HOME BAKING KIT WITH COMPUTER INTERFACE

• US 20130184857A1
• Filed: 12/18/2012
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Machinery Verification & Documentations Services, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Machinery Verification & Documentations Services, Inc.
• Inventors: Heffernan, John, Heffernan, Neil P., Heffernan, Andrew J.
• Application Number:
  US13/718,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20130184857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/232
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/70 in which the articles are formed in the apparatus from components, blanks, or material constituents
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/06 with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof

Abstract

A new range of ready to use home baking products, measured and proportioned, is provided for selection of the required ingredients for the type of cake required and bake. The general idea is that home bakers, without any special baking experience, knowledge or commercial baking background can bake professional tasting cake. The range contains unique concepts which are embodied in the kiosk and associated displays, which include pour and bake batter, dry cake mixes, Danish pastry dough, filling, toppings, icing, fondant and all the other typical ingredients necessary needed and involved in home cake baking, similar to the range of fresh baked commercial available goods. One stop shopping is provided in a kiosk, where not only are all the ingredients available but where the home baker can interface with a baking company'"'"'s logo and computer display and vending of products for all the various information one may need.

Claims

1. A kiosk vending system that facilitates home baking, comprising:

a kiosk structure or housing for receiving and storing constituents for baking products and instructions for baking products, the kiosk structure including means for vending constituents in predetermined amounts according to a set of instructions for baking a particular product and for vending the instructions for baking the particular product at home;

a kiosk user interface; and

a kiosk central controller connected to the kiosk structure, to the means for vending, to the kiosk user interface and to the Internet; and

wherein user accesses the kiosk user interface and chooses a recipe for baking a particular product at home in response to which the instructions and constituents required for the particular recipe chosen are vended to the user.

2. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the kiosk user interface is accessed by a user via an electronic device via the Internet, wherein the instructions are delivered to the electronic device via the Internet and the constituents are available at the kiosk location.

3. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the kiosk central controller initiates a an electronic message to a baking company server to receive instructions for home baking a particular baking product if the instructions are found not to be present in local memory accessible to the kiosk central controller.

4. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the baking company server comprises a curation of recipes for baking products sold by various different manufacturers and distributors of baked goods.

5. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 4, wherein the various different manufacturers and distributors pay an entity operating the kiosk system for each recipe vended and/or for each set of constituents for a particular product vended.

6. A kiosk system that facilitates home baking, comprising:

a kiosk structure or housing for receiving and storing constituents for baking products and instructions for baking products, the kiosk structure including means for vending constituents in predetermined amounts according to a set of instructions for baking a particular product and for vending the instructions for baking the particular product at home;

a kiosk user interface, and an internal enabled computer system including a central processing unit having read only memory and random access memory, and software communicating with a network having a baking company'"'"'s website on an Internet server,

said system communicating with a retail customer having access to;

a user imputable computer in a kiosk in a retail food establishment, said kiosk comprising coordinated component shelving displays, under a baking company'"'"'s logo,

said kiosk having a plurality of food package display storage containers of different refrigeration requirements, or,

said kiosk having a computer usable by the customer or interacting with the customer'"'"'s own cell phone or other hand held personal electronic device having a special internet enabled application therein;

said computer enabling the customer to select what type of baking product the customer needs from at least one of;

a) instructions and displays on the kiosk screen, or

b) instructions and displays in the customer'"'"'s own cell phone screen, and what different ingredient components the customer needs to select from said plurality of temperature associated display containers being at least;

i). room temperature shelving,

ii) refrigerated shelving containers and/or,

iii) or freezer shelving containers for frozen ingredients;

said temperature controlled display containers each having set of tangible packaging having pre-packed baking components for selection by the customer;

said computer instructing the customer in how to mix the components and to bake the desired baking product at home; and

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said kiosk having a scanner and printer so that the customer can get price or quantity information, or can download a set of instructions for baking a specific home baking product.

7. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 6, wherein the kiosk central controller initiates a an electronic message to a baking company server to receive instructions for home baking a particular baking product if the instructions are found not to be present in local memory accessible to the kiosk central controller.

8. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 6, wherein the baking company server comprises a curation of recipes for baking products sold by various different manufacturers and distributors of baked goods.

9. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 8, wherein the various different manufacturers and distributors pay an entity operating the kiosk system for each recipe vended and/or for each set of constituents for a particular product vended.

10. A kiosk system that facilitates home baking, comprising:

a kiosk structure or housing for receiving and storing constituents for baking products and instructions for baking products, the kiosk structure including means for vending constituents in predetermined amounts according to a set of instructions for baking a particular product and for vending the instructions for baking the particular product at home;

a kiosk user interface, and an internal enabled computer system including a central processing unit having read only memory and random access memory, and software communicating with a network having a baking company'"'"'s website on an Internet server,

said system communicating with a retail customer having access to;

a user inputable computer in a kiosk in a retail food establishment, said kiosk comprising coordinated component shelving displays, under a baking company'"'"'s logo,

said kiosk having a plurality of food package display storage containers of different refrigeration requirements, or,

said kiosk having a computer usable by the customer;

said computer enabling the customer to select what type of baking product the customer needs from at least one of;

a) instructions and displays on the kiosk screen, or

b) instructions and displays in the customer'"'"'s own cell phone screen,

and what different ingredient components the customer needs to select from said plurality of temperature associated display containers being at least;

i). room temperature shelving,

ii) refrigerated shelving containers and/or,

iii) or freezer shelving containers for frozen ingredients;

said temperature controlled display containers each having set of tangible packaging having pre-packed baking components for selection by the customer;

said computer instructing the customer in how to mix the components and to bake the desired baking product at home; and

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said kiosk having a scanner and printer so that the customer can get price or quantity information, and can download a set of instructions for baking a specific home baking product.

11. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 10, wherein the kiosk central controller initiates a an electronic message to a baking company server to receive instructions for home baking a particular baking product if the instructions are found not to be present in local memory accessible to the kiosk central controller.

12. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 10, wherein the baking company server comprises a curation of recipes for baking products sold by various different manufacturers and distributors of baked goods.

13. The kiosk system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the various different manufacturers and distributors pay an entity operating the kiosk system for each recipe vended and/or for each set of constituents for a particular product vended.