Invention Application
- Patent Title: FOOD WASTE REDUCTION THROUGH COLLABORATIVE REFRIGERATOR INVENTORY ANALYSIS AND MEAL PLANNING
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Application No.: US18339423Application Date: 2023-06-22
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Publication No.: US20240428176A1Publication Date: 2024-12-26
- Inventor: JAZMIN RODRIGUEZ AGUILERA , Carolina Garcia Delgado , Jeremy R. Fox , Sarbajit K. Rakshit
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Main IPC: G06Q10/0832
- IPC: G06Q10/0832 ; G06Q10/087 ; G06Q30/0601 ; G06V10/56 ; G06V20/17 ; G06V20/68

Abstract:
In an approach for creating a virtual network of smart refrigerators and tracking a plurality of food inventories, a processor creates a virtual refrigerator network by connecting a plurality of smart refrigerators. A processor gathers an inventory of one or more products stored in the plurality of smart refrigerators. A processor generates a recipe suggestion based on the one or more products, wherein the one or more products have at least one of a freshness level and an expiration date within a predetermined threshold. Responsive to one or more users each associated with one or more of the plurality of smart refrigerators accepting the recipe suggestion, a processor gathers a subset of the one or more products involved in the recipe suggestion. Responsive to determining a meal has been prepared, a processor delivers a respective portion of the meal to each household of the one or more users.
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