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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2019
Decopac, Inc., Anoka, MN (US);
John R. Anderson, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Carlos A. Davila, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mitchell Huxhold, San Diego, CA (US);
Sarah Schiebout, North Branch, MN (US);
Andy Schnoebelen, Escondido, CA (US);
Gina Watschke, Oak Grove, MN (US);
Decopac, Inc., Anoka, MN (US);
Abstract
In an illustrative embodiment, systems for designing and producing customized food products include receiving a request to design a customized food product containing a printed edible medium. The systems may calculate, based on product inventory at a preferred bakery, a preparation lead time for the food product where the product inventory includes availability of printed edible media substrates. The systems may present customization user interface screens that provide customization options for the food product. The systems may convert customization option selections made at the customization user interface screens into decorating instructions for the food product and transmit the decorating instructions to the bakery. The systems may determine a position in a preparation queue for the food product based in part on attributes of pending food product orders in a preparation queue at the bakery.