EP4662627A1

EP4662627A1 - Systems and methods for validating custom content to be printed on a food item

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Publication number: EP4662627A1
Application number: EP24711662.7A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Chandan JOGUR; Christopher Carr; Ubaid RAJA
Original assignee: WM Wrigley Jr Co
Current assignee: WM Wrigley Jr Co
Priority date: 2023-02-09
Filing date: 2024-02-02
Publication date: 2025-12-17
Also published as: CN120615197A; WO2024167772A1

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for validating custom content to be printed on a food item may include receiving, by a platform comprising a processor and from a user device or a kiosk device via an application programming interface, the custom content in a format and including at least one of text or image content, and determining, by the platform, whether the custom content is valid based on performing at least one of a format analysis technique with respect to the format, a text analysis technique with respect to the text content, or an image analysis technique with respect to the image content. The method may also include providing, by the platform and to the user device or the kiosk device via the API, information identifying whether the custom content is valid, based on determining whether the custom content is valid.

Description

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING CUSTOM CONTENT TO BE PRINTED ON A FOOD ITEM

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICTION(S)

[0001 ] This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/444,433, filed on February 9, 2023, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002]The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for validating custom content to be printed on a food item. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for validating custom content to be printed on a food item based on whether the custom content includes prohibited image content, prohibited text content, and/or a particular format for printing on the food item.

BACKGROUND

[0003]A manufacturer of a food item may sell a food item that is printed with content that identifies the food item. For example, a manufacturer of a candy may print a standard design including a particular image or text on the candy. In some cases, a user may select an alternative design to be printed on the food item from a set of predefined and pre-approved designs. For instance, the user may select a particular design to be printed on the food item to commemorate a holiday, a special occasion, or the like.

[0004] It is desirable to permit a user to provide custom content to be printed on a food item. However, doing so introduces the following technical challenges. First, the custom content may need to be validated in order to ensure that the custom content does not include prohibited content, such as profanity, illicit images, trademarks, etc. Second, the custom content may need to be provided in a particular format that is suitable for printing on the food item. Third, the custom content may need to be validated in substantially real-time. Otherwise, the user may lose interest in ordering the food item with the custom content. SUMMARY

[0005]According to an example embodiment, a computer-implemented method for validating custom content to be printed on a food item may include receiving, by a platform comprising one or more processors and from a user device or a kiosk device via an application programming interface (API), the custom content in a format and including at least one of text content or image content; determining, by the platform, whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid based on performing at least one of a format analysis technique with respect to the format, a text analysis technique with respect to the text content, or an image analysis technique with respect to the image content; and providing, by the platform and to the user device or the kiosk device via the API, information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid, based on determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid.

[0006] According to an example embodiment, a platform for validating custom content to be printed on a food item may include a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a user device or a kiosk device via an application programming interface (API), the custom content in a format and including at least one of text content or image content; determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid based on performing at least one of a format analysis technique with respect to the format, a text analysis technique with respect to the text content, or an image analysis technique with respect to the image content; and providing, to the user device or the kiosk device via the API, information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid, based on determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid.

[0007]According to an example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for validating custom content to be printed on a food item, the operations comprising: receiving, from a user device or a kiosk device via an application programming interface (API), the custom content in a format and including at least one of text content or image content; determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid based on performing at least one of a format analysis technique with respect to the format, a text analysis technique with respect to the text content, or an image analysis technique with respect to the image content; and providing, to the user device or the kiosk device via the API, information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid, based on determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid.

[0008]The determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid may include determining whether the custom content includes prohibited image content based on performing the image analysis technique.

[0009]The determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid may include determining whether the custom content includes prohibited text content based on performing the text analysis technique.

[0010]The determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid may include determining whether the custom content includes a particular format based on performing the format analysis technique.

[0011]The method and/or operations may include, based on determining that the custom content is invalid, providing information identifying a particular invalid portion of the custom content.

[0012]The method and/or operations may include, based on determining that the custom content is invalid, providing instruction information identifying how to change the custom content.

