Directing one or more users to one or more automated customized food generation machines

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10115142-B2
Application number	US-201414199667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2014
Priority date	Dec 30, 2013
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring user preference information of a user that indicates one or more customized food preferences of the user including at least one or more preferences related to integrity of one or more ingredients for use in generating one or more customized food items; identifying one or more capable automated customized food generation machines that have one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with the one or more customized food preferences of the user; and presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators that direct the user to at least one automated customized food generation machine. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user;
identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines;
presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine; and
controlling, upon detecting at least one indication of the user within at least one proximity, the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine to generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user,
wherein at least one of the acquiring, identifying, presenting, or controlling is at least partially implemented using at least one processing device.

2. A system, comprising:
circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user;
circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines;
circuitry configured for presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators of physical location of the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine, the one or more indicators of physical location enabling the user to navigate to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine; and
circuitry configured for controlling, upon detecting at least one indication of the user within at least one proximity, the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine to generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring at least some information indicating at least one of historical travel or movement information related to the user.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring at least some information indicating at least one previous usage by the user of the automated customized food generation machine network.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring at least some information related to one or more recommendations previously presented to the user that recommended to the user one or more specific automated customized food generation machines for use by the user.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more food preferences of a user, the one or more food preferences related to one or more ingredients, for use in generating at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring at least a portion of the one or more food preferences of the user in response, at least in part, to determining that at least one automated customized food generation machine is unable to currently generate one or more customized food items.

7. The system of claim 2 , wherein circuitry configured for identifying at least one capable automated customized food generation machine that has the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user, the identified at least one capable automated customized food generation machine selected from an automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines comprises:
circuitry configured for querying the automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines in order to determine one or more automated customized food generation machines of the at least two automated customized food generation machines that have the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user; and
circuitry configured for selecting at least one of the determined one or more automated customized food generation machines that have the one or more ingredients indicated by the acquired one or more food preferences of the user in the one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate the at least one customized food item specifically for the user and in accordance with the one or more food preferences of the user as at least one capable automated customized food generation machine for subsequent direction of the user to the selected at least one capable automated customized food generation machine.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein circuitry configured for querying the automated customized food generation machine network having at least two automated customized food generation machines in order to determine one or more automated customized food genera

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

• G06Q30/0633

  Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0621 Primary

  by configuring or customising goods or services · CPC title

• G07F9/002

  Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines · CPC title

• G06Q50/10

  Services · CPC title

• G07F17/0064

  for processing of food articles (cooking vessels A47J37/00) · CPC title