Selecting substitute ingredients in a food recipe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11256705-B2
Application number	US-202016752785-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2020
Priority date	Nov 1, 2017
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

The program directs a computer processor to implement a program that selects at least one substitute ingredient for a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria. The program receives a food recipe comprising one or more ingredients, instructions, and preparation time. The program determines time constraints of a user. The program identifies one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out the instructions of the food recipe. The program searches a market database in a market to identify available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, and selects the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for adjusting a food recipe based on a plurality of determined criteria, comprising:
identifying one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out instructions of a received food recipe;
searching a market database of a market to identify one or more available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, wherein the at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe comprises a food item that may be substituted with an alternative food item; and
selecting the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria, wherein selecting, by the processor, the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria further comprises:
performing, by the processor, a multi-factor optimization wherein the at least one substitute ingredient available at the market is evaluated in relation to an amount of time required to complete the food recipe using the one or more identified Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user and sales goals of the market where the at least one substitute ingredient is being purchased.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prioritizing the determined one or more available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on sales goals of the market.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prioritizing the determined one or more available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with the at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prioritizing the determined one or more available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on availability of the one or more identified Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices and an amount of time required to complete the food recipe.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing a multi-factor optimization further comprises sales goals of the market and a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with the at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adjusting one or more settings to broaden or narrow a list of available options at a market for the at least one substitute ingredient based on user input.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
using a learning feedback mechanism to learn and validate accuracy of a selection, by a user, of the at least one substitute ingredient.

8. A computer program product for implementing a program that manages a device, comprising a non-transitory tangible storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor of a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
identifying, by the processor, one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out instructions of a received food recipe;
searching, by the processor, a market database of a market to identify one or more available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, wherein the at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe comprises a food item that may be substituted with an alternative food item; and
selecting, by the processor, the at least one substitute ingredient according to the specific criteria, wherein selecting, by the processor, the at least one substitute ingredient according to the plurality of determined criteria further comprises:
performing, by the processor, a multi-factor optimization wherein the at least one substitute ingredient available at the market is evaluated in relation to an amount of time required to complete the food recipe using the one or more identified Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user and sales goals of the market where the at least one substitute ingredient is being purchased.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
prioritizing, by the processor, the determined one or more available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on sales goals of the market.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
prioritizing, by the processor, the determined one or more available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with the at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
prioritizing, by the processor, the determined one or more available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on availability of the one or more identified Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices in a kitchen associated with the user and an amount of time required to complete the food recipe.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein performing a multi-factor optimization further comprises sales goals of the market and a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with the at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
adjusting, by the processor, one or more settings to broaden or narrow a list of available options at a market for the at least one substitute ingredient based on user input.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
using, by the processor, a learning feedback mechanism to learn and validate accuracy of a selection, by a user, of the at least one substitute ingredient.

15. A computer system for implementing a program that manages a device, comprising:
one or more computer devices each having one or more processors and one or more tangible storage devices; and
a program embodied on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program having a plurality of program instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising instructions for:
identifying, by the computer, one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cooking devices that are available in a kitchen associated with the user to carry out instructions of a received food recipe;
searching, by the computer, a market database of a market to identify one or more available options for the at least one substitute ingredient found in the market database based on a similarity level of the at least one substitute ingredient compared with at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe, wherein the at least one ambiguous ingredient in the food recipe comprises a food item that may be substituted with an alternative food item; and
selecting, by the computer, the at least one substitute ingredient according to t

Assignees

• Doordash Inc

Inventors

• Byron Donna K
• Delaney Mark
• Grant Robert
• Hutchinson Charlotte

Classifications

• G06Q30/0631 Primary

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• A23L5/10

  General methods of cooking foods, e.g. by roasting or frying · CPC title

• G06F16/24575 Primary

  using context · CPC title

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• G06F16/24578

  using ranking · CPC title