Managing an electronic cookbook
First Claim
1. A method for managing an electronic cookbook, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes;
comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes;
designating at least one meal plan of recipes from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular user, such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; and
in response to receiving a meal plan selection from among said at least one meal plan, updating a kitchen budget according to cost of cooking related supplies utilized for said meal plan selection.
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Abstract
According to the present invention, dietary needs designated for a particular user are received in a common transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein the data processing system has access to multiple electronic recipes. The dietary needs designated for the particular user are compared with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at the particular home base from among the multiple accessible electronic recipes. At least one meal plan is designated from among the selection of electronic recipes that satisfies the dietary needs of the particular user, such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at a particular home base according to dietary needs of a particular user.
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Citations
91 Claims
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1. A method for managing an electronic cookbook, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes; comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes; designating at least one meal plan of recipes from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular user, such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; and in response to receiving a meal plan selection from among said at least one meal plan, updating a kitchen budget according to cost of cooking related supplies utilized for said meal plan selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for managing an electronic cookbook, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes; comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes; designating at least one meal plan of recipes from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular user, such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; and designating said selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base according to kitchen equipment necessary to prepare said electronic recipes available at said home base.
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29. A method for managing an electronic cookbook, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes; comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes; designating at least one meal plan of recipes from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular users such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; and adding events to a schedule according to a meal plan selection, in response to receiving a meal plan selection from among said at least one meal plan. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A system for managing an electronic cookbook, said system comprising:
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means for receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes; means for comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes; and means for designating at least one meal plan from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular user, such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; means for, in response to receiving a meal plan selection from among said at least one meal plan, updating a kitchen budget according to cost of cooking related supplies utilized for said meal plan selection. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A system for managing an electronic cookbook, said system comprising:
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means for receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes; means for comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes; means for designating at least one meal plan from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular user, such that an electronic meat plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; and means for designating said selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base according to kitchen equipment necessary to prepare said electronic recipes available at said home base.
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60. A system for managing an electronic cookbook, said system comprising:
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means for receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes; means for comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes; and means for designating at least one meal plan from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular user, such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; means for adding events to a schedule according to a meal plan selection, in response to receiving a meal plan selection from among said at least one meal plan. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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63. A program for managing an electronic cookbook, residing on a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means, said program comprising:
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means for receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes; means for comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes; means for designating at least one meal plan from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular user, such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; and means for, in response to receiving a meal plan selection from among said at least one meal plan, updating a kitchen budget according to cost of cooking related supplies utilized for said meal plan selection. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A program for managing an electronic cookbook, residing on a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means, said program comprising:
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means for receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes; means for comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes; means for designating at least one meal plan from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular user, such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; and means for designating said selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base according to kitchen equipment necessary to prepare said electronic recipes available at said home base.
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83. A program for managing an electronic cookbook, residing on a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means, said program comprising:
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means for receiving dietary needs designated for a particular user in a particular transmittable data format at a data processing system associated with a particular home base, wherein said data processing system has access to a plurality of electronic recipes; means for comparing said dietary needs designated for said particular user with a selection of electronic recipes that are preparable at said particular home base from among said plurality of electronic recipes; means for designating at least one meal plan from among said selection of electronic recipes that satisfies said dietary needs for said particular user, such that an electronic meal plan is specified on said data processing system for preparation at said particular home base according to said dietary needs of said particular user; and means for adding events to a schedule according to a meal plan selection, in response to receiving a meal plan selection from among said at least one meal plan. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85)
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86. A method for managing recipe selections within an electronic cookbook, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving access to a plurality of electronic recipes via a plurality of diverse data storage medium at an electronic cookbook controller; and filtering said plurality of electronic recipes at said electronic cookbook controller according to specifications for a particular household and according to kitchen equipment accessible at said particular household, such that only a selection of said plurality of electronic recipes that are preparable according to said specifications for said particular household and said kitchen equipment accessible at said particular household are accessible at said electronic cookbook controller. - View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A method for managing recipe selections within an electronic cookbook, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving access to a plurality of electronic recipes via a plurality of diverse data storage medium at an electronic cookbook controller; filtering said plurality of electronic recipes at said electronic cookbook controller according to specifications for a particular household, such that only a selection of said plurality of electronic recipes that are preparable according to said specifications for said particular household are accessible at said electronic cookbook controller, and further according to kitchen equipment accessible at said particular household; filtering said plurality of electronic recipes at said electronic cookbook controller according to specifications for a particular household, such that only a selection of said plurality of electronic recipes that at preparable according to said specifications for said particular household are accessible at said electronic cookbook controller; and adding events to a schedule according to a selection from among said filtered plurality of recipes.
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Specification