IP Library Granted Patent US 11,393,053
Granted Patent B2
US 11,393,053 · App. 17/330,525 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Method, information terminal, and storage medium

Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP); Toshiyasu Sugio (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G06Q50/12G06K7/1417G06Q30/0621G06Q30/0631
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Patent No.
US 11,393,053
App. No.
17/330,525
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes acquiring, based on a restaurant ID, menu information indicating dishes provided by a restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID from a second server related to the restaurant via a network, transmitting identification information stored in an information terminal to a first server, acquiring allergy information related to a user from a first server based on the identification information, generating, based on the menu information and the allergy information, a personalized menu arranged for the user so as to include allergen-free or allergen-controlled dishes according to the allergy information, displaying the personalized menu for accepting an order of a dish in the restaurant, the second operation screen being displayed on a display of the information terminal of the user, and transmitting ordered-dish information representing the dish selected from the personalized menu and a seat ID to the second server.

Claims (31)

1. A method for controlling an information terminal that communicates, via a network, with a first server that manages allergy information related to a user corresponding to identification information identifying the user, the method comprising:

acquiring a restaurant ID and a seat ID indicating a seat of the user via a first operation screen displayed on a display of an information terminal of the user;

acquiring, based on the restaurant ID, menu information indicating one or more dishes provided by a restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID, from a second server related to the restaurant via the network, the menu information including information indicating one or more ingredients contained in each dish and an amount of each ingredient;

transmitting the identification information stored in the information terminal to the first server, and acquiring, from the first server, allergy information related to the user based on the identification information, the allergy information including information indicating a level of an allergic reaction of the user to each ingredient;

generating, based on the menu information and the allergy information, a personalized menu arranged for the user according to the allergy information;

displaying the personalized menu on a second operation screen for accepting an order of a dish in the restaurant, the second operation screen being displayed on the display of the information terminal of the user; and

transmitting to the second server, ordered-dish information and the seat ID, the ordered- dish information representing the dish selected from the personalized menu,

wherein, the generating of the personalized menu includes:

calculating a value using the amount of an ingredient included in a dish in the menu information and the level of the allergic reaction of the user to the ingredient; and

when the calculated value level is equal to or larger than a criterion value, generating a changed dish in which the amount of the ingredient in the dish is reduced such that the calculated value becomes below the criterion value, and

the personalized menu includes the changed dish.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reducing of the allergy ingredient includes removing the allergy ingredient such that the amount of the ingredient is zero.

3. A method for controlling an information terminal that communicates, via a network, with a first server that manages allergy information related to a user corresponding to identification information identifying the user, the method comprising:

acquiring a restaurant ID and a seat ID indicating a seat of the user via a first operation screen displayed on a display of an information terminal of the user;

acquiring, based on the restaurant ID, menu information indicating one or more dishes provided by a restaurant corresponding to the restaurant ID, from a second server related to the restaurant via the network, the menu information including information indicating one or more ingredients contained in each dish and an amount of each ingredient;

transmitting the identification information stored in the information terminal to the first server, and acquiring, from the first server, allergy information related to the user based on the identification information, the allergy information including information indicating a level of an allergic reaction of the user to each ingredient;

generating, based on the menu information and the allergy information, a personalized menu arranged for the user according to the allergy information;

displaying the personalized menu on a second operation screen for accepting an order of a dish in the restaurant, the second operation screen being displayed on the display of the information terminal of the user; and

transmitting to the second server, ordered-dish information and the seat ID, the ordered- dish information representing the dish selected from the personalized menu,

wherein, in the generating of the personalized menu,

a value is calculated using the amount of an ingredient included in a dish in the menu information and the level of the allergic reaction of the user to the ingredient, and

when the calculated value is equal to or larger than a criterion value, the dish is determined as an allergy dish that includes an allergy ingredient that causes allergy, and

the personalized menu is generated by excluding the allergy dish included in the menu information.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes a user ID.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first server is different from the second server.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the restaurant ID and the seat ID are acquired by reading, via the first operation screen, an identification code prepared at a location corresponding to a seat at a table where the user is seated.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the identification code includes a QR code.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first server distributedly manages at least one of biological information including the allergy information, item purchase history information, preference information including dish order history information of the user, or the behavior history information including the location information of the user.

9. An information terminal that executes the method according to claim 1 .

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer of the information terminal to execute the method according to claim 1 .

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the identification information identifying the user includes a serial code assigned to the program for each information terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2021
From: YAHATA, HIROSHI; NISHI, TAKAHIRO; TOMA, TADAMASA; SUGIO, TOSHIYASU
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057888/0289 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2019-214761 · Nov 27, 2019 · national
JP JP2019-237393 · Dec 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020001205 · Jan 16, 2020
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