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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10346899 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2014

Identifying one or more substitute automated customized food generation machines for generating one or more substitute customized food items

Applicant:

Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Pablos Holman, Seattle, WA (US);

Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);

Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

Max R. Levchin, San Francisco, CA (US);

Royce A. Levien, Lexington, MA (US);

Richard T. Lord, Gig Harbor, WA (US);

Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Nathan C Uber

Assistant Examiner:

Fawaad Haider

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); G07F 9/10 (2006.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/70 (2006.01); A23P 10/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0639 (2013.01); A23P 10/00 (2016.08); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01); G07F 9/02 (2013.01); G07F 9/10 (2013.01); G07F 11/002 (2013.01); G07F 11/70 (2013.01); G07F 17/0064 (2013.01);
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 ingredient integrity preferences related to integrity of one or more ingredients; determining that there is no capable automated customized food generation machine present in nearby vicinity of the user that is able to currently generate one or more customized food items in compliance with the one or more customized food preferences of the user; and identifying one or more substitute automated customized food generation machines present in the nearby vicinity of the user that are able to currently generate at least one substitute customized food item that is only in partial compliance with the one or more customized food preferences of the user. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

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