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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9824382-B2
Application number	US-201414175416-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2014
Priority date	Dec 30, 2013
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring user information associated with one or more users for use in generating one or more customized food items that are customized specifically for the one or more users, the user information to be acquired including at least 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 the one or more customized food items for the one or more users, the one or more customized food items having been customized to show one or more visual indicators that provide customized information that has been customized in accordance, at least in part, with 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 system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations, comprising:
at least one processing device; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including at least 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 detecting one or more users in proximity of one or more automated customized food generation machines;
circuitry configured for acquiring one or more identities of the one or more users and one or more preferences related to one or more food items customized for the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities;
circuitry configured for directing generation by the one or more automated customized food generation machines of the one or more food items customized for the one or more users in accordance, at least in part, with the one or more preferences, including at least controlling printing by one or more electronic food printer components of the one or more automated customized food generation machines of the one or more food items customized for the one or more users; and
circuitry configured for controlling printing of one or more visual indicators related to one or more customizations occurring during generation of the one or more food items in accordance with the one or more preferences of the one or more users onto the one or more food items customized for the one or more users.

2. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more identities of the one or more users and one or more preferences related to one or more food items customized for the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring at least a portion of the one or more identities of the one or more users at least in part through a user interface of an automated customized food preparation machine capable of generating one or more food items customized for the one or more users.

3. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more identities of the one or more users and one or more preferences related to one or more food items customized for the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring one or more preferences related to one or more food items customized for the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more users having provided the one or more user identifications subsequent to the one or more users being detected in proximity of the one or more automated customized food generation machines.

4. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more identities of the one or more users and one or more preferences related to one or more food items customized for the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities comprises:
circuitry configured for retrieving at least a portion of the one or more preferences related to one or more food items customized for the one or more users from the internet based, at least in part, on the one or more identities.

5. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 4 , wherein circuitry configured for retrieving at least a portion of the one or more preferences related to one or more food items customized for the one or more users from the internet based, at least in part, on the one or more identities comprises:
circuitry configured for retrieving at least a portion of the one or more preferences related to one or more food items customized for the one or more users from one or more social networking websites based, at least in part, on the one or more identities.

6. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more identities of the one or more users and one or more preferences one or more food items customized for the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring dietary information associated with the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities.

7. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 6 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring dietary information associated with the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring one or more dietary preferences of the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities.

8. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 7 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more dietary preferences of the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring one or more ingredient preferences of the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities.

9. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for detecting one or more users in proximity of one or more automated customized food generation machines comprises:
circuitry configured for detecting, using at least one proximity sensor of the one or more automated customized food generation machines, one or more users in proximity of one or more automated customized food generation machines.

10. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for detecting one or more users in proximity of one or more automated customized food generation machines comprises:
circuitry configured for detecting at least one mobile device associated with the one or more users in proximity of one or more automated customized food generation machines at least in part via at least one Wi-Fi communication.

11. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 1 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more identities of the one or more users and one or more preferences related to one or more food items customized for the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring one or more preferences related to purity of one or more ingredients to be included in one or more food items customized for the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities.

12. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 11 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more preferences related to purity of one or more ingredients to be included in one or more food items customized for the one or more users based, at least in part, on the one or more identities comprises:
circuitry configured for acquiring one or more preferences that one or more sources for the one or more ingredients were tested for presence of one or more impurities based, at least in part, on the one or more identities.

13. The system for generating food items visually indicating food item customizations of claim 12 , wherein circuitry configured for acquiring one or more preference

Assignees

• Elwha Llc
• 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

• G07F17/0064

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

• G07F11/70

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

• G07F11/002

  Physics · mapped topic