SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECIPES ON A SCALE
First Claim
1. A weighing scale having recipe presentation functionality, comprising:
- a weighing scale including a microprocessor, memory, one or more displays, and at least one input device;
a scale software application installed on said weighing scale and operative to govern scale operation;
a recipe software application associated with said weighing scale and operative to automatically present one or more recipes on said one or more displays of said weighing scale; and
a database of recipes associated with said recipe software application;
wherein one or more recipes are automatically presented to one or more users of said weighing scale during use thereof; and
wherein a user can subsequently select to receive one or more of said displayed recipes in one or more forms.
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Abstract
A weighing scale adapted to automatically present one or more recipes to a user thereof, and a method of presenting such recipes. The recipes are preferably, but not necessarily, related in some way to a product being weighed or otherwise examined by the weighing scale. A recipe software application selects one or more recipes from a database of recipes and presents the recipes on one or more display devices of the weighing scale. One or more of the presented recipes may be selected by a user for delivery in one or more forms. Recipes may be delivered to a user according to the present invention, by one or more of providing the user with a printout of the selected recipe(s), by emailing the selected recipe(s) to a user, and/or by providing the user with a website URL from which the selected recipe(s) can be downloaded.
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24 Claims
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1. A weighing scale having recipe presentation functionality, comprising:
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a weighing scale including a microprocessor, memory, one or more displays, and at least one input device; a scale software application installed on said weighing scale and operative to govern scale operation; a recipe software application associated with said weighing scale and operative to automatically present one or more recipes on said one or more displays of said weighing scale; and a database of recipes associated with said recipe software application; wherein one or more recipes are automatically presented to one or more users of said weighing scale during use thereof; and wherein a user can subsequently select to receive one or more of said displayed recipes in one or more forms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An advanced weighing scale having automatic recipe presentation functionality, comprising:
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an advanced weighing scale including a microprocessor, memory, one or more displays, and at least one input device; a scale software application installed on said weighing scale and operative to govern scale operation; a recipe software application installed on said weighing scale, said recipe software application operative to automatically select and present on said one or more displays of said weighing scale, one or more recipes related to a product being weighed or otherwise examined by said weighing scale; and a database of recipes residing in said memory and accessible by said recipe software application; wherein one or more recipes are automatically presented by said recipe software application to one or more users of said weighing scale upon identification of a product by/to said weighing scale; and wherein a user can subsequently select to receive one or more of said displayed recipes in one or more forms. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of automatically displaying recipes on an advanced weighing scale, said method comprising:
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providing an advanced weighing scale, said advanced weighing scale including; a microprocessor, memory, one or more display devices, and at least one input device, a scale software application installed on said weighing scale and operative to govern scale operation, a recipe software application installed on said weighing scale, said recipe software application operative to automatically select and present on said one or more display devices of said weighing scale one or more recipes related to a product being weighed or otherwise examined by said weighing scale, and a database of recipes residing in said memory and accessible by said recipe software application, identifying a product of interest to/with said advanced weighing scale; upon identification of said product of interest, causing said recipe software application to automatically select one or more recipes from said database of recipes and to present said one or more recipes on said one or more display devices of said advanced weighing scale, said one or more recipes related in some way to said product of interest; allowing a user of said advanced weighing scale to select one or more of said presented recipes for subsequent delivery of said selected recipe(s) to said user; and delivering said selected recipe(s) to said user in one or more forms selected by said user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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