Systems and methods for scanning information from storage area contents

• US 10,232,408 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2018
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Freshub Ltd. (IKAN Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: IKAN Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Zsigmond, Fabio, Douer, Sion Elie, Yoshizawa, Geraldo, Wagner, Frederico
• Primary Examiner(s): Rudy, Andrew Joseph
• Application Number:
  US16/103,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20180353998A1
• Time in Patent Office: 217 Days
• Field of Search: 370352, 370356, 379 881, 379 8816, 37911401, 379219, 4551501, 455405, 455406, 4554141, 704231, 704258, 704266, 704268, 7042701, 705 28- 30, 709204, 709217-219
• CPC Class Codes: B07C 5/34 Sorting according to other particular properties material testing per se G01N; quality control G07C3/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

The present invention is related to methods and systems for collected item information for stored items. In one embodiment, a networked food storage system comprises a first sensor configured to read information from item tags coupled to items, wherein the items are stored or intended to be stored in a storage unit. A data store is configured to store food preferences for at least a first user. Instructions, stored in computer readable memory, are configured to: cause a first user interface to be displayed to the first user via which the first user can request a meal suggestion; retrieve preference information for the first user from computer readable memory; retrieve information read from at least a first item tag; and provide a meal suggestion based at least in part on preference information for the first user and item tag information.

Claims

1. A voice processing system comprising:

a networks interface;

a computer;

non-transitory memory that stores instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to perform operations comprising;

receive, using the network interface, a digitized order of a user from a remote system configured to receive user spoken words, the remote system comprising a microphone, a wireless network interface, and a digitizer coupled to the microphone, wherein the digitizer is configured to convert spoken words into a digital representation;

translate at least a portion of the digitized order to text;

match the text, translated from the digitized order, to a text description stored in a database comprising text descriptions of items and associated unique product identifiers;

based at least in part on the identified match of the text translated from the digitized order to the text description stored in a database, identify an item corresponding to the text description;

add the identified item to a set of items associated with the user; and

enable the set of items, including the identified item, to be displayed via a user display.

2. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein identifying the item corresponding to the text is based in part on location information of the user.

3. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein identifying the item corresponding to the text is based in part on preference information of the user.

4. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein identifying the item corresponding to the text is based in part on a purchase history of the user.

5. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to increase recognition accuracy by placing more weight on words related to types of items being purchased by the user.

6. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to increase recognition accuracy by, when there are more than one potential matches to the text, placing more weight on words related to the user'"'"'s purchase history.

7. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to cause the set of items to be audibly provided to the user via a website, short messaging service, or telephone.

8. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to cause the set of items to be provided to the user via a website.

9. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to cause the set of items to be provided to the user via a telephone.

10. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to cause the set of items to be provided to the user via a short messaging system.

11. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to:

provide to at least one user device a first identifier determined by the voice processing system as corresponding to a first item in a given user order and identifiers corresponding to alternative items from which the user can choose.

12. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to use the identification of the item to offer the user an additional or alternative item and to enable the user to order the additional or alternative item.

13. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the voice processing system is configured to enable the user to add a reminder with respect to at least one item.

14. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the order comprises an item name.

15. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein an item description from the user is recorded at least partly in response to a verbal user command.

16. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein a separate digital file is used to store respective digitized item descriptions from the user.

17. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to enable the user to verify that text conversion of the spoken order via a user interface.

18. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to enable the user to select among a plurality of providers, a provider to supply the identified item.

19. The voice processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein the set of items is associated with a shopping cart.

20. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

receiving over a network at a network interface a digitized order of a user from a remote system configured to receive user spoken words, the remote system comprising a microphone, a wireless network interface, and a digitizer coupled to the microphone, wherein the digitizer is configured to convert spoken words into a digital representation;

translating, using a processing system comprising at least one processing device and configured to perform translation of voice orders to text, at least a portion of the digitized order to text;

matching, using the processing system, the text, translated from the digitized order, to a text description associated with a unique product identifier;

based at least in part on the unique product identifier associated with the text description matched to the text translated from the digitized order, identifying, using the processing system, an item corresponding to the text;

causing the identified item to be placed on an item set associated with the user; and

enabling the item set, including at least the identified item, to be displayed via a user display remote from the processing system.

21. The method as defined in claim 20, wherein identifying the item corresponding to the text is based in part on location information of the user.

22. The method as defined in claim 20, wherein identifying the item corresponding to the text is based in part on preference information of the user, or purchase history of the user, or both preference information of the user and purchase history of the user.

23. The method as defined in claim 20, the method further comprising placing more weight on words related to types of items being purchased by the user when performing recognition of spoken words of the user.

24. The method as defined in claim 20, the method further comprising placing more weight on words related to the user'"'"'s purchase history when performing recognition of spoken words of the user.

25. The method as defined in claim 20, the method further comprising causing the item set to be audibly provided to the user via at least one user device.

26. The method as defined in claim 20, the method further comprising providing to at least one user device a first identifier determined by the voice processing system as corresponding to a first item in a given user order and identifiers corresponding to alternative items from which the at least one user can choose.

27. The method as defined in claim 20, the method further comprising enabling the user to cause the processing system to add a verbal reminder.

28. The method as defined in claim 20, wherein an item description from the user is recorded at least partly in response to a verbal user command.

29. The method as defined in claim 20, the method further comprising enabling the user to verify that text conversion of the spoken order via a user interface.

30. Non-transitory memory that stores instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

receive a digitized voice communication of a user from a remote system configured to receive user spoken words, the remote system comprising a microphone, a wireless network interface, and a digitizer coupled to the microphone, wherein the digitizer is configured to convert spoken words into a digital representation;

translate at least a portion of the digitized voice communication to text;

match the text, translated from the digitized voice communication, to a text description associated with a unique product identifier, wherein the text description is accessed from a data store;

based at least in part on the unique product identifier associated with the text description matched to the text translated from the digitized voice communication, identify an item corresponding to the text;

cause the identified item to be included in an item set associated with the user; and

enable the item set, including the identified item, to be displayed via a user display.