Substrate structure injection treatment system and method for ingestible product system and method

• US 10,121,218 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2012
• 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): Waggoner, Timothy R
• Application Number:
  US13/528,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20130330448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,330 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A23P 10/00 Shaping or working of foodstuffs characterised by the products
• CPC Class Codes: A23P 20/20 Making of laminated, multi-layered, stuffed or hollow foodstuffs, e.g. by wrapping in preformed edible dough sheets or in edible food containers
• 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 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 9/026 for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically directing control of at least partial treatment of the one or more portions of the one or more ingestible substrate structures according to the treatment instructional information regarding the one or more subsequent injection operations including at least one or more injections of one or more materials into the one or more portions of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products subsequent to and based at least in part upon the electronically receiving the user status information and the electronically receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products. 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 system, comprising:

circuitry configured for receiving user status information regarding one or more particular individual living beings, the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings including at least one or more identifiers associated with the one or more particular individual living beings;

circuitry configured for receiving selection information at least in part identifying one or more selected ingestible products;

circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructional information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products; and

circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructional information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent gas injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructional information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information regarding the one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate wafer structures.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructional information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information regarding the one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate pasta structures.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructional information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information regarding the one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate emulsion structures.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructional information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information regarding the one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate sheet structures.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructional information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information regarding the one or more subsequent injection operations on the one or more ingestible substrate structures including one or more ingestible substrate liquid structures.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections via at least in part one or more directly connected electrical circuits.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections via at least in part electronic computer network communication.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections color properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections to modify one or more surface texture properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections to modify one or more oral sensation properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections to modify one or more sound properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible product.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections to modify one or more structural texture properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections to modify one or more olfactory properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections to modify one or more shape properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections to modify one or more psycho-sensory properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into one or more gas jets provided as one or more structures for at least in part heating one or more ingestible substrates to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into one or more substantially carbohydrate portions of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen one or more portions of at least one substance in which the one or more ingestible substrate structures will be prepared, including at least partial hydrogenation of the at least one substance in which the one or more ingestible substrate structures will be prepared, previous to preparation of the one or more selected ingestible products.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into one or more substantially fat portions of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least some hydrogen into at least some water to form at least in part at least one portion of hydrogen water as the one or more selected ingestible products.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures as substantially one or more carbohydrates to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures as substantially one or more fats to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures as substantially one or more proteins to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures by at least partially internally coating at least one portion of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures by at least partially removing at least one portion of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures by at least partially mixing with at least one portion of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures by at least partially replacing at least one portion of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures by at least partially integrating with at least one portion of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures by at least partially softening at least one portion of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures by at least partially hydrogenating at least one portion of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures by at least partially hardening at least one portion of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein

circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of the one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to modify one or more properties of the one or more ingestible substrate structures by at least partially dehydrating at least one portion of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products.

37. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of one or more gas injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more gas injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of one or more gas injections via one or more operations of piercing into the one or more ingestible substrate structures.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more gas injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of one or more gas injections via one or more channels in the one or more ingestible substrate structures.

40. The system of claim 37, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more gas injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of one or more gas injections into one or more containers including at least one or more ingestible materials as the one or more ingestible substrate structures.

41. The system of claim 37, wherein circuitry configured for directing control of one or more gas injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for obtaining the treatment instructional information comprises:

circuitry configured for directing control of one or more gas injections via at least one of one or more injection probes, one or more injection needles, one or more injection tubes, or one or more injection syringes into the one or more ingestible substrate structures.

42. The system of claim 2, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructions information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the circuitry configured for receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information regarding one or more subsequent steam injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information regarding one or more subsequent steam injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining treatment instructional information regarding one or more subsequent steam injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, the one or more subsequent steam injection operations including at least one operation of obtaining one or more liquids, at least one operation of heating the one or more liquids to obtain one or more steam portions, and at least one operation of injecting the one or more steam portions into the one or more ingestible substrate structures.

44. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving user status information regarding one or more particular individual living beings, the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings including at least one or more identifiers associated with the one or more particular individual living beings comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving user status information regarding one or more particular individual living beings including at least one or more identifiers associated with the one or more particular individual living beings and one or more preferences of the one or more particular individual living beings for preparation of ingestible products by steaming.

45. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving selection information at least in part identifying one or more selected ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving selection information at least in part identifying one or more selected ingestible products capable of preparation by steaming.

46. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry configured for receiving selection information at least in part identifying one or more selected ingestible products comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving selection information at least in part identifying one or more selected ingestible products in response to one or more selection menus outputted via at least one electronic display and identifying one or more candidate ingestible products and one or more preparation methods, including at least steaming, available for preparation of the one or more candidate ingestible products.

36. A method, comprising:

receiving user status information regarding one or more particular individual living beings, the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings including at least one or more identifiers associated with the one or more particular individual living beings;

receiving selection information at least in part identifying one or more selected ingestible products;

obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructional information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products; and

directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the obtaining the treatment instructional information,

wherein at least one of the receiving, obtaining, or directing is at least partially implemented using at least one processing device.

47. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one computing device, configure the at least one computing device to perform one or more operations, including at least;

receiving user status information regarding one or more particular individual living beings, the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings including at least one or more identifiers associated with the one or more particular individual living beings;

receiving selection information at least in part identifying one or more selected ingestible products;

obtaining treatment instructional information, the treatment instructional information obtained via at least in part one or more electronic storage devices and regarding one or more subsequent injection operations on one or more ingestible substrate structures, based at least in part upon the receiving the user status information regarding the one or more particular individual living beings and based at least in part upon the receiving the selection information at least in part identifying the one or more selected ingestible products; and

directing control of one or more injections of at least one of methane or hydrogen into the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products based at least in part upon the obtaining the treatment instructional information.