METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING A FOOD ITEM
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1. A method for recommending an acceptable food item, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor of a mobile endpoint device, one or more food item data communications over a short range communications protocol that are pushed to the mobile endpoint device;
filtering, by the processor, the one or more food item data communications in accordance with a food item filter pre-defined by a user to identify the acceptable food item to recommend to the user; and
recommending, by the processor, the acceptable food item to the user.
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Abstract
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for recommending a food item are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more food item data communications over a short range communications protocol that are pushed to a mobile endpoint device, filters the one or more food item data communications in accordance with a food item filter pre-defined by a user to identify an acceptable food item to recommend to the user and recommends the acceptable food item to the user.
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1. A method for recommending an acceptable food item, comprising:
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receiving, by a processor of a mobile endpoint device, one or more food item data communications over a short range communications protocol that are pushed to the mobile endpoint device; filtering, by the processor, the one or more food item data communications in accordance with a food item filter pre-defined by a user to identify the acceptable food item to recommend to the user; and recommending, by the processor, the acceptable food item to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile endpoint device, cause the processor to perform operations for recommending an acceptable food item, the operations comprising:
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receiving one or more food item data communications over a short range communications protocol that are pushed to the mobile endpoint device; filtering the one or more food item data communications in accordance with a food item filter pre-defined by a user to identify the acceptable food item to recommend to the user; and recommending the acceptable food item to the user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for recommending an acceptable food item, comprising:
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receiving, by a processor of a mobile endpoint device, a selection of one or more dietary objectives selected by a user, wherein the one or more dietary objectives define one or more specific food items that the user is trying to avoid; receiving, by the processor, a selection of a grocery store at a location, wherein the selection identifies a layout of a plurality of food categories in a plurality of aisles of the grocery store; receiving, by the processor, one or more food item data communications over a near field communications (NFC) protocol that are pushed to the mobile endpoint device as the user walks down one of the plurality of aisles, wherein the one or more food item data communications are transmitted by an NFC tag on a shelf containing a food item of a respective one of the one or more food item data communications; filtering, by the processor, the one or more food item data communications in accordance with the one or more dietary objectives selected by the user to identify the acceptable food item to recommend to the user; and recommending, by the processor, the acceptable food item to the user. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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