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

• US 20150186969A1
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• 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 10,176,505 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

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182. A system, comprising:

a user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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.

183. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

a user information obtaining module configured to obtain at least a portion of the user information from at least one of the one or more users.

187. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

a memory retrieving module configured to retrieve 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.

188. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

an Internet retrieving module configured to retrieve 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.

189. The system of claim 188, wherein said Internet retrieving module configured to retrieve 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:

an Internet retrieving module configured to retrieve 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.

191. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

a dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain dietary information associated with the one or more user.

194. The system of claim 191, wherein said dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain dietary information associated with the one or more user comprises:

a dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain one or more dietary preferences of the one or more users.

197. The system of claim 194, wherein said dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain one or more dietary preferences of the one or more users comprises:

a dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain one or more ingredient preferences of the one or more users.

198. The system of claim 191, wherein said dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain dietary information associated with the one or more user comprises:

a dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain one or more dietary schedules of the one or more users.

199. The system of claim 191, wherein said dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain dietary information associated with the one or more user comprises:

a dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain one or more dietary restrictions of the one or more users.

200. The system of claim 191, wherein said dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain dietary information associated with the one or more user comprises:

a dietary information obtaining module configured to obtain historical dietary information associated with the one or more users.

202. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

a user purity preference obtaining module configured to obtain user information that includes at least one or more user preferences related to purity of the one or more food ingredients.

203. The system of claim 202, wherein said user purity preference obtaining module configured to obtain user information that includes at least one or more user preferences related to purity of the one or more food ingredients comprises:

a user impurity testing preference obtaining module configured to obtain 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.

204. The system of claim 203, wherein said user impurity testing preference obtaining module configured to obtain 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:

a user impurity testing preference obtaining module configured to obtain 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.

207. The system of claim 203, wherein said user impurity testing preference obtaining module configured to obtain 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:

a user impurity testing preference obtaining module configured to obtain 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.

218. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

a user source preference obtaining module configured to obtain user information that includes at least one or more user preferences for one or more sources for obtaining the one or more food ingredients.

219. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

a user source preference obtaining module configured to obtain 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.

220. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

a user location preference obtaining module configured to obtain user information that includes at least one or more user preferences for one or more locations for obtaining the one or more food ingredients.

221. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

a user location preference obtaining module configured to obtain 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.

226. The system of claim 182, wherein said user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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:

a user information obtaining module including a user affiliated determining module configured to obtain user information associated with two or more users who are determined, by the user affiliated determining module, to be affiliated with each other.

227. The system of claim 226, wherein said user information obtaining module including a user affiliated determining module configured to obtain user information associated with two or more users who are determined, by the user affiliated determining module, to be affiliated with each other comprises:

a user affiliated determining module configured to determine 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.

233. The system of claim 182, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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:

a component controlling module configured to control 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.

235. The system of claim 182, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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:

a visual indicator placement controlling module configured to control placement of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items.

236. The system of claim 235, wherein said visual indicator placement controlling module configured to control placement of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items comprises:

a label printing controlling module configured to control printing of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto one or more labels; and

a label affixing controlling module configured to control affixing the one or more printed labels onto the one or more customized food items.

239. The system of claim 235, wherein said visual indicator placement controlling module configured to control placement of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items comprises:

a customized food item printing controlling module configured to control printing of the one or more visual indicators that provide the customized information onto the one or more customized food items.

245. The system of claim 182, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

246. The system of claim 245, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

247. The system of claim 246, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

251. The system of claim 182, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

252. The system of claim 251, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

254. The system of claim 182, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

255. The system of claim 254, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

257. The system of claim 182, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

258. The system of claim 257, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

259. The system of claim 258, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

265. The system of claim 257, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

266. The system of claim 257, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

267. The system of claim 257, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control 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.

268. The system of claim 182, wherein said customized food item generation controlling module configured to control generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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:

a customized food item form controlling module configured to control 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.

270. The system of claim 268, wherein said customized food item form controlling module configured to control 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:

a customized food item color controlling module configured to control 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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271. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium bearing;

one or more instructions for obtaining user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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

one or more instructions for controlling generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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.

272. A system, comprising:

a user information obtaining module configured to obtain user information associated with one or more users that is a basis, at least in part, in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be obtained 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;

a customized food item generation controlling module configured to control generation of the one or more customized food items that are 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; and

a customized food item generation system configured to generate the one or more customized food items that includes one or more visual indicators.