Modifying a cosmetic product based on a microbe profile

• US 10,140,424 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2017
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Baym, Michael H., Hyde, Roderick A., Kare, Jordin T., Leuthardt, Eric C., McKnight, Gary L., Pan, Tony S., Sweeney, Elizabeth A., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Jr., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bennett, Stuart D
• Application Number:
  US15/690,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20170364665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G16C 20/30 Prediction of properties of chemical compounds, compositions or mixtures

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for modifying a cosmetic product based on a microbe profile including an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with interactions between reference cosmetic ingredients and types of reference microbes; and a computing device including circuitry configured to receive information associated with the microbe profile of an individual, receive information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, compare the microbe profile of the individual and the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, identify an interaction between at least one cosmetic ingredient in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual, recommend a modification to the ingredient list in response to an identified interaction, and report to a user the recommended modification.

Claims

1. A system for modifying a cosmetic product, comprising:

an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with chemical interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes, wherein said chemical interactions alter at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients;

and

a computing device in communication with the filling apparatus, the computing device including a processor and circuitry, the circuitry including

circuitry configured to receive information associated with a microbe profile of an individual, the microbe profile including a distribution and identity of one or more types of microbes on a skin surface of the individual;

circuitry configured to receive information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, the ingredient list including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

circuitry configured to compare the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset to the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual and the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product;

circuitry configured to identify a chemical interaction between at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual, wherein the identified chemical interaction alters at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients;

circuitry configured to recommend a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual; and

circuitry configured to report the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to a manufacturer to formulate a modified cosmetic product based on the recommended modification.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the circuitry configured to report the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the manufacturer includes circuitry configured to report the recommended modification to a remote computing device associated with the manufacturer.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to receive the information associated with the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry configured to receive the information associated with the microbe profile of the individual from a microbe profiling apparatus.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a microbe profiling apparatus capable of communication with the computing device, the microbe profiling apparatus including a microbe sampling unit including a microbe-capture region configured to capture one or more types of microbes from the skin surface of the individual, at least one sensor component configured to sense the captured one or more types of microbes, and circuitry configured to generate the microbe profile of the individual based on the sensed captured one or more types of microbes, wherein the microbe profile includes the distribution and the identity of the one or more types of microbes on the skin surface of the individual.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to receive the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product includes circuitry configured to receive the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from a remote computing device associated with at least one of a cosmetic distributer, a cosmetic manufacturer, or a cosmetic formulary.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to receive the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product includes circuitry configured to receive information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from a scanning device configured to scan and digitize an ingredient label of the cosmetic product.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a scanning device operably coupled to the computing device and including circuitry configured to scan and digitize an ingredient label of the cosmetic product, the ingredient label including the ingredient list of the cosmetic product, wherein the computing device includes circuitry configured to receive the digitized ingredient label including the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from the scanning device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to compare the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset to the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual and the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product includes circuitry configured to compare the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual to the one or more types of reference microbes in the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset and circuitry configured to compare the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified chemical interaction alters a pH of the one or more cosmetic ingredients.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to recommend a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction includes circuitry configured to recommend a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to alleviate the identified chemical interaction or to enhance the identified chemical interaction.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to recommend a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction includes circuitry configured to recommend an addition or a subtraction of at least a portion of at least one cosmetic ingredient to or from the ingredient list of the cosmetic product.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface operably coupled to the computing device;

the computing device including

circuitry configured to receive user information from the individual through the user interface, wherein the user information includes at least one of age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location, skin characteristics, medical history, co-morbidities, or user preferences; and

circuitry configured to recommend the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product based on the identified chemical interaction and the received user information.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to report the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the individual through at least one of a display, a printout, a telephone call, a text message, or an e-mail.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to provide to the individual at least one discount coupon for purchase of the modified cosmetic product.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry configured to arrange for delivery of the modified cosmetic product.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving information associated with a microbe profile of an individual, the microbe profile including a distribution and identity of one or more types of microbes on a skin surface of the individual;

receiving information associated with an ingredient list of a cosmetic product, the ingredient list of the cosmetic product including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

accessing an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with chemical interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes, wherein said chemical interactions alter at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients;

comparing the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual and the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset;

