Dynamic taste palate profiles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022383433-A1
Application number	US-202117330757-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 26, 2021
Priority date	May 26, 2021
Publication date	Dec 1, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a taste palate profile of a user, wherein the taste palate profile of the user comprises rankings for a plurality of aspects of taste, identify at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user, and provide a menu for the user, where the menu includes an indicator of the at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
obtaining, by a processing system including at least one processor, a taste palate profile of a user, wherein the taste palate profile of the user comprises rankings for a plurality of aspects of taste; identifying, by the processing system, at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user; and providing, by the processing system, a menu for the user, wherein the menu includes an indicator of the at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of aspects of taste comprises:
sweet; salty; sour; bitter; and umami.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of aspects of taste further comprises:
hot; and cold.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of aspects of taste further comprises:
astringency.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the at least one menu item comprises matching the taste palate profile to a flavor profile of the at least one menu item, wherein the flavor profile comprises metrics for the plurality of aspects of taste associated with the at least one menu item.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the flavor profile is generated from flavor profiles of a plurality of ingredients of the at least one menu item.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
generating the flavor profile of the at least one menu item.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining a user selection of at least one of:
the at least one menu item; or
at least one other menu item.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the taste palate profile of the user is updated in response to the user selection.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the taste palate profile of the user is updated in response to the user selection in accordance with a flavor profile of the at least one menu item or a flavor profile of the at least one other menu item that is selected by the user.

11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
updating the taste palate profile of the user in response to the user selection.

12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
obtaining an indication from the user of a second choice menu item, wherein the taste palate profile of the user is further updated in response to the indication in accordance with a flavor profile of the second choice menu item.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the second choice menu item was not selected by the user to be consumed by the user.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing system comprises:
a processing system of an endpoint device of the user; a processing system of a network-based service; or a processing system associated with a restaurant offering the at least one menu item.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the at least one menu item is performed in response to detecting that the user is physically present at a restaurant offering the at least one menu item.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the taste palate profile further comprises a dietary restriction of the user, wherein the menu includes one or more indicators of one or more menu items that conflict with the dietary restriction of the user.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the taste palate profile of a user comprises obtaining taste palate profiles of a plurality of users including the user.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the identifying at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user comprises identifying that the at least one menu item matches the taste palate profiles of at least a portion of the plurality of users.

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining a taste palate profile of a user, wherein the taste palate profile of the user comprises rankings for a plurality of aspects of taste; identifying at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user; and providing a menu for the user, wherein the menu includes an indicator of the at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user.

20 . An apparatus comprising:
a processing system including at least one processor; and a computer-readable medium storing instruction that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining a taste palate profile of a user, wherein the taste palate profile of the user comprises rankings for a plurality of aspects of taste;
identifying at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user; and
providing a menu for the user, wherein the menu includes an indicator of the at least one menu item matching the taste palate profile of the user.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Moton Jr Robert T
• Luu Adrianne Binh
• Pratt James
• Kreiner Barrett
• Chastain Walter Cooper
• Craine Ari
• Koch Robert

Classifications

• G06Q30/0631

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0633

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

• G06Q50/12 Primary

  Hotels or restaurants · CPC title

• G06Q30/0641

  utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping · CPC title