METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE MEAL PLANNING AND COUPON DISPENSING
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1. A method, comprising:
- parsing a message posted on a social networking service to extract a keyword by determining which of a plurality of entries relates to food;
querying a recipe service using the keyword as an ingredient to produce a first set of recipes including the ingredient;
comparing each of the first set of recipes to a profile corresponding to a consumer associated with the message to produce a second set of recipes customized to the consumer; and
conveying at least a first one of the second set of recipes to the consumer.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus to manage meal planning and coupon dispensing are disclosed. An example method includes parsing a message posted on a social networking service to extract a keyword by determining which of a plurality of entries relates to food; querying a recipe service using the keyword as an ingredient to produce a first set of recipes including the ingredient; comparing each of the first set of recipes to a profile corresponding to a consumer associated with the message to produce a second set of recipes customized to the consumer; and conveying at least a first one of the second set of recipes to the consumer.
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1. A method, comprising:
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parsing a message posted on a social networking service to extract a keyword by determining which of a plurality of entries relates to food; querying a recipe service using the keyword as an ingredient to produce a first set of recipes including the ingredient; comparing each of the first set of recipes to a profile corresponding to a consumer associated with the message to produce a second set of recipes customized to the consumer; and conveying at least a first one of the second set of recipes to the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to:
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parse a message posted on a social networking service to extract a keyword by determining which of a plurality of entries relates to food; query a recipe service using the keyword as an ingredient to produce a first set of recipes including the ingredient; compare each of the first set of recipes to a profile corresponding to a consumer associated with the message to produce a second set of recipes customized to the consumer; and convey at least a first one of the second set of recipes to the consumer.
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19. A foodspace manager, comprising:
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a message parser to parse a message posted on a social networking service to extract a keyword by determining which of a plurality of entries relates to food; a recipe searcher to receive a first set of recipes from a recipe service in response to a query using the keyword as an ingredient, wherein the recipe searcher is to compare each of the first set of recipes to a profile corresponding to a consumer associated with the message to produce a second set of recipes customized to the consumer; and a portal manager to convey at least a first one of the second set of recipes to the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A meal planning and coupon dispensing system, comprising:
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a social networking service manager to monitor one or more social networking services via a plug-in application; a foodspace manager to receive data from the plug-in application and to extract a keyword from the data by determining which portions of the data relate to food; a recipe services manager to receive the keyword from the foodspace manager as an ingredient to be used in a query of a recipe database, the recipe services manager to provide a first set of recipes to the foodspace manager based on the ingredient, wherein the foodspace manager is to produce a second set of recipes by comparing each of the first set of recipes with a profile corresponding to a consumer associated with the data, and wherein the foodspace manager is to convey at least a portion of the second set of recipes to the consumer.
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