SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A SMART REFRIGERATOR TO IMPLEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH INTAKE OBJECTIVES

• US 20180053440A1
• Filed: 08/18/2016
• Published: 02/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Inventors: Staveley, Alex
• Granted Patent: US 10,431,115 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

A smart refrigerator including a processor, a memory, and a user interface is described herein. The smart refrigerator is configured to receive user input of a nutritional objective from a user via the user interface, and receive user input of a grocery order including a plurality of grocery items via the user interface. The smart refrigerator is also configured to retrieve nutritional information associated with the plurality of grocery items, and compile a nutritional profile for the user from the retrieved nutritional information. The smart refrigerator is further configured to compare the nutritional profile to the nutritional objective to determine whether the user has met the nutritional objective, and release, when the user has met the nutritional objective, a reward to the user.

Claims

1. A smart refrigerator including a processor in communication with a memory and a user interface, said processor programmed to:

receive user input of a nutritional objective from a user via the user interface;

receive user input of a grocery order including a plurality of grocery items via the user interface;

retrieve nutritional information associated with the plurality of grocery items;

compile a nutritional profile for the user from the retrieved nutritional information;

compare the nutritional profile to the nutritional objective to determine whether the user has met the nutritional objective; and

release, when the user has met the nutritional objective, a reward to the user.

2. The smart refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the reward includes access to one or more grocery items having associated nutritional information that does not meet the nutritional objective.

3. The smart refrigerator of claim 2, wherein said processor is further programmed to make the reward accessible to the user via the user interface.

4. The smart refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the reward includes an amount of money to purchase one or more grocery items having associated nutritional information that does not meet the nutritional objective.

5. The smart refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the reward includes access to an amount of reward funds.

6. The smart refrigerator of claim 5, wherein the reward funds are accessible for a predetermined period of time.

7. The smart refrigerator of claim 5, wherein the amount is predetermined by the user.

8. The smart refrigerator of claim 1, wherein said processor is further programmed to receive user input from the user of the reward via the user interface.

9. The smart refrigerator of claim 1, wherein said processor is further programmed to:

retrieve nutritional information associated with a plurality of grocery orders within a predetermined amount of time; and

compile the nutritional profile using the nutritional information associated with the plurality of grocery orders.

10. The smart refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the user is a first user, and wherein said processor is further programmed to:

receive a first user input of the nutritional objective from the first user;

identify a plurality of users including the first user with the same nutritional objective;

compare nutritional profiles associated with respective users of the plurality of users; and

release the reward upon determining that the nutritional profile of the first user best meets the nutritional objective.

11. A method for implementing accountability measures associated with nutritional objectives, said method performed using an intake tracking and reward (ITR) computing device including a processor in communication with a memory and a user interface, said method comprising:

receiving user input of a nutritional objective from a user via the user interface;

receiving user input of a grocery order including a plurality of grocery items via the user interface;

retrieving nutritional information associated with the plurality of grocery items;

compiling a nutritional profile for the user from the retrieved nutritional information;

comparing the nutritional profile to the nutritional objective to determine whether the user has met the nutritional objective; and

releasing, when the user has met the nutritional objective, a reward to the user.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein releasing a reward to the user comprises releasing the reward including access to one or more grocery items having associated nutritional information that does not meet the nutritional objective.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising making the reward accessible to the user via the user interface.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein releasing a reward to the user comprises releasing the reward including an amount of money to purchase one or more grocery items having associated nutritional information that does not meet the nutritional objective.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein releasing a reward to the user comprises releasing the reward including an amount of reward funds, wherein the reward funds are accessible for a predetermined amount of time and the amount is predetermined by the user.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising retrieving nutritional information associated with a plurality of grocery orders within a predetermined amount of time, wherein compiling the nutritional profile further comprises compiling the nutritional profile using the nutritional information associated with the plurality of grocery orders.

17. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving a first user input of the nutritional objective from the first user;

identifying a plurality of users including the first user with the same nutritional objective;

comparing nutritional profiles associated with respective users of the plurality of users; and

releasing the reward upon determining that the nutritional profile of the first user best meets the nutritional objective.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by an intake tracking and rewards (ITR) computing device including at least one processor coupled to a memory and a user interface, the computer-executable instructions cause the ITR computing device to:

receive user input of a nutritional objective from a user via the user interface;

receive user input of a grocery order including a plurality of grocery items via the user interface;

retrieve nutritional information associated with the plurality of grocery items;

compile a nutritional profile for the user from the retrieved nutritional information;

compare the nutritional profile to the nutritional objective to determine whether the user has met the nutritional objective; and

release, when the user has met the nutritional objective, a reward to the user.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 18, wherein the reward includes access to one or more grocery items having associated nutritional information that does not meet the nutritional objective.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 18, wherein the reward includes an amount of money to purchase one or more grocery items having associated nutritional information that does not meet the nutritional objective.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 18, wherein the reward includes an amount of reward funds, wherein the reward funds are accessible for a predetermined amount of time and the amount is predetermined by the user.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 18, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the ITR computing device to:

retrieve nutritional information associated with a plurality of grocery orders within a predetermined amount of time; and

compile the nutritional profile using the nutritional information associated with the plurality of grocery orders.