[0013]The method and/or operations may include, based on determining that the custom content is invalid, automatically adjusting the custom content.

[0014]The automatically adjusting the custom content may include at least one of adjusting the text content of the custom content; adjusting the image content of the custom content; or adjusting the format of the custom content.

[0015]The adjusting the format of the custom content may include at least one of: changing a dots-per-inch (DPI) setting of the custom content; changing a resolution of the custom content; removing a border of the custom content; removing whitespace in the custom content; applying an image filter to the custom content; applying dithering to the custom content; or applying pointillism to the custom content.

[0016]The adjusting the text content of the custom content may include removing at least a portion of the text content or replacing at least a portion of the text content with alternate text content.

[0017]The adjusting the image content of the custom content may include removing at least a portion of the image content, obfuscating at least a portion of the image content, or replacing at least a portion of the image content with alternate image content.

[0018] It may be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example system for validating custom content to be printed on a food item.

[0020] FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example system for validating custom content to be printed on a food item.

[0021] FIG. 3 is a diagram of example components of one or more devices of FIGS. 1 and 2.

[0022] FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an example process for validating custom content to be printed on a food item.

[0023] FIGs. 5A-5C are diagrams of an example user interface for validating custom content to be printed on a food item.

[0024] FIGs. 6A-6C are diagrams of an example user interface for validating custom content to be printed on a food item.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] As addressed above, it might be impracticable or inappropriate to permit a user to provide custom content to be printed on a food item because the custom content might include prohibited image content, prohibited text content, and an invalid format. Moreover, it might be impracticable or impossible to manually validate such custom content in substantially real-time.

[0026]To address at least the foregoing, the present disclosure provides systems and computer-implemented methods for receiving custom content to be printed on a food item, determining whether the custom content is valid, and providing information identifying whether the custom content is valid. The systems and computer- implemented methods may perform the foregoing operations in substantially real-time. In this way, the present disclosure provides a technical improvement in the technical field of content analysis by permitting a user to provide custom content for printing on a food item and automatically determining whether the custom content is appropriate and/or valid in an expeditious manner. Moreover, the present disclosure improves the viability of custom content provisioning by providing instruction information identifying how to rectify invalid custom content in the event that one or more portions of the custom content are invalid. Further still, the present disclosure further improves the viability of custom content provisioning by, in some embodiments, automatically adjusting the custom content such that the custom content is valid for printing on the food item.

[0027] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example system 100 for validating custom content to be printed on a food item. As shown in FIG. 1 , the system 100 may include a user device 110, a kiosk device 120, a platform 130, a server 140, a database 150, a printing device 160, and a network 170.

[0028]The user device 110 may be a device configured to provide custom content to be printed on a food item. For example, the user device 110 may be a smartphone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a wearable device, or the like, of a consumer.

[0029] The kiosk device 120 may be a device configured to provide custom content to be printed on a food item. For example, the kiosk device 120 may be a kiosk, a desktop computer, a tablet computer, or the like, located within a store of a manufacturer of the food item.

[0030]The platform 130 may be a device configured to receive custom content to be printed on a food item, determine whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid, and provide information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid. For example, the platform 130 may be a server, a cloud server, a distributed computing device, or the like.

[0031] The server 140 may be a device configured to provide a service that performs content analysis. For example, the server 140 may be a server, a cloud server, a distributed computing device, or the like.

[0032]The database 150 may be a device configured to store information identifying prohibited content. For example, the database 150 may be a centralized database, a distributed database, a cloud database, a network database, a hierarchical database, or the like.

[0033] The printing device 160 may be a device configured to print custom content on a food item. For example, the printing device 160 may be a printer, a food processing device, manufacturing equipment, or the like. [0034]The network 170 may be a network configured to permit communication among the user device 110, the kiosk device 120, the platform 130, the server 140, the database 150, and the printing device 160. For example, the network 170 may be a cellular network (e.g., a fifth generation (5G) network, a long-term evolution (LTE) network, a third generation (3G) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, etc.), a public land mobile network (PLMN), a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a telephone network (e.g., the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)), a private network, an ad hoc network, an intranet, the Internet, a fiber optic-based network, or the like, and/or a combination of these or other types of networks.

