Recipe exchange and management system
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.
1. A method for exchanging recipes between restaurant menus of different restaurants, the method comprising:
receiving at a server recipe data from a first user having a first permission level, the recipe data associated with a recipe for a menu item of a first menu offered by a first restaurant from a 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, is associated with a second restaurant offering a second menu from the plurality of restaurants, 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; and
notifying the first user of the storage of 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.
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 ingredient cost data.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recipe data includes menu item 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 through an application accessed by a web browser.
7. The method of claim 1 , 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.
8. 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.
9. The method of claim 8 , 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, the method comprising:
receiving recipe data from a first user having a first permission level, the recipe data associated with a recipe for a menu item of a first menu offered by a first restaurant from a plurality of restaurants;
storing the recipe data in memory;
receiving 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, is associated with a second restaurant offering a second menu from the plurality of restaurants, and is someone other than the first user who created the recipe data;
receiving 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; and
notifying the first user of the storage of 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.
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 ingredient cost data.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the recipe data includes menu item 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 through an application accessed by a web browser.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , 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.
17. 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.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the menu review decision is based on a plurality of factors.