Modifying a cosmetic product based on a microbe profile

• US 9,805,171 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2014
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Baym, Michael H., Hyde, Roderick A., Kare, Jordin T., Leuthardt, Eric C., McKnight, Gary L., Pan, Tony S., Sweeney, Elizabeth A., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Jr., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bennett, Stuart
• Application Number:
  US14/294,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20150057939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,246 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G16C 20/30 Prediction of properties of chemical compounds, compositions or mixtures

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for modifying a cosmetic product based on a microbe profile including an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with interactions between reference cosmetic ingredients and types of reference microbes; and a computing device including circuitry configured to receive information associated with the microbe profile of an individual, receive information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, compare the microbe profile of the individual and the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, identify an interaction between at least one cosmetic ingredient in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual, recommend a modification to the ingredient list in response to an identified interaction, and report to a user the recommended modification.

Claims

1. A system for modifying a cosmetic product, comprising:

an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with chemical interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes, wherein said chemical interactions alter at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients; and

a computing device including a processor and circuitry, the circuitry configured to receive information associated with a microbe profile of an individual, the microbe profile including a distribution and identity of one or more types of microbes on a skin surface of the individual;

receive information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, the ingredient list including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

compare the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset to the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual and the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product;

identify a chemical interaction between at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual based on the comparison with the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, wherein the identified chemical interaction alters at least one of the color, the texture, or the odor of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients;

recommend a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual; and

report to a user the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more types of reference microbes in the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset include one or more skin-associated microbes.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset is at least one of incorporated into a memory component of the computing device, stored on a portable data storage device, or stored on a remote computing device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset includes information associated with the chemical interactions between the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and the one or more types of reference microbes, wherein said chemical interactions alter a pH property of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to receive the information associated with the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry configured to receive the information associated with the microbe profile of the individual from at least one of a microbe profiling device, a microbe profiling system, a portable data storage device, or the Internet.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to receive the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product includes circuitry configured to receive the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from at least one of a remote computing device, a portable data storage device, or the Internet.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a scanning device operably coupled to the computing device and including circuitry configured to scan and digitize an ingredient label of the cosmetic product, the ingredient label including the ingredient list of the cosmetic product, wherein the computing device includes circuitry configured to receive the digitized ingredient label including the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from the scanning device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to identify the chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry configured to identify a pH effect on the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to recommend a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry configured to recommend a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to alleviate the identified chemical interaction or enhance the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual.

10. The system of claim 1, further including circuitry configured to receive user information from the individual.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to recommend the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry configured to recommend the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product based at least in part on user information, wherein said user information includes at least one of age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location, skin characteristics, medical history, co-morbidities, or user preferences.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to report to the user the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product includes circuitry configured to report the recommended modification to the ingredient list to a remote computing device.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising circuitry configured to provide to the individual at least one discount coupon for purchase of the modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising circuitry configured to arrange for delivery of a modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

15. A method of modifying a cosmetic product, comprising:

receiving information associated with a microbe profile of an individual, the microbe profile including a distribution and identity of one or more types of microbes on a skin surface of the individual;

receiving information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, the ingredient list of the cosmetic product including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

comparing the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual and the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with chemical interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes wherein said chemical interactions alter at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients;

identifying a chemical interaction between at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual based on the comparison with the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, wherein the chemical interaction alters at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients;

recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual; and

reporting to a user the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the information associated with the microbe profile of the individual includes receiving the information associated with the microbe profile of the individual from a computing component associated with at least one of a microbe profiling device or a microbe profiling system.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product includes receiving the information associate with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from a remote computing device.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising scanning and digitizing an ingredient label of the cosmetic product with a scanning device, the ingredient label including the ingredient list of the cosmetic product;

and

receiving the information associated with the ingredient list from the scanning device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein identifying the chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual based on the comparison with the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset includes identifying a potential pH effect on the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile includes recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to alleviate the identified chemical interaction or enhance the identified chemical interaction.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile includes recommending at least one of an addition of at least one cosmetic ingredient to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction or a subtraction of at least one cosmetic ingredient from the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile includes recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product based at least in part on user information regarding at least one of age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location, skin characteristics, medical history, co-morbidities, or user preferences.

23. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing to the individual at least one discount coupon for purchase of the modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

24. The method of claim 15, further comprising arranging for delivery of a modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

25. A system for modifying a cosmetic product, comprising:

circuitry for receiving information associated with a microbe profile of an individual, the microbe profile including a distribution of one or more types of microbes on a skin surface of the individual;

circuitry for receiving information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, the ingredient list of the cosmetic product including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

circuitry for comparing the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual and the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with chemical interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes, wherein said chemical interactions alter at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients;

circuitry for identifying a chemical interaction between at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual based on the comparison with the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, wherein the chemical interaction alters at least one of the color, the texture, or the odor of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients;

circuitry for recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual; and

circuitry for sending a signal to report to a user the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product.

26. The system of claim 25, further comprising a computing device.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the circuitry for receiving the information associated with the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry for receiving the information associated with the microbe profile of the individual from a computing component associated with at least one of a microbe profiling device or a microbe profiling system.

28. The system of claim 25, wherein the circuitry for receiving the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product includes circuitry for receiving the information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product from a scanning device.

29. The system of claim 25, wherein the circuitry for identifying the chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual based on the comparison with the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset includes circuitry for identifying a pH effect on the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual.

30. The system of claim 25, wherein the circuitry for recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry for recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to alleviate the identified chemical interaction or enhance the identified chemical interaction.

31. The system of claim 25, wherein the circuitry for recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry for recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product based at least in part on user information regarding at least one of age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location, skin characteristics, medical history, co-morbidities, or user preferences.

32. The system of claim 25, further comprising circuitry for providing to the individual at least one discount coupon for purchase of a modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

33. The system of claim 25, further comprising circuitry for arranging for delivery of a modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

34. A system for modifying a cosmetic product, comprising:

a computing device;

an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with chemical interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes, wherein said chemical interactions alter at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients; and

non-transitory machine-readable media including one or more instructions for modifying the cosmetic product, the one or more instructions including one or more instructions for receiving information associated with a microbe profile of an individual, the microbe profile including a distribution of one or more types of microbes on a skin surface of the individual;

one or more instructions for receiving information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, the ingredient list including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

one or more instructions for comparing the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset to the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual and the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product;

one or more instructions for identifying a chemical interaction between at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual based on comparison with the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, wherein the identified chemical interaction alters at least one of a color, a texture, or an odor of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients;

one or more instructions for recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified chemical interaction between the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual; and

one or more instructions for reporting to a user the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product.