[0035]The number and arrangement of the devices of the system 100 shown in FIG. 1 are provided as an example. In practice, the system 100 may include additional devices, fewer devices, different devices, or differently arranged devices than those shown in FIG. 1. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of devices (e.g., one or more devices) of the system 100 may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another set of devices of the system 100.

[0036] FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example system 200 for validating custom content to be printed on a food item. As shown in FIG. 2, the system 200 may include a user device 202, a kiosk device 204, a platform 206, an application programming interface (API) gateway 208, a cloud watch log module 210, a metrics module 212, a virtual private cloud (VPC) 214, load balancers 216, an availability zone 218, a docker 220, an image validation module 222, a text validation module 224, an image processing module 226, an aggregator service 228, a storage 230, a key management service 232, an image analysis service 234, a secrets manager module 236, firewalls 238, a text processing module 240, and a code development module 242.

[0037] The user device 202 may correspond to the user device 110 described above in connection with FIG. 1. Further, the kiosk device 204 may correspond to the kiosk device 120 described above in connection with FIG. 1. Further still, the platform 206 may correspond to the platform 130 described above in connection with FIG. 1.

[0038]The API gateway 208 may be a device configured to create, publish, maintain, monitoring, and secure APIs. The API gateway 208 may be configured to permit the user device 202 and/or the kiosk device 204 to communicate with the platform 206. The cloud watch log module 210 may be a device configured to collect, access, and correlate data on a single platform across multiple cloud resources, application, and services. The metrics module 212 may be a device configured to load metrics of an account holder of the platform 206. For instance, the metrics module 212 may provide resource metrics and application metrics for searching, graphing, and alarm provisioning. The VPC 214 may be a device configured to provide a service that launches cloud resources in a logically isolated virtual network that is defined by the account holder of the platform 206.

[0039]The load balancers 216 may be devices configured to distribute incoming application traffic across multiple dockers 220 in various availability zones 218. The load balancers 216 increase fault tolerance and availability of the platform 206. The availability zone 218 may be a device configured to be isolated from other availability zones 218, and to provide inexpensive and low-latency network connectivity to other availability zones 218 to improve availability.

[0040]The docker 220 may be a device configured to provide service products that use operating system level virtualization to deliver software in packages

[0041]The image validation module 222 may be a device configured to analyze image content in custom content and determine whether the image content is valid. The text validation module 224 may be a device configured to analyze text content in custom content and determine whether the text content is valid. The image processing module 226 may be a device configured to process custom content such as by converting the custom content to a particular file format (e.g., tag image file format (TIFF)), adjusting dots per inch (DPI) of the custom content, adjusting a resolution of the custom content, applying grayscale to the custom content, applying dithering to the custom content, etc.

[0042]The aggregator service 228 may be a device configured to aggregate the determinations from the image validation module 222 and the text validation module 224. The storage 230 may be a device configured to provide object storage through a webs service interface and software development kit.

[0043]The key management service 232 may be a device configured to provide secure and resilient hardware security to provide security and storage of keys. The platform 206 may encrypt data using server-side encryption techniques using various encryption protocols (e.g., AES-256). The image analysis service 234 may be a device configured to perform image analysis on custom content. The image analysis service 234 may be a third-party service that is accessible by the platform 206. The secrets manager module 236 may be a device configured to manage, retrieve, and rotate database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycles. The firewalls 238 may be devices configured to provide firewall services to the platform 206. The text processing module 240 may be a device configured to determine whether text content is valid. The text processing module 240 may be a third-party service that is accessible by the platform 206. The code development module 242 may be a device configured to provision and manage infrastructure, deploy application code, automate software release processes, and monitor application and infrastructure performance.