identifying a chemical interaction between at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual based on the comparison with the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, wherein the chemical interaction alters at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients;

recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual; and

reporting the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to a computing device operably coupled to a filling apparatus; and

filling a cosmetic container with a modified cosmetic product using the filling apparatus based on the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein receiving the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product comprises receiving the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from a scanning device configured to scan and digitize an ingredient label of the cosmetic product, the ingredient label including the ingredient list of the cosmetic product.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving information about the individual including at least one of age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location, skin characteristics, medical history, co-morbidities, or user preferences of the individual; and

recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product based on the identified chemical interaction and the received information about the individual.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

reporting the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to a user interface.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

providing to the individual at least one discount coupon for purchase of the modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

arranging for delivery of the modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

22. A system for modifying a cosmetic product, comprising:

a computing device including a processor; and

circuitry including

circuitry for receiving information associated with a microbe profile of an individual, the microbe profile including a distribution of one or more types of microbes on a skin surface of the individual;

circuitry for receiving information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, the ingredient list of the cosmetic product including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

circuitry for comparing the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual and the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with chemical interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes, wherein said chemical interactions alter at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients;

circuitry for identifying a chemical interaction between at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual based on the comparison with the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, wherein the chemical interactions alter at least one of a color, texture, or an odor of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients;

circuitry for recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual;

circuitry for reporting the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to a manufacturer to formulate a modified cosmetic product based on the recommended modification; and

circuitry for reporting the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the individual.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising:

a microbe profiling apparatus capable of communication with the computing device and including a microbe sampling unit including a microbe capture region configured to capture one or more types of microbes from a skin surface of an individual, at least one sensor component configured to sense the captured one or more types of microbes, and circuitry configured to generate the microbe profile based on the sensed captured one or more types of microbes.

24. The system of claim 22, further comprising:

a scanning device capable of communication with the computing device and including circuitry configured to scan and digitize an ingredient label of the cosmetic product, the ingredient label including the ingredient list of the cosmetic product, wherein the computing device includes circuitry configured to receive the digitized ingredient label including the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from the scanning device.

25. The system of claim 22, further comprising:

a user interface operably coupled to the computing device, wherein the computing device includes circuitry for receiving user information from the individual and circuitry for recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product based on the identified chemical interaction and the user information, wherein the user information includes at least one of age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location, skin characteristics, medical history, co-morbidities, or user preferences.

26. A system for modifying a cosmetic product, comprising:

an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, the ingredient list including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with chemical interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes, wherein said chemical interactions alter at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients, the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset accessible from a remote computing source;

non-transitory machine-readable media configured for use with a wireless mobile communication device, the non-transitory machine-readable media including one or more instructions for modifying the cosmetic product, the one or more instructions including

one or more instructions for receiving information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product;

one or more instructions for accessing the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset from the remote computing source;

one or more instructions for receiving information associated with a microbe profile of an individual, the microbe profile including a distribution of one or more types of microbes on a skin surface of the individual;

one or more instructions for comparing the accessed ingredient-microbe interaction dataset to the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual;

one or more instructions for identifying a chemical interaction between at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual based on the comparison with the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, wherein the identified chemical interaction alters at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients;

one or more instructions for recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual;

one or more instructions for reporting the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to a manufacturer to formulate a modified cosmetic product based on the recommended modification; and

one or more instructions for reporting the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the individual.

27. A system for modifying a cosmetic product, comprising:

an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes;

a scanning device including circuitry configured to scan and digitize an ingredient label of the cosmetic product, the ingredient label including an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, the ingredient list including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

and

a mobile communication device capable of communication with the scanning device, the mobile communication device including a user interface, a processor and circuitry, the circuitry including

circuitry configured to receive information associated with a microbe profile of an individual, the microbe profile including a distribution and identity of one or more types of microbes on a skin surface of the individual;

circuitry configured to receive information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from the scanning device;

circuitry configured to compare the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset to the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual and the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product;

circuitry configured to identify an interaction between at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual;

circuitry configured to recommend a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual;

circuitry configured to report the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to a manufacturer to formulate a modified cosmetic product based on the recommended modification; and

circuitry configured to report the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the user interface of the mobile communication device.