Electronic recipe management
First Claim
1. A method for managing distribution of electronic recipes, said method comprising the steps of:
- encrypting a selection of ingredients of a particular electronic recipe accessible at a particular web site wherein said encrypted selection of ingredients are decryptable at a food retailer server system associated with a food retailer that intends to pre-package said encrypted selection of ingredients; and
transmitting instructions for preparing said electronic recipe and said encrypted selection of ingredients to a computer system associated with a particular user, such that said particular electronic recipe is distributed to said particular user where said encrypted selection of ingredients is not accessible to said particular user.
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Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, ingredients for a particular electronic recipe accessible at a particular web site are encrypted, wherein the encrypted ingredients may be decrypted by a food retailer that intends to pre-package the encrypted ingredients. Instructions for preparing the electronic recipe and the encrypted ingredients are transmitted to a computer system associated with a particular user. The particular user may select the food retailer at which the encrypted ingredients are to be pre-packaged and transmit the encrypted ingredients to the food retailer. The selected food retailer may decrypt the encrypted ingredients utilizing a decryption key provided by the particular web site and pre-package the encrypted ingredients for the particular user.
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43 Claims
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1. A method for managing distribution of electronic recipes, said method comprising the steps of:
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encrypting a selection of ingredients of a particular electronic recipe accessible at a particular web site wherein said encrypted selection of ingredients are decryptable at a food retailer server system associated with a food retailer that intends to pre-package said encrypted selection of ingredients; and transmitting instructions for preparing said electronic recipe and said encrypted selection of ingredients to a computer system associated with a particular user, such that said particular electronic recipe is distributed to said particular user where said encrypted selection of ingredients is not accessible to said particular user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for managing distribution of electronic recipes, said system comprising:
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means for encrypting a selection of ingredients of a particular electronic recipe accessible at a particular web site wherein said encrypted selection of ingredients are decryptable at a food retailer server system associated with a food retailer that intends to pre-package said encrypted selection of ingredients; and means for transmitting instructions for preparing said electronic recipe and said encrypted selection of ingredients to a computer system associated with a particular user, such that said particular electronic recipe is distributed to said particular user where said encrypted selection of ingredients is not accessible to said particular user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A program for managing distribution of electronic recipes, residing on a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means, said program comprising:
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means for encrypting a selection of ingredients of a particular electronic recipe accessible at a particular web site wherein said encrypted selection of ingredients are decryptable at a food retailer server system associated with a food retailer that intends to pre-package said encrypted selection of ingredients; and means for transmitting instructions for preparing said electronic recipe and said encrypted selection of ingredients to a computer system associated with a particular user, such that said particular electronic recipe is distributed to said particular user where said encrypted selection of ingredients is not accessible to said particular user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for managing preparation for an electronic recipe, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a particular recipe with instructions for preparing said particular recipe and encrypted ingredients for said particular recipe from a particular web site at a computer system associated with a particular user; and transmitting said encrypted ingredients to a particular food retailer server system that is enabled to decrypt said ingredients and pre-package said decrypted ingredients, such that said computer system manages requests for preparation of encrypted ingredients of an electronic recipe. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for managing preparation for an electronic recipe, said system comprising:
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means for receiving a particular recipe with instructions for preparing said particular recipe and encrypted ingredients for a particular user for said particular recipe from a particular web site at a computer system associated with said particular user; and means for transmitting said encrypted ingredients to a particular food retailer server system that is enabled to decrypt said ingredients and pre-package said decrypted ingredients, such that said computer system manages requests for preparation of encrypted ingredients of an electronic recipe. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for managing preparation of a portion of a recipe, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving encrypted ingredients at a particular food retailer server system from a particular user for a recipe provided by a particular web site; decrypting said encrypted ingredients with a decryption key received from said particular web site; controlling pre-packaging of said decrypted ingredients at said particular food retailer for said particular user, such that said particular food retailer manages preparation of encrypted ingredients for a particular user. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A system for managing preparation of a portion of a recipe, said system comprising:
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means for receiving encrypted ingredients at a particular food retailer server system from a particular user for a recipe provided by a particular web site; means for decrypting said encrypted ingredients with a decryption key received from said particular web site; means for controlling pre-packaging of said decrypted ingredients at said particular food retailer for said particular user, such that said particular food retailer manages preparation of encrypted ingredients for a particular user. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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42. A program for managing preparation of a portion of a recipe, residing on a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means, said program comprising:
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means for receiving encrypted ingredients at a particular food retailer server system from a particular user for a recipe provided by a particular web site; means for decrypting said encrypted ingredients with a decryption key received from said particular web site; means for controlling pre-packaging of said decrypted ingredients at said particular food retailer for said particular user, such that said particular food retailer manages preparation of encrypted ingredients for a particular user.
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43. The program for managing preparation of encrypted ingredients according 42, said program further comprising:
means for transmitting a request for said decryption key to said particular web site.
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