SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED FOOD ITEMS THAT ARE CUSTOMIZED BASED, AT LEAST IN PART, ON CUSTOMIZED FOOD ITEM INTEGRITY PREFERENCE

• US 20150186968A1
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Holman, Pablos, Hong, Son, Hyde, Roderick A., Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Kare, Jordin T., Levchin, Max R., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Petroski, Robert C., Tegreene, Clarence T., Whitmer, Charles, Wood, Lowell L. Jr., Wood, Victoria Y.H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,824,382 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• 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 17/0064 for processing of food articles cooking vessels A47J37/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/002 Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/009 User recognition or proximity detection
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/023 Arrangements for display, data presentation or advertising

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items; and directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. A computationally-implemented method, comprising:

acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items; and

directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information.

2. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users for use in generating the one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users by acquiring at least a portion of the user information from at least one of the one or more users.

7. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users by retrieving at least a portion of the user information from a memory based, at least in part, on one or more user identifications provided by the one or more users.

8. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users by retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the Internet based, at least in part, on one or more user identifications provided by the one or more users.

9. The computationally-implemented method of claim 8, wherein said acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users by retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the Internet based, at least in part, on one or more user identifications provided by the one or more users comprises:

retrieving at least a portion of the user information from one or more social networking websites based, at least in part, on one or more user identifications provided by the one or more users.

11. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users for use in generating the one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users by acquiring dietary information associated with the one or more user.

14. The computationally-implemented method of claim 11, wherein said acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users for use in generating the one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users by acquiring dietary information associated with the one or more user comprises:

acquiring the dietary information associated with the one or more users by acquiring one or more dietary preferences of the one or more users.

17. The computationally-implemented method of claim 14, wherein said acquiring the dietary information associated with the one or more users by acquiring one or more dietary preferences of the one or more users comprises:

acquiring the one or more dietary preferences of the one or more users by acquiring one or more ingredient preferences of the one or more users.

18. The computationally-implemented method of claim 11, wherein said acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users for use in generating the one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users by acquiring dietary information associated with the one or more user comprises:

acquiring the dietary information associated with the one or more users by acquiring one or more dietary schedules of the one or more users.

19. The computationally-implemented method of claim 11, wherein said acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users for use in generating the one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users by acquiring dietary information associated with the one or more user comprises:

acquiring the dietary information associated with the one or more users by acquiring one or more dietary restrictions of the one or more users.

20. The computationally-implemented method of claim 11, wherein said acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users for use in generating the one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users by acquiring dietary information associated with the one or more user comprises:

acquiring the dietary information associated with the one or more users by acquiring historical dietary information associated with the one or more users.

22. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences related to the integrity of the one or more food ingredients by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences related to purity of the one or more food ingredients.

23. The computationally-implemented method of claim 22, wherein said acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences related to the integrity of the one or more food ingredients by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences related to purity of the one or more food ingredients

acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences related to the purity of the one or more food ingredients by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for presence of one or more impurities.

24. The computationally-implemented method of claim 23, wherein said acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences related to the purity of the one or more food ingredients by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for presence of one or more impurities comprises:

acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences that the one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for the presence of one or more impurities by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences that the one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for presence of one or more prions.

27. The computationally-implemented method of claim 23, wherein said acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences related to the purity of the one or more food ingredients by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for presence of one or more impurities comprises:

acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences that the one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for the presence of one or more impurities by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for presence of one or more selective bacteria.

38. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences related to the integrity of the one or more food ingredients by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences for one or more sources for obtaining the one or more food ingredients.

39. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences related to the integrity of the one or more food ingredients by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences that one or more identified sources not be the one or more sources for obtaining the one or more food ingredients.

40. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences related to the integrity of the one or more food ingredients by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences for one or more locations for obtaining the one or more food ingredients.

41. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information that includes at least the one or more user preferences related to the integrity of the one or more food ingredients by acquiring user information that includes at least one or more user preferences for one or more locations not be the one or more sources for obtaining the one or more food ingredients.

46. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items comprises:

acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users by acquiring user information associated with two or more users who are determined to be affiliated with each other.

47. The computationally-implemented method of claim 46, wherein said acquiring the user information associated with the one or more users by acquiring user information associated with two or more users who are determined to be affiliated with each other comprises:

determining that the two or more users are affiliated with each other based, at least in part, on social networking information provided through one or more devices associated with at least one of the two or more users.

53. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that show the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information by controlling one or more components of one or more automated customized food generation systems to generate the one or more customized food items that display the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information.

55. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information by directing placement of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items.

56. The computationally-implemented method of claim 55, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information by directing placement of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items comprises:

directing the placement of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items by directing printing of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto one or more labels and directing affixing the one or more printed labels onto the one or more customized food items.

59. The computationally-implemented method of claim 55, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information by directing placement of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items comprises:

directing the placement of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items by directing printing of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items.

65. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating dietary information of at least one of the one or more users.

66. The computationally-implemented method of claim 65, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating dietary information of at least one of the one or more users comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating historical dietary consumption information of the at least one of the one or more users.

67. The computationally-implemented method of claim 66, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating historical dietary consumption information of the at least one of the one or more users comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating one or more consumption totals of one or more food ingredients consumed previously by the at least one of the one or more users during one or more predefined periods of time.

71. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators identifying one or more ingredients included in the one or more customized food items to be generated.

72. The computationally-implemented method of claim 71, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators identifying one or more ingredients included in the one or more customized food items to be generated comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating one or more quantities of the one or more ingredients included in the one or more customized food items to be generated.

74. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators identifying one or more customizations that were performed in order to generate the one or more customized food items.

75. The computationally-implemented method of claim 74, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators identifying one or more customizations that were performed in order to generate the one or more customized food items comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating one or more ingredients that are absent from the one or more customized food items to be generated.

77. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating integrity of the one or more customized food items in accordance, at least in part, on the acquired user information.

78. The computationally-implemented method of claim 77, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating integrity of the one or more customized food items in accordance, at least in part, on the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating purity of the one or more customized food items.

79. The computationally-implemented method of claim 78, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating purity of the one or more customized food items comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating amount of one or more impurities included in the one or more customized food items.

85. The computationally-implemented method of claim 77, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating integrity of the one or more customized food items in accordance, at least in part, on the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating that one or more portions of the one or more customized food items were not obtained from one or more specified sources in accordance, at least in part, on the acquired user information.

86. The computationally-implemented method of claim 77, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating integrity of the one or more customized food items in accordance, at least in part, on the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating that one or more portions of the one or more customized food items were obtained from one or more specified locations in accordance, at least in part, on the acquired user information.

87. The computationally-implemented method of claim 77, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating integrity of the one or more customized food items in accordance, at least in part, on the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information, the customized information to be provided through the one or more visual indicators indicating that one or more portions of the one or more customized food items were not obtained from one or more specified locations in accordance, at least in part, on the acquired user information.

88. The computationally-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information comprises:

directing the generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information by directing generation of at least one or more portions of the one or more customized food items to have one or more specific forms in order to indicate the customization information.

90. The computationally-implemented method of claim 88, wherein said directing the generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users that have been customized to show the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information by directing generation of at least one or more portions of the one or more customized food items to have one or more specific forms in order to indicate the customization information comprises:

directing the generation of the at least one or more portions of the one or more customized food items to have the one or more specific forms in order to indicate the customization information by directing generation of at least one or more portions of the one or more customized food items to have one or more specific colors in order to indicate the customization information.

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91. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

means for acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items; and

means for directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information.

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181. A system, comprising:

circuitry for acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items; and

circuitry for directing generation of the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with the acquired user information.