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Determining a meal and/or meal plan

US8918355B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 9, 2009
Grant dateDec 23, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06N5/02
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, apparatus and computer-readable mediums, storing sets of instructions, provide for determining at least one meal combination including receiving, at a server, information identifying at least one food item; accessing, from a storage device, a set of meal combination rules; applying, at the server, the accessed set of meal combination rules to a plurality of food items; determining at least one meal combination; and transmitting the determined at least one meal combination from the server to a computing device for display. Alternatively, for generating a meal plan, including accessing a set of meal plan rules; applying the set of meal plan rules to a plurality of food items; determining a plurality of meal combinations; and transmitting the determined plurality of meal combinations from a server device to a computing device.

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