CONSUMPTION NOTIFICATION FROM PERSONAL FOOD INVENTORY
A personal food inventory system (PFIS) allows for storage of food items in a personal inventory associated with a user account, as well as tracking of food items consumed by the user account. The PFIS is linked to an application for communicating between an account user and the PFIS items that are received into the personal inventory and items consumed or otherwise removed from the personal inventory. The PFIS is linked to one or more preferred vendors for easy entry of items into the personal inventory. The PFIS also provides recommendation of dishes the account user can prepare based on the personal food inventory and/or a vendor inventory associated with the preferred vendor. The PFIS further provides user notifications for items nearing their expiry date. The PFIS also provides notification to the account user regarding usage of the personal food inventory system by tracking consumption.
1 . A method of providing user notification regarding usage of a personal food inventory system, comprising:
storing, in a personal inventory database at personal food inventory system, a personal food inventory associated with an account for a user of an electronic device, the personal food inventory comprising a plurality of food records, wherein the personal food inventory system is remotely located with respect to the electronic device;
determining, by the personal food inventory system, one or more consumption goals associated with the account;
determining, by the personal food inventory system, one or more trends of consumption of food items by the account associated with the user;
providing to the electronic device an application configured to communicate with the personal food inventory system to access the personal food inventory for the user; and
outputting by the personal notification system to the application on the electronic device a notification based at least in part on the one or more consumption goals and the one or more patterns of consumption of the food items.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the consumption goal is a nutritional goal associated with the food items consumed in conjunction with the user account.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the consumption goal is a recycling goal associated with the recyclability of food item packaging consumed in conjunction with the user account.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the consumption goal is an economic goal associate with the cost of food items consumed in conjunction with the user account.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined one or more trends are selected from the group consisting of too much fat, too many carbs, too much wasted food, and too little recyclable packaging material.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification provided comprises information regarding whether the consumption associated with the account has met the one or more consumption goals.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification provided comprises, in response to the consumption associated with the account not having met the one or more consumption goals, recommendations for how the user can better meet the one or more goals.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification provided comprises, in response to the consumption associated with the account not having met the one or more consumption goals, recipes to for the user associated with helping meet the one or more goals.
9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a plurality of food item identifiers of food items for adding to the personal food inventory associated with the account; and
updating the personal inventory database with the received plurality of food item identifiers and purchase quantities.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the consumption goal comprises recycling as much packaging as possible associated with the consumed food items, further comprising, upon receiving information that a food item has been completely consumed:
determining whether the packaging for the food item can be recycled; and
provide notification to the user regarding recycling options.
11 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions, the instructions executable to perform steps of providing user notification regarding usage of a personal food inventory system, comprising:
storing, in a personal inventory database at personal food inventory system, a personal food inventory associated with an account for a user of an electronic device, the personal food inventory comprising a plurality of food records, wherein the personal food inventory system is remotely located with respect to the electronic device;
determining, by the personal food inventory system, one or more consumption goals associated with the account;
determining, by the personal food inventory system, one or more trends of consumption of food items by the account associated with the user;
providing to the electronic device an application configured to communicate with the personal food inventory system to access the personal food inventory for the user; and
outputting by the personal notification system to the application on the electronic device a notification based at least in part on the one or more consumption goals and the one or more patterns of consumption of the food items.
12 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the consumption goal is a nutritional goal associated with the food items consumed in conjunction with the user account.
13 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the consumption goal is a recycling goal associated with the recyclability of food item packaging consumed in conjunction with the user account.
14 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the consumption goal is an economic goal associate with the cost of food items consumed in conjunction with the user account.
15 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the determined one or more trends are selected from the group consisting of too much fat, too many carbs, too much wasted food, and too little recyclable packaging material.
16 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the notification provided comprises information regarding whether the consumption associated with the account has met the one or more consumption goals.
17 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the notification provided comprises, in response to the consumption associated with the account not having met the one or more consumption goals, recommendations for how the user can better meet the one or more goals.
18 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the notification provided comprises, in response to the consumption associated with the account not having met the one or more consumption goals, recipes to for the user associated with helping meet the one or more goals.
19 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving a plurality of food item identifiers of food items for adding to the personal food inventory associated with the account; and
updating the personal inventory database with the received plurality of food item identifiers and purchase quantities.
20 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the consumption goal comprises recycling as much packaging as possible associated with the consumed food items, further comprising, upon receiving information that a food item has been completely consumed:
determining whether the packaging for the food item can be recycled; and
provide notification to the user regarding recycling options.