19. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more customized food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more food preferences of the user that the one or more ingredients were obtained from one or more specified locations.

20. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more customized food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with one or more food preferences of the user that the one or more ingredients were not obtained from one or more specified locations.

21. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that does not have the one or more ingredients in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user but which is able to currently generate at least one substitute customized food item.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that does not have the one or more ingredients in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user but which is able to currently generate at least one substitute customized food item comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that has one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one substitute customized food item that is substantially in compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

23. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying the at least one capable automated customized food generation machine in response to detecting that an automated customized food generation machine that the user is interfacing with is unable to generate at least one customized food item in compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

24. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine comprises:

circuitry configured for transmitting to one or more computing devices one or more electronic indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine.

25. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more graphical indicators that direct the user to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine.

26. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators that identify the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators that identify the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators that indicate distance between the user and the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine.

28. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators that direct the user to at least one automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having the one or more ingredients in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators that direct the user to at least one automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having the one or more ingredients in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators that direct the user to at least one automated customized food generation machine that is identified as being located along or proximate to one or more historical travel routes of the user.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators that direct the user to at least one automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having the one or more ingredients in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more price discounts available through the at least one automated customized food generation machine.

31. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators of at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item that is only in partial compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators of at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item that is only in partial compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators of at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item that is in partial compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user and that was identified as being located closer to the user than one or more automated customized food generation machines that were identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in full compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

33. The system of claim 31, wherein circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators of at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item that is only in partial compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators of at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item that is in partial compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user and that was identified as being located closer to one or more historical travel routes of the user than one or more automated customized food generation machines that were identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in full compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

34. The system of claim 31, wherein circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators of at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item that is only in partial compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators of at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item that is in partial compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user and that was identified as having lower retail prices than retail prices of one or more automated customized food generation machines that were identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in full compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

35. The system of claim 31, wherein circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators of at least one substitute automated customized food generation machine that was identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item that is only in partial compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for presenting one or more indicators of one or more capable automated customized food generation machines that were identified as having one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in full compliance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

36. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines and including at least one automated customized food generation machine which may not have the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

37. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for controlling, upon detecting at least one indication of the user within at least one proximity, the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine to generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving at least one indication of detection, by the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, of the user within the at least one proximity of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine; and

circuitry configured for controlling the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine to generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user responsive to the detection, by the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, of the user within the at least one proximity of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein circuitry configured for receiving at least one indication of detection, by the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, of the user within the at least one proximity of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving at least one indication of at least one wireless communication between a mobile device associated with the user and the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein circuitry configured for receiving at least one indication of detection, by the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, of the user within the at least one proximity of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving at least one indication of at least one interaction by the user with the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the at least one interaction initiated by the user via at least one user interface of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine.

40. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry configured for controlling at least one robotic packing system to deposit the at least one customized food item generated specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user into at least one packaging that has been customized to indicate one or more customizations made specifically for the user in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user and occurring during generation of the at least one customized food item for the user.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein circuitry configured for controlling at least one robotic packing system to deposit the at least one customized food item generated specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user into at least one packaging that has been customized to indicate one or more customizations made specifically for the user in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user and occurring during generation of the at least one customized food item for the user comprises:

circuitry configured for generating the at least one packaging that has been customized to indicate one or more customizations made specifically for the user in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user and occurring during generation of the at least one customized food item for the user; and

circuitry configured for controlling the at least one robotic packing system to deposit the at least one customized food item generated specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user into the at least one packaging that has been customized to indicate one or more customizations made specifically for the user and occurring during generation of the at least one customized food item for the user.

42. A system, comprising:

a processing device; and

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

circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user;

circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines;

circuitry configured for presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine; and

circuitry configured for controlling, upon detecting at least one indication of the user within at least one proximity, the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine to generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user.