Method and system for planning customized menu

• US 20010025279A1
• Filed: 12/18/2000
• Published: 09/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fivespice.Com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Fivespice.Com, Inc.
• Inventors: Krulak, Lora, Moynihan, Helen
• Application Number:
  US09/740,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20010025279A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method for planning a customized menu. The method comprises the steps of: gathering a user'"'"'s menu criteria; building a database query custom tailored to the user'"'"'s menu criteria; and returning a list of recipes that correspond to the user'"'"'s menu criteria; grouping the recipes into a plurality of menus; displaying the plurality of menus. The user is prompted to pick a menu by; picking one of the plurality of menus, or creating a custom menu by mixing and matching recipes. The final version of the menu is then displayed. A system for planning a customized menu may comprise a computer system, the computer system having a database and a computing device. The computing device may be configured for performing the steps mentioned above.

Claims

1. A method for planning a customized menu of a user, the method comprising:

receiving at least one menu criterion of the user;

generating a list of recipes that correspond to the user'"'"'s menu criteria;

associating the recipes into one or more potential menus;

transmitting the one or more potential menus to the user;

receiving a final menu selection from the user, the final menu selection being;

one of the one or more potential menus, or

a custom menu based on the list of recipes.

2. The method of

claim 1

, wherein generating the list of recipes includes querying a database of recipe data based on user'"'"'s menu criteria.

3. The method of

claim 1

, wherein receiving the user'"'"'s menu criteria includes:

providing a plurality of questions;

prompting the user to input responses to said questions; and

receiving the user'"'"'s responses.

4. The method of

claim 3

, wherein providing a plurality of questions includes requesting any one or more criteria from the group of criteria consisting of:

occasion, style, difficulty, first course, dietary restriction, time constraint and number of guests.

5. A system for planning a customized menu by a user, the system comprising:

a computer system, said computer system having;

a database having recipe data;

a computing device configured to;

receive one or more menu criteria from the user.;

build a database query based on the user'"'"'s menu criteria;

generate a list of recipes that correspond to the user'"'"'s menu criteria;

associate the recipes into one or more potential menus;

generate a final menu based on user input.

6. The system of

claim 5

, wherein the computing device is further configured to:

provide a plurality of questions;

prompt the user to input responses to said questions; and

receive the user'"'"'s responses.

7. The system of

claim 6

, wherein the recipe data includes one or more of the following criteria:

occasion, style, difficulty, first course, dietary restriction, time constraint, and number of guests.

8. A method for planning a customized menu of a user, the method comprising:

providing menu criteria;

receiving one or more potential menus based on the menu criteria, the potential menus including recipes; and

selecting a final menu based on the one or more potential menus.

9. The method of

claim 8

, wherein selecting the final menu includes selecting a potential menu.

10. The method of

claim 8

, wherein selecting the final menu includes selecting recipes from two or more of the potential menus.

11. A method for planning a customized menu of a user, the method comprising:

receiving at least one menu criterion of the user;

generating a list of recipes that correspond to the user'"'"'s menu criteria;

transmitting the recipes to the user;

receiving a final menu selection from the user, the final menu selection menu based on the recipes.