[0044] FIG. 3 is a diagram of example components of a device 300 for validating custom content to be printed on a food item. The device 300 may execute the techniques (i.e., methods) described in the current disclosure. The device 300 may correspond to one or more of the user device 110, the kiosk device 120, the platform 130, the server 140, the database 150, or the printing device 160. As shown in FIG. 3, the device 300 may include a bus 310, a processor 320, a memory 330, a storage component 340, an input component 350, an output component 360, and a communication interface 370.

[0045]The bus 310 includes a component that permits communication among the components of the device 300. The processor 320 may be implemented in hardware, firmware, or a combination of hardware and software. The processor 320 may be a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), an accelerated processing unit (APU), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a digital signal processor (DSP), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or another type of processing component.

[0046]The processor 320 may include one or more processors capable of being programmed to perform a function. The memory 330 may include a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and/or another type of dynamic or static storage device (e.g., a flash memory, a magnetic memory, and/or an optical memory) that stores information and/or instructions for use by the processor 320.

[0047] The storage component 340 may store information and/or software related to the operation and use of the device 300. For example, the storage component 340 may include a hard disk (e.g., a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optic disk, and/or a solid state disk), a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD), a floppy disk, a cartridge, a magnetic tape, and/or another type of non-transitory computer- readable medium, along with a corresponding drive. [0048]The input component 350 may include a component that permits the device 300 to receive information, such as via user input (e.g., a touch screen display, a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a button, a switch, and/or a microphone for receiving the reference sound input). Additionally, or alternatively, the input component 350 may include a sensor for sensing information (e.g., a global positioning system (GPS) component, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and/or an actuator). The output component 360 may include a component that provides output information from the device 300 (e.g., a display, a speaker for outputting sound at the output sound level, and/or one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs)).

[0049]The communication interface 370 may include a transceiver-like component (e.g., a transceiver and/or a separate receiver and transmitter) that enables the device 300 to communicate with other devices, such as via a wired connection, a wireless connection, or a combination of wired and wireless connections. The communication interface 370 may permit the device 300 to receive information from another device and/or provide information to another device. For example, the communication interface 370 may include an Ethernet interface, an optical interface, a coaxial interface, an infrared interface, a radio frequency (RF) interface, a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a Wi-Fi interface, a cellular network interface, or the like.

[0050]The device 300 may perform one or more processes described herein. The device 300 may perform these processes based on the processor 320 executing software instructions stored by a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as the memory 330 and/or the storage component 340. A computer-readable medium may be defined herein as a non-transitory memory device. A memory device may include memory space within a single physical storage device or memory space spread across multiple physical storage devices.

[0051]The software instructions may be read into the memory 330 and/or the storage component 340 from another computer-readable medium or from another device via the communication interface 370. When executed, the software instructions stored in the memory 330 and/or the storage component 340 may cause the processor 320 to perform one or more processes described herein. Additionally, or alternatively, hardwired circuitry may be used in place of or in combination with software instructions to perform one or more processes described herein. Thus, implementations described herein are not limited to any specific combination of hardware circuitry and software. [0052]The number and arrangement of the components shown in FIG. 3 are provided as an example. In practice, the device 300 may include additional components, fewer components, different components, or differently arranged components than those shown in FIG. 3. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of components (e.g., one or more components) of the device 300 may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another set of components of the device 300.

[0053] FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an example process 400 for validating custom content to be printed on a food item.

[0054]As shown in FIG. 4, the process 400 may include receiving custom content to be printed on a food item (operation 410).

[0055]The platform 130 may receive custom content to be printed on a food item. For example, the platform 130 may receive, from the user device 110, custom content to be printed on a food item. For instance, a user may interact with the user device 110 to access a website of a manufacturer of the food item, and may access a portal via the website for customizing content to be printed on the food item. The user may provide the custom content via the portal. For instance, the user may upload the custom content, interact with the portal to input and configure the custom content, transmit the custom content to the portal, provide a resource identifier for accessing the custom content, or the like. Based on the user’s interactions with the user device 110, the platform 130 may receive the custom content to be printed on the food item. [0056] Alternatively, the platform 130 may receive, from the kiosk device 120, the custom content to be printed on the food item. For instance, a user may interact with the kiosk device 120 to upload the custom content, input and configure the custom content, obtain the custom content, or the like. Based on the user’s interactions with the kiosk device 120, the platform 130 may receive the custom content to be printed on the food item.

