IP Library Granted Patent US 9,219,633
Granted Patent B2
US 9,219,633 · App. 13/649,032 · Granted Dec 22, 2015

Recipe exchange and management system

Inventor: Ashraf Michael Mina (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Mina Group LLC
H04L29/06047G06Q50/12
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,219,633
App. No.
13/649,032
Granted
Dec 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A recipe exchange and management system is provided for a group of related restaurants. The system may be implemented as a network service that provides a series of interfaces or web pages to implement recipe creation, recipe sharing, and recipe and menu management. Users of the system may login with a username and password to access recipe data and menu data of any of two or more restaurants supported by the network service. A recipe may be created by a first user and reviewed by one or more second users of the service. A user associated with a first restaurant of the group of restaurants may access a recipe associated with a second restaurant of the group of restaurants.

Claims (32)

1. A method for exchanging recipes between restaurant menus of different restaurants in a restaurant group, the method comprising:

receiving at a server recipe data from a first user having a first permission level within a plurality of restaurants forming a restaurant group, the recipe data associated with a recipe for a menu item of a first menu offered by a first restaurant from the plurality of restaurants;

storing the recipe data in memory of the server;

receiving at the server from a second user a review decision concerning the recipe data submitted by the first user, wherein the second user has a second permission level within the restaurant group, is associated with a second restaurant offering a second menu from the plurality of restaurants forming the restaurant group, and is someone other than the first user who created the recipe data;

receiving at the server from the second user modifications to the recipe data submitted by the first user when the review decision received from the second user is a disapproval of the recipe data;

storing the recipe data in memory for subsequent use in a menu item of the second menu when the review decision received from the second user is an approval of the recipe data;

receiving at the server a request for the recipe data from a third user associated with a third restaurant of the plurality of restaurants offering a third menu, the third user having a third permission level within the restaurant group; and

transmitting the recipe data to the third user based on the permission level of the third user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recipe data includes a video associated with the recipe.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recipe data includes cost data for recipe ingredients.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recipe data includes delivery verbiage.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recipe data includes recipe notes.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recipe data is received from data entered through a web page.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving from a plurality of menu reviewers a menu review decision to update the second menu to include a menu item based on the recipe data.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second menu is stored in memory and the method further comprises updating the second menu to include a menu item based on the recipe data.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the menu review decision is based on a plurality of factors.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for exchanging recipes between restaurant menus of different restaurants in a restaurant group, the method comprising:

receiving at a server recipe data from a first user having a first permission level within a plurality of restaurants forming a restaurant group, the recipe data associated with a recipe for a menu item of a first menu offered by a first restaurant from the plurality of restaurants;

storing the recipe data in memory of the server;

receiving at the server from a second user a review decision concerning the recipe data submitted by the first user, wherein the second user has a second permission level within the restaurant group, is associated with a second restaurant offering a second menu from the plurality of restaurants forming the restaurant group, and is someone other than the first user who created the recipe data;

receiving at the server from the second user modifications to the recipe data submitted by the first user when the review decision received from the second user is a disapproval of the recipe data;

storing the recipe data in memory for subsequent use in a menu item of the second menu when the review decision received from the second user is an approval of the recipe data;

receiving at the server a request for the recipe data from a third user associated with a third restaurant of the plurality of restaurants offering a third menu, the third user having a third permission level within the restaurant group; and

transmitting the recipe data to the third user based on the permission level of the third user.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the recipe data includes a video associated with the recipe.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the recipe data includes cost data for recipe ingredients.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the recipe data includes delivery verbiage.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the recipe data includes recipe notes.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the recipe data is received from data entered through a web page.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising receiving from a plurality of menu reviewers a menu review decision to update the second menu to include a menu item based on the recipe data.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the second menu is stored in memory and the method further comprises updating the second menu to include a menu item based on the recipe data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the menu review decision is based on a plurality of factors.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2015
From: MINA, ASHRAF MICHAEL
To: MINA GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 037273/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2013
From: MINA, MICHAEL
To: MINA GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 029716/0829 →
Continuity (1)
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