Systems and methods for providing customized packagings for customized food items that were customized based, at least in part, on customized food item integrity preference

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10053280-B2
Application number	US-201314144163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2013
Priority date	Dec 30, 2013
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring user information associated with one or more users for preparing one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the user information including one or more user preferences related to integrity of one or more food ingredients to be included in the one or more customized food items; and directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items of the one or more users, the one or more customized packagings having one or more features that are customized based, at least in part, on the acquired user information. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A food packaging customization system, comprising:
at least one processing device; and
at least one non-transitory medium including one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to be configured as at least:
circuitry configured for acquiring at least two user identifiers associated with at least two users, the at least two user identifiers including at least one identifier associated with at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and at least one identifier associated with at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system;
circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items;
circuitry configured for obtaining at least one image identifying at least one of the at least two users;
circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users; and
circuitry configured for controlling one or more components of a robotic packaging system to pack one or more portions of the one or more customized food items into the one or more customized packagings.

2. The food packaging customization system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items comprises:
circuitry configured for retrieving dietary information associated with at least one of the at least two users.

3. The food packaging customization system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry configured for retrieving dietary information associated with at least one of the at least two users comprises:
circuitry configured for retrieving at least one of one or more dietary preferences, one or more ingredient preferences, one or more dietary schedules, or one or more dietary restrictions associated with at least one of the at least two users.

4. The food packaging customization system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring at least two user identifiers associated with at least two users, the at least two user identifiers including at least one identifier associated with at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and at least one identifier associated with at least one other user determined to be affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system comprises:
circuitry configured for determining that the at least one other user is affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system using at least some social networking data.

5. The food packaging customization system of claim 4 , wherein circuitry configured for determining that the at least one other user is affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system using at least some social networking data comprises:
circuitry configured for determining that the at least one other user is affiliated with the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system using at least some social networking data obtained by the food packaging customization system via at least one wireless communication between at least one mobile device of the at least one user proximate to the food packaging customization system and the food packaging customization system.

6. The food packaging customization system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items comprises:
circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users related to purity of one or more food ingredients.

7. The food packaging customization system of claim 6 , wherein circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users related to purity of one or more food ingredients comprises:
circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for presence of at least one of one or more prions, one or more antibiotics, or one or more selective bacteria.

8. The food packaging customization system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items comprises:
circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users for at least one of one or more sources or one or more locations for obtaining one or more food ingredients.

9. The food packaging customization system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for retrieving, based at least in part on the at least two user identifiers, one or more user customizations to be applied during preparation of one or more customized food items comprises:
circuitry configured for retrieving one or more preferences of at least one of the at least two users that one or more food ingredients not be obtained from at least one of one or more specified sources or one or more specified locations.

10. The food packaging customization system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:
circuitry configured for directing printing of information indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users onto one or more labels; and
circuitry configured for directing affixing of the one or more printed labels onto one or more packagings designed for holding one or more portions of the one or more customized food items.

11. The food packaging customization system of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for directing generation of one or more customized packagings for holding the one or more customized food items, the one or more customized packagings including at least one or more features indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users comprises:
circuitry configured for directing printing of information indicative of the one or more user customizations applied during preparation of the one or more customized food items and including the at least one image identifying the at least one of the at least two users onto one or more packagings designed for holding one or more portions of one or more c

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

• Holman Pablos
• Hyde Roderick A
• Ishikawa Muriel Y
• Kare Jordin T
• Levchin Max R
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Richard T
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A
• Myhrvold Nathan P
• Petroski Robert C
• Tegreene Clarence T
• Whitmer Charles
• Wood Jr Lowell L
• Wood Victoria Y H

Classifications

• G07F17/0092

  for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles (medical dispensers for private use, A61J7/00) · CPC title

• G07F17/26

  for printing, stamping, franking, typing or teleprinting apparatus (ticket printing or the like apparatus G07F17/42) · CPC title

• G07F11/70

  in which the articles are formed in the apparatus from components, blanks, or material constituents · CPC title

• G06Q30/0621

  by configuring or customising goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q50/12

  Hotels or restaurants · CPC title