[0057]The platform 130 may receive custom content via an API in some embodiments. For example, the portal provided by the manufacturer and accessible via the user device 110 may transmit the custom content via an API to the platform 130. Alternatively, the kiosk device 120 may transmit the custom content via an API to the platform 130.

[0058]The food item may be any type of item that is consumable by a user. For example, the food item may be a candy, a cake, a pie, a confection, a beverage, etc. The custom content may be content to be printed on the food item. The custom content may be printed directly on the food item that is consumed by the user. Alternatively, the custom content may be printed on packaging of the food item. The custom content may include image content and/or text content.

[0059] In some implementations, the food item may be a candy having a mass of substantially 0.9 grams, a volume of substantially 0.6 milliliters, and a diameter of substantially 1 centimeter. Given these dimensions, the platform 130 may determine whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid in order to ensure that the custom content is capable of being properly printed on the food item.

[0060] Due to the size of the food item, the printing device 160 might be limited to printing dimensions of substantially 170 x 170 pixels resulting in no more than two faces being present in the custom content. Moreover, the printing device 160 may print with black ink which might necessitate removal of certain elements such as background, colors, etc. In this way, the focus might be placed on the face(s) rather than on other elements in the custom content. Because the custom content is printed in a dither format, shading might be specific to each skin tone for proper printing. In the case where the food item is circular, the printing might be done within the printable circular area of the food item without touching the edges. Accordingly, the printing device 160 may perform fine printing work with high accuracy. In such cases, the custom content might be converted to a black and white dither image, and white space is applied based on shading requirements. Moreover, in some cases, the printing device 160 might be limited to printing capability of 413 DPI. The platform 130 may be configured to ensure that the foregoing technical problems are addressed.

[0061] As further shown in FIG. 4, the process 400 may include determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid (operation 420).

[0062]The platform 130 may determine whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid. For example, the platform 130 may determine whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid based on whether the custom content includes prohibited image content, whether the custom content includes prohibited text content, and/or whether the custom content includes a particular format for printing on the food item.

[0063]The platform 130 may determine whether the custom content includes prohibited image content. For example, the platform 130 may perform an image analysis technique, and determine whether the custom content includes prohibited image content based on performing the image analysis technique. As a particular example, the platform 130 may perform an image analysis technique to detect image content such as objects, scenes, faces, etc., in the custom content, and may compare the detected image content to information identifying prohibited image content. The prohibited image content may include drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, nudity, corporate logos, trademarks, copyrights, violence, hate symbols, gambling, rude gestures, visual disturbances, suggestive content, tattoos, more than a threshold number of faces, or the like.

[0064]The platform 130 may determine whether the custom content includes prohibited text content. For example, the platform 130 may perform a text analysis technique, and determine whether the custom content includes prohibited text content based on performing the text analysis technique. Further, the platform 130 may perform an image analysis technique to detect text content in the custom content, and may compare the detected text content to information identifying prohibited text content. The prohibited text content may include profanity, suggestive language, particular names, trademarks, or the like. The platform 130 may perform the text analysis technique using any number of languages.

[0065] In some embodiments, the platform 130 may use an artificial intelligence (Al) model (e.g., a machine learning model) to determine whether the customer content includes prohibited image content and/or prohibited text content. For instance, the Al model may be trained to receive custom content as an input, and determine whether the custom content is valid. The Al model may be a neural network, a linear regression model, a decision tree model, a support vector machine model, or the like.

[0066]The platform may 130 may determine whether the custom content includes a particular format for printing on the food item. For example, the platform 130 may perform a format analysis technique, and determine whether the custom content includes a particular file type, determine whether the custom content includes a particular resolution, determine whether the custom content includes a particular dots per inch (DPI) setting, determine whether the custom content includes a particular pixels per inch (PPI) setting, determine whether the custom content includes a particular color scheme, determine whether dithering has been applied to the custom content, determine whether the custom content includes an image border, determine whether the custom content includes white space, or the like.

