Guideline-based food purchase management

• US 9,092,811 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2011
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bai, Kun, Li, Ming, Liu, Leslie S., Ye, Fan, Zeng, Liangzhao, Zhu, Xinxin
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilder, Hunter
• Application Number:
  US13/150,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20120310758A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,518 Days
• Field of Search: 705/10, 705/14, 705/15, 705/23, 705/26.1, 705/2, 705/26.8, 705/26.81, 705/26.9, 705/27.1, 705/27.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

A system and computer program product for guideline-based food purchase management include generating a personalized set of nutrition guidelines for a user, generating a user profile for the user, wherein the user profile comprises health information and nutrition preferences, and using the personalized set of nutrition guidelines and the user profile to generate a guideline-based shopping list for the user.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable recordable storage medium including computer useable program code for generating location-based food purchase guidance, the computer program product including:

computer useable program code for obtaining (i) a shopping list comprising multiple food items and one or more available replacement food items associated with each of the multiple food items based on nutritional composition, and (ii) a list of multiple stores to be considered in connection with the shopping list;

computer useable program code for generating a user interface to enable user input and user manipulation of a guideline-based shopping list, wherein said user interface comprises at least (i) a first component displaying the multiple food items on the guideline-based shopping list to the user in an order based on a user-generated preference list of food items, (ii) a second component that is linked to a nutritional database comprising nutritional information pertaining to each item on the guideline-based shopping list, and (iii) a third component that is linked to a customer review database comprising one or more customer reviews pertaining to each item on the guideline-based shopping list;

computer useable program code for automatically filtering out one or more of the multiple food items that are not suitable for the user, based on user input via the user interface, to produce an updated guideline-based shopping list for the user;

computer useable program code for using the updated shopping list, the list of multiple stores, a store location map and inter-store routing guidance to generate an inter-store shopping route; and

computer useable program code for generating an in-store shopping route, for each of the multiple stores in the inter-store shopping route, based on (i) the updated shopping list, (ii) intra-store routing guidance for each of the multiple stores based on a preferred purchasing order of the multiple food items on the updated guideline-based shopping list based on a temperature category of each of the multiple food items, and (iii) a floor plan for the store.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein generating the in-store shopping route further comprises using one or more user preferences in connection with the intra-store guidance.

3. A system for guideline-based nutrition management, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

use user-provided information and nutrition information to generate a set of one or more personalized nutrition guidelines for a user;

use the user-provided information and the set of one or more personalized nutrition guidelines for the user to generate a user profile, wherein the user profile comprises (i) one or more shopping preferences, (ii) health information including present user health status and family medical history of the user, and (iii) one or more nutrition preferences;

use the personalized set of one or more nutrition guidelines and the user profile to generate a guideline-based shopping list for the user, wherein said guideline-based shopping list comprises (i) multiple food items and (ii) one or more available replacement food items associated with each of the multiple food items based on nutritional composition;

generate a user interface to enable user input and user manipulation of the guideline-based shopping list, wherein said user interface comprises at least (i) a first component displaying the multiple food items on the guideline-based shopping list to the user in an order based on a user-generated preference list of food items, (ii) a second component that is linked to a nutritional database comprising nutritional information pertaining to each item on the guideline-based shopping list, and (iii) a third component that is linked to a customer review database comprising one or more customer reviews pertaining to each item on the guideline-based shopping list;

automatically filter out one or more of the multiple food items that are not suitable for the user, based on user input via the user interface, to produce an updated guideline-based shopping list for the user;

use the updated guideline-based shopping list, a list of one or more stores, a store location map and inter-store routing guidance to generate an inter-store shopping route;

generate an in-store shopping route, for each of the one or more stores in the inter-store shopping route, based on (i) the updated shopping list, (ii) intra-store routing guidance based on a preferred purchasing order of the multiple food items on the updated guideline-based shopping list based on a temperature category of each of the multiple food items, and (iii) a floor plan for the store; and

perform nutrition compliance tracking for the user based on one or more tracked food items and one or more tracked exercise activities.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein generating the personalized set of one or more nutrition guidelines and generating the user profile comprise using Web-enabled questionnaires to collect and assess information pertaining to the user.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein using the personalized set of one or more nutrition guidelines and the user profile to generate the guideline-based shopping list comprises using information pertaining to availability of one or more selected food markets based on the personalized set of one or more nutrition guidelines.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein using the personalized set of one or more nutrition guidelines and the user profile to generate the guideline-based shopping list comprises accessing a food market supply list repository and dividing candidate food into one or more categories.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein generating the guideline-based shopping list further comprises using additional user input pertaining to user budget, travel distance of one or more stores, user preference of one or more stores, and available coupons from one or more stores.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein generating the guideline-based shopping list further comprises facilitating a user to interactively select one or more items to purchase, and updating a food compliance report in real-time and providing one or more food suggestions to the user based on the one or more selected items.