APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC STORAGE OF RECIPES
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1. A portable electronic recipe storage device comprising:
- a housing suitable to be supported in an associated user'"'"'s hand;
a display secured at least partially within the housing, wherein the display presents recipe information to the associated user in a graphical user interface;
a scanner secured to the housing, wherein the scanner receives recipe information from a medium;
a memory for storing the recipe information, wherein the memory is secured in the housing; and
a processor coupled to the display, the scanner and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive recipe information from the scanner, store the recipe information in the memory and display the recipe information to the associate user.
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Abstract
A recipe storage device provides a simple user interface for scanning or inputting recipes for storage and retrieving and displaying the stored recipes. The stored recipes can be searched based on an associated category or on search terms found in the recipe.
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32 Claims
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1. A portable electronic recipe storage device comprising:
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a housing suitable to be supported in an associated user'"'"'s hand; a display secured at least partially within the housing, wherein the display presents recipe information to the associated user in a graphical user interface; a scanner secured to the housing, wherein the scanner receives recipe information from a medium; a memory for storing the recipe information, wherein the memory is secured in the housing; and a processor coupled to the display, the scanner and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive recipe information from the scanner, store the recipe information in the memory and display the recipe information to the associate user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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15. A method for storing recipe information, the method comprising:
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scanning a medium containing a recipe; storing the recipe in a memory, wherein the recipe is stored in an original form and in a text searchable form; querying an associated user through a graphical user interface on a display to assign a recipe name to the recipe; receiving a user input indicative of a response to the query, wherein the user input includes the unique recipe name; and assigning the unique name to the recipe. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27)
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26. A method for retrieving recipe information, the method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of icons on a graphical user interface, wherein each of the plurality of icons is associated with a unique function; receiving an indication from an associated user of a desire to retrieve recipe information; querying the associated user to enter a target recipe to be found in a database of recipes; searching the database of recipes to find the target recipe; and displaying the target recipe in a first form, wherein the first form is a scanned form of the original recipe.
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