Modifying a cosmetic product based on a microbe profile

• US 9,811,641 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2014
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• 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:
  US14/294,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20150057940A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,253 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 growth-promoting interactions between one or more types of reference microbes and one or more reference cosmetic ingredients;

a microbe profiling device including a microbe sampling unit including a microbe-capture region configured to capture one or more types of microbes from a skin surface of an individual, at least one sensor component configured to sense the captured one or more types of microbes, and circuitry configured to generate a microbe profile based on the sensed captured one or more types of microbes;

a scanning device including circuitry configured to scan and digitize an ingredient label of a cosmetic product, the ingredient label including an ingredient list of the cosmetic product;

a computing device operably coupled to the microbe profiling device and the scanning device, the computing device including a processor and circuitry, the circuitry configured to

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

receive information associated with the microbe profile of the individual from the microbe profiling device, the microbe profile including a distribution and identity of the one or more types of microbes on the skin surface of the individual;

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

identify a growth-promoting 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 growth-promoting interaction stimulates growth of the 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 of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting 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 microbe 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 information associated with the growth-promoting interactions between one or more types of reference microbes and one or more reference cosmetic ingredients includes information associated with at least one of potential growth promoting effect or biofilm formation effect of the one or more reference cosmetic ingredients on the one or more reference microbes.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry configured to identify the growth-promoting 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 includes circuitry configured to identify a potential biofilm formation effect of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product on the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual.

6. 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 growth-promoting 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 microbe 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 growth-promoting interaction or enhance the identified growth-promoting 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 microbe in the microbe profile of the individual.

7. 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 growth-promoting 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 microbe in the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry configured to recommend at least one of addition of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product or subtraction of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients from the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting interaction of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients on the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual.

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

9. 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 growth-promoting 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 microbe 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.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one reference microbe profile; and

circuitry configured to

compare the at least one reference microbe profile to the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual; and

recommend a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the comparison.

11. 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 to the user the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product through at least one of a telephone call, a text message, or an e-mail.

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. The system of claim 1, wherein the microbe profiling device, the scanning device, and the computing device including the processor and the circuitry are incorporated into a kiosk.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the microbe profiling device is a hand-held microbe profiling device including a device head for dislodging microbes from the skin surface of the individual.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the microbe profiling device includes a microbe sampling unit that includes a mask which conforms to a topography of the skin surface of the individual and captures microbes on the skin surface upon contact.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the scanning device is an optical character recognition scanning device.

19. A method for modifying a cosmetic product, comprising:

receiving information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product from a scanning device having circuitry configured to scan and digitize an ingredient label including the ingredient list of the cosmetic product, the ingredient list including one or more cosmetic ingredients;

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

comparing the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual to an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with growth-promoting interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes;

identifying a growth-promoting 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 growth-promoting interaction stimulates growth of the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual;

recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting 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 microbe in the microbe profile of the individual; and

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

20. The method of claim 19, wherein identifying a growth-promoting 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 includes identifying a potential biofilm formation effect of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product on the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting 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 microbe in the microbe profile of the individual includes recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to alleviate the identified growth-promoting interaction or enhance the identified growth-promoting 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 microbe in the microbe profile of the individual.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting 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 microbe in the microbe profile of the individual includes recommending at least one of addition of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting interaction or subtraction of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients from the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified interaction.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting interaction includes recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product based at least in part on user information including at least one of age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location, skin characteristics, medical history, co-morbidities, or user preferences.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein reporting to the user the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product includes reporting to the user the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product through at least one of a display, a printout, a telephone call, a text message, or an e-mail.

25. The method of claim 19, 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.

26. The method of claim 19, further comprising arranging for delivery of a modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

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

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

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

circuitry for comparing the received information associated with the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and the received information associated with the microbe profile of the individual to an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with growth-promoting interactions between one or more reference cosmetic ingredients and one or more types of reference microbes;

circuitry for identifying a growth-promoting 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 growth-promoting interaction stimulates growth of the at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual;

circuitry for recommending a modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting 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 reporting to a user the recommended modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product.

28. The system of claim 27, further comprising:

a computing device including a processor.

29. The system of claim 27, further comprising:

the scanning device 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.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein the circuitry for recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting 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 microbe 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 growth-promoting interaction or enhance the identified growth-promoting interaction.

31. The system of claim 27, wherein the circuitry for recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting 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 microbe in the microbe profile of the individual includes circuitry for recommending at least one of an addition of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting interaction or a subtraction of the at least one of the one or more cosmetic ingredients from the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting interaction.

32. The system of claim 27, wherein the circuitry for recommending the modification to the ingredient list of the cosmetic product in response to the identified growth-promoting 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 microbe 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 including at least one of age, gender, ethnicity, geographical location, skin characteristics, medical history, co-morbidities, or user preferences.

33. The system of claim 27, further comprising circuitry for providing to the individual at least one discount coupon for purchase of the modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.

34. The system of claim 27, further comprising circuitry for arranging for delivery of a modified cosmetic product including the recommended modification to the ingredient list.