Ingestion intelligence acquisition system and method for ingestible material preparation system and method

• US 9,922,576 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2011
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Holman, Paul, Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Stephenson, Neal, Young, Christopher Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Goyea, Olusegun
• Application Number:
  US13/373,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054015A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,310 Days
• Field of Search: 705 11, 705 15, 705 5, 705 268, 705 271, 705330, 705339, 705500, 705 1458, 705 269, 705 2, 705 1464, 705 732, 705 44, 99321, 99322, 700233, 700236, 700237, 222243, 426523, 34053912, 3405721, 3405731, 4555521, 455 412, 235375, 235383, 600300, 1 1, 382115, 382103, 382116
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0078 Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a hot or cooked condition, e.g. popcorn, nuts
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0092 for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/009 User recognition or proximity detection
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/023 Arrangements for display, data presentation or advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/026 for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

Prior to dispensing of the one or more selected ingestible products for ingestion by the particular individual living being of the selected ingestible products, the at least partial preparation of the one or more selected ingestible products occurring within a first vicinity of the electronically outputting of the electronically generated one or more selection menus; and electronically directing control at least in part of acquisition of ingestion intelligence including information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products, the ingestion by the particular individual living being within a second vicinity of the electronically outputting of the electronically generated one or more selection menus. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A vending machine, comprising:

at least one production machine configured for at least partial preparation and dispensing of at least one selected ingestible product from the vending machine;

at least one camera component;

at least one display;

at least one microphone;

at least one temperature sensing component;

circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component;

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one current air temperature at least partially via the at least one temperature sensing component;

circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product;

circuitry configured for displaying the one or more selection menus via the at least one display;

circuitry configured for receiving at least one selection of at least one candidate ingestible product as at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via the at least one microphone;

circuitry configured for directing control of the at least one production machine to at least partly prepare and dispense the at least one selected ingestible product;

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone;

circuitry configured for directing control at least in part of acquisition of at least some ingestion intelligence including at least information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition of the at least some user feedback; and

circuitry configured for updating at least one data store with the at least some ingestion intelligence in association with the at least one selected ingestible product to at least partly facilitate generation of one or more future selection menus for the particular individual living being, the one or more future selection menus capable of being generated based at least in part upon at least some data from the updated at least one data store associating the at least some ingestion intelligence with at least one future candidate ingestible product.

2. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being via an electronic voice print associated with audio captured via the at least one camera component, the at least one camera component including the at least one microphone.

3. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via voice recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one electronic audio recording of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component, the at least one camera component including the at least one microphone.

4. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding air temperature associated with environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being.

5. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding humidity level associated with environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being.

6. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding olfactory factors including at least one of smells, aromas, odors, or scents associated with environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being.

9. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding occupant density associated with environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being.

10. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining, at least partly via at least one internet network component, one or more weather conditions including at least an air temperature associated with an exterior environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being; and

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding the air temperature associated with the exterior environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being at least partially based on the obtained one or more weather conditions and regarding the at least one current air temperature obtained at least partially via the at least one temperature sensing component.

11. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding noise level associated with environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being.

12. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding lighting factors including at least one of intensity, spectrum, duration, or pattern associated with environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being.

13. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding color including at least one of spectrum, predominance, intensity, duration, or pattern associated with environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being.

14. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding artwork associated with environs of the ingestion by the particular individual living being.

15. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding dining party factors, the dining party including at least and having a relational association with the particular individual living being, the dining party factors including at least one of number in party, demographics of at least one party member, attire of at least one party member, movement patterns of at least one party member, or topic of conversation of at least one party member.

16. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding ergonomic factors including at least one of chair configuration ergonomics, table configuration ergonomics, utensil ergonomics, arrangement of dishware ergonomics, arrangement of surrounding chairs ergonomics, arrangement of surrounding tables ergonomics, arrangement of standing area ergonomics, counter ergonomics, or bench ergonomics.

17. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding background music factors including at least one of volume of music, genre of music, tempo of music, one or more vocalists involved, one or more musicians involved, or whether music is live.

18. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding information pertaining to extrinsic factors including at least one of news stories, local events, world events, business climate, technology updates, entertainment events, sports results, political events, health updates, weather conditions, traffic conditions, or finance reports.

19. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding user feedback including at least one of taste opinion, texture opinion, feeling of physical health, feeling of mental health, or financial considerations.

20. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding consumption rate thereof by the particular individual living being.

21. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding one or more apparel items worn by the particular individual living being.

22. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding degree of animation by the particular individual living being.

23. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding material combinations ingested by the particular individual living being.

24. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding demographics of the particular individual living being.

25. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding one or more details of conversation by the particular individual living being obtained via the at least one of the at least one camera component or the at least one microphone.

26. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding gratuity execution by the particular individual living being.

27. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding one or more details regarding financial status of the particular individual living being.

28. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring, via at least in part speech recognition, at least some intelligence related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding quantity of leftovers left by the particular individual living being.

29. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding one or more details of time dynamics involving the particular individual living being including at least one of time spent ordering the at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products, time spent waiting for order of the at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products to be fulfilled, time spent ingesting the at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products, time spent before leaving the environs of ingestion after ingesting the at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products.

30. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product regarding one or more details regarding the type of dining party being attended by the particular individual living being during ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products.

31. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition, the speech recognition operable to convert to textual form one or more words associated with at least one vocal utterance of the particular individual living being obtained at least partly via the at least one microphone.

32. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition of at least some unsolicited user comments of the particular individual living being obtained at least partly via the at least one microphone.

33. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition, the speech recognition including at least audio analysis of at least some unsolicited user comments of the particular individual living being obtained at least partly via the at least one microphone.

34. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via an electronic iris scan of the particular individual living being using at least one image of an iris of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component.

35. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via recognition of a fingerprint of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the fingerprint of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component.

36. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving at least one selection of at least one candidate ingestible product as at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving at least one selection of at least one candidate ingestible product as at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via speech recognition of the input received at least partly via the at least one microphone.

37. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of the at least one production machine to at least partly prepare and dispense the at least one selected ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the at least one production machine to at least partly prepare the at least one selected ingestible product via electronically excluding ingredients from being included in the preparation of the at least one selected ingestible product, the electronically excluding ingredients including at least excluding one or more ingredients associated with one or more allergies of the particular individual living being.

38. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon at least some refuse analysis of past dispensing to the particular individual living being.

39. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon at least some refuse analysis of past dispensing to the particular individual living being, the at least some refuse analysis including determining a quantity of wrappers.

40. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon at least some refuse analysis of past dispensing to the particular individual living being, the at least some refuse analysis including determining a quantity of leftovers not consumed by the particular individual living being.

41. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon at least one selection associated with at least one remote advisor, the at least one selection associated with at least one remote advisor received via a communication link.

42. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon at least one selection associated with at least one human remote advisor, the at least one selection associated with at least one human remote advisor received via a communication link subsequent to the identification of the particular individual living being and ingestion intelligence related to the particular individual living being communicated to the at least one human remote advisor via the communication link.

43. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for storing at least one audio stream related to discussion between the particular individual living being and an employee of an establishment associated with the at least one selected ingestible product obtained at least partly via the at least one microphone; and

circuitry configured for converting to textual form one or more words associated with the at least one audio stream via at least in part speech recognition.

44. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for determining a consumption rate that the particular individual living being ingests the at least one selected ingestible product;

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one audio input from the particular individual living being at least partly via the at least one microphone, the at least one audio input associated with a health condition perceived by the particular individual living being and related to the at least one selected ingestible product; and

circuitry configured for converting to textual form one or more words associated with the at least one audio input via at least in part speech recognition.

45. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for acquiring at least some intelligence related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition of at least one audio sample obtained at least partly via the at least one microphone the speech recognition including at least recognition via a speech recognition application executed by at least one microprocessor component of the machine.

46. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving at least one selection of at least one candidate ingestible product as at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via the at least one microphone comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving at least one selection of at least one candidate ingestible product as at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via the at least one microphone, the input including at least voice commands, the voice commands analyzed for selections via at least in part speech recognition.

47. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving at least some audio via the at least one microphone; and

circuitry configured for identifying the particular individual living being at least partly based on the at least some audio via at least in part an electronic voice print associated with the particular individual living being.

48. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for displaying the one or more selection menus via the at least one display comprises:

circuitry configured for displaying one or more weather conditions and the one or more selection menus via the at least one display.

49. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control at least in part of acquisition of at least some ingestion intelligence including at least information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition of the at least some user feedback comprises:

circuitry configured for performing audio analysis of the at least some user feedback at least partly via speech recognition to determine at least some ingestion intelligence including at least some information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product, the at least one factor including at least one olfactory factor.

50. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control at least in part of acquisition of at least some ingestion intelligence including at least information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition of the at least some user feedback comprises:

circuitry configured for performing audio analysis of the at least some user feedback at least partly via speech recognition to determine at least some ingestion intelligence including at least some information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product, the at least one factor including at least one noise level of an environment in which the particular individual living being ingested the at least one selected ingestible product.

51. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of the at least one production machine to at least partly prepare and dispense the at least one selected ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving control signals from a distal location to direct control of the at least one production machine to at least partly prepare and dispense the at least one selected ingestible product.

52. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control at least in part of acquisition of at least some ingestion intelligence including at least information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition of the at least some user feedback comprises:

circuitry configured for performing audio analysis of the at least some user feedback at least partly via speech recognition to determine at least some ingestion intelligence including at least some information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product, the at least some ingestion intelligence including at least one air temperature of an environment in which the particular individual living being ingested the at least one selected ingestible product.

