METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE MEAL PLANNING AND COUPON DISPENSING

• US 20110119130A1
• Filed: 07/09/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Christopher Leclair, Jennifer L. Sweene, Kristen Ellen Sanok, Thomas E. Agan
• Original Assignee: Christopher Leclair, Jennifer L. Sweene, Kristen Ellen Sanok, Thomas E. Agan
• Inventors: Sweene, Jennifer L., Agan, Thomas E., Sanok, Kristen Ellen, LeClair, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US12/833,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20110119130A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.49
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

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.

Claims

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.

2. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein conveying at least the first one of the second set of recipes to the consumer comprises conveying at least the first one of the second set of recipes to a mobile device.

3. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising submitting the extracted keyword to a geographic services manager and receiving one or more locations from the geographic services manager at which the ingredient can be obtained.

4. A method as defined in claim 3, further comprising customizing the one or more locations based on a current location of the consumer.

5. A method as defined in claim 4, wherein the current location of the consumer is to be provided by a mobile device that was used to post the message to the social networking service.

6. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising submitting the extracted keyword to a commerce services manager and receiving information related to one or more promotions related to the ingredient.

7. A method as defined in claim 6, wherein the information related to the one or more promotions related to the ingredient includes one or more manufacturers associated with the one or more promotions, one or more retailers associated with the one or more promotions, one or more restaurants associated with the one or more promotions, one or more food services associated with the one or more promotions, or one or more publisher associated with the one or more promotions.

8. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising providing a survey to the consumer based on at least the profile corresponding to the consumer.

9. A method as defined in claim 8, further comprising providing one or more incentives for the consumer to participate in the survey.

10. A tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine 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;

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:

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.

20. A foodspace manager as defined in claim 19, wherein the portal manager is to convey the first one of the second set of recipes to the consumer by displaying the first one of the second set of recipes on an interface executed on a mobile device.

21. A foodspace manager as defined in claim 19, further comprising a location manager to submit the extracted keyword to a geographic services manager and to receive one or more locations from the geographic services manager at which the ingredient can be obtained.

22. A foodspace manager as defined in claim 21, wherein the location manager is to customize the one or more locations based on a current location of the consumer.

23. A foodspace manager as defined in claim 22, wherein the current location of the consumer is to be provided by a mobile device that was used to post the message to the social networking service.

24. A foodspace manager as defined in claim 19, further comprising a commerce engine to submit the extracted keyword to a commerce services manager and to receive information related to one or more promotions related to the ingredient.

25. A foodspace manager as defined in claim 24, wherein the information related to the one or more promotions related to the ingredient includes one or more manufacturers associated with the one or more promotions, one or more retailers associated with the one or more promotions, one or more restaurants associated with the one or more promotions, one or more food services associated with the one or more promotions, or one or more publishers associated with the one or more promotions.

26. A foodspace manager as defined in claim 19, further comprising a survey manager to provide a survey to the consumer based on at least the profile corresponding to the consumer.

27. A foodspace manager as defined in claim 26, wherein the survey manager is to provide one or more incentives for the consumer to participate in the survey.

28. A meal planning and coupon dispensing system, comprising:

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.