53. The vending machine of claim 1, further comprising:

a housing,

wherein the at least one production machine, the at least one camera component, the at least one display, the at least one microphone and the circuitry are co-located within the housing.

54. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control at least in part of acquisition of at least some ingestion intelligence including at least information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition of the at least some user feedback comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control at least in part of acquisition of at least some ingestion intelligence including at least information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part one or more electronic image recognition products including at least a speech recognition component implemented by a microprocessor component of the vending machine.

55. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus in map form including at least one arrangement resembling one or more maps containing one or more candidate ingestible products and one or more descriptions of candidate ingestible products.

56. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for displaying the one or more selection menus via the at least one display comprises:

circuitry configured for displaying the one or more selection menus in map form via the at least one display, including at least displaying the one or more candidate ingestible products in conjunction with a corresponding one or more descriptions of the one or more candidate ingestible products in one or more selection menus resembling one or more maps.

57. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one computer video file of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component.

58. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving an electronic inputting of the identification of the particular individual living being via the at least one camera component.

59. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via gesture recognition of at least one gesture made by the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being making the at least one gesture obtained by the at least one camera component.

60. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon at least some data from the at least one data store relating to at least one previously selected ingestible product dispensed at a time that the at least one air temperature was proximate to the at least one current air temperature.

61. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for displaying the one or more selection menus via the at least one display comprises:

circuitry configured for displaying the one or more selection menus and the at least one current air temperature via the at least one display.

62. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for updating at least one data store with the at least some ingestion intelligence in association with the at least one selected ingestible product to at least partly facilitate generation of one or more future selection menus for the particular individual living being, the one or more future selection menus capable of being generated based at least in part upon at least some data from the updated at least one data store associating the at least some ingestion intelligence with at least one future candidate ingestible product comprises:

circuitry configured for updating at least one data store with the at least some ingestion intelligence in association with the at least one selected ingestible product and the at least one current air temperature to at least partly facilitate generation of one or more future selection menus for the particular individual living being, the one or more future selection menus capable of being generated based at least in part upon at least some data from the updated at least one data store associating the at least some ingestion intelligence with at least one future candidate ingestible product for recommendation when at least one future air temperature is proximate to the at least one current air temperature.

7. A vending machine, comprising:

at least one production machine configured for at least partial preparation and dispensing of at least one selected ingestible product from the vending machine;

at least one camera component;

at least one display;

at least one microphone;

at least one temperature sensing component;

means for receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component;

means for obtaining at least one current air temperature at least partially via the at least one temperature sensing component;

means for generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product;

means for displaying the one or more selection menus via the at least one display;

means for receiving at least one selection of at least one candidate ingestible product as at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via the at least one microphone;

means for directing control of the at least one production machine to at least partly prepare and dispense the at least one selected ingestible product;

means for acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone;

means for directing control at least in part of acquisition of at least some ingestion intelligence including at least information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition of the at least some user feedback; and

means for updating at least one data store with the at least some ingestion intelligence in association with the at least one selected ingestible product to at least partly facilitate generation of one or more future selection menus for the particular individual living being, the one or more future selection menus capable of being generated based at least in part upon at least some data from the updated at least one data store associating the at least some ingestion intelligence with at least one future candidate ingestible product.

8. A method, comprising:

providing a vending machine including at least;

at least one production machine configured for at least partial preparation and dispensing of at least one selected ingestible product from the vending machine;

at least one camera component;

at least one display;

at least one microphone; and

at least one temperature sensing component;

receiving an identification of a particular individual living being, including at least identifying the particular individual living being at least partly via image recognition of the particular individual living being using at least one image of the particular individual living being obtained by the at least one camera component;

obtaining at least one current air temperature at least partially via the at least one temperature sensing component;

generating one or more selection menus identifying one or more candidate ingestible products, including at least some air-temperature appropriate candidate ingestible products, subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being based at least in part upon the identification of the particular individual living being, the at least one current air temperature, and at least some data from the at least one data store relating (i) at least one previously selected ingestible product, (ii) at least one air temperature at a time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and (iii) at least some user feedback associated with the particular individual living being, the at least one previously selected ingestible product, and the at least one air temperature at the time of ingestion of the at least one previously selected ingestible product;

displaying the one or more selection menus via the at least one display;

receiving at least one selection of at least one candidate ingestible product as at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via the at least one microphone;

directing control of the at least one production machine to at least partly prepare and dispense the at least one selected ingestible product;

acquiring at least some user feedback related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product at least partly via at least one of the at least one camera or the at least one microphone;

directing control at least in part of acquisition of at least some ingestion intelligence including at least information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of the at least one selected ingestible product via at least in part speech recognition of the at least some user feedback; and

updating at least one data store with the at least some ingestion intelligence in association with the at least one selected ingestible product to at least partly facilitate generation of one or more future selection menus for the particular individual living being, the one or more future selection menus capable of being generated based at least in part upon at least some data from the updated at least one data store associating the at least some ingestion intelligence with at least one future candidate ingestible product.