[0067]The platform 130 may determine that the custom content is valid based on determining that the custom content does not include prohibited image content, based on determining that the custom content does not include prohibited text content, and/or based on determining that the custom content includes a particular format. Alternatively, the platform 130 may determine that the custom content is invalid based on determining that the custom content includes prohibited image content, based on determining that the custom content includes prohibited text content, and/or based on determining that the custom content is not in the particular format.

[0068] In some embodiments, the platform 130 may utilize an external service provided by the server 140 when determining whether the custom content is valid. For instance, the platform 130 may utilize an API to communicate with the server 140, and utilize an external service provided by the server 140. Moreover, in some embodiments, the platform 130 may utilize information stored by the database 150 when determining whether the custom content is valid. For instance, the database 150 may store information identifying prohibited content, or the like.

[0069]As further shown in FIG. 4, the process 400 may include providing information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid (operation 430).

[0070]The platform 130 may provide information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid to the device that is associated with the user. For instance, if the user input the custom content via the user device 110, then the platform 130 may provide the information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid to the user device 110. Alternatively, if the user input the custom content via the kiosk device 120, then the platform 130 may provide the information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid to the kiosk device 120. In either case, the platform 130 may transmit the information identifying whether the custom content is valid via a respective API.

[0071]The platform 130 may provide the information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid in substantially real-time. As used herein, “substantially real-time” may be within 1 second, 5 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, etc. In this way, the user may submit the custom content for validation, and be apprised of whether the custom content is valid in substantially real-time.

[0072] If the platform 130 determines that the custom content is valid, then the platform 130 may provide information identifying that the custom content is valid. In this case, the user may further interact with the user device 110 and/or the kiosk device 120 to finalize an orderforthe food item on which the custom content is printed. Alternatively, the platform 130 may automatically transmit an instruction to the printing device 160 instructing the printing device 160 to print the custom content on the food item.

[0073] Alternatively, if the platform 130 determines that the custom content is invalid, then the platform 130 may provide information identifying that the custom content is invalid. Further, the platform 130 may provide information identifying the particular invalid portion of the custom content. For instance, if the custom content includes text content, the platform 130 may identify the particular text content that is invalid. Further still, the platform 130 may provide instruction information identifying how to rectify the invalid portion of the custom content. For instance, if the custom content includes image content depicting two faces, then the platform 130 may provide instruction information identifying that one of the faces should be removed from the image content. As another example, if the custom content includes profanity, then the platform 130 may provide instruction information identifying the detected profanity and suggesting that the profanity be removed from the textual and/or image content. In some cases, the platform 130 may provide suggestion information suggesting how to rectify the invalid content. For instance, the platform 130 may provide a suggestion of how to change the custom content such that the custom content is valid.

[0074] In some embodiments, the platform 130 may automatically format the custom content such that the custom content is valid. For example, the platform 130 may change a file format of the custom content to be a particular file format, may change a DPI setting of the custom content, may change a PPI setting of the custom content, may change a resolution of the custom content, may remove an image border, may remove white space, may add an image filter, may apply dithering, may apply pointillism, or the like. In some embodiments, the platform 130 may automatically adjust the text content of the custom content (e.g., remove or replace with alternate text) such that the resulting custom content does not include prohibited text content. In some embodiments, the platform 130 may automatically adjust the image content of the custom content (e.g., remove, blur, obfuscate, or replace with alternate image) such that the resulting custom content does not include prohibited image content.

[0075] FIGs. 5A-5C are diagrams of an example user interface 500 for validating custom content to be printed on a food item. As shown in FIG. 5A, the user interface 500 may display a prompt 510 indicating to the user that the user can upload custom content to be printed on a food item. As shown in FIG. 5B, the user interface 500 may display custom content 520 based on the user uploading the custom content 520. In this case, the custom content 520 includes image content of the user. As shown in FIG. 5C, and based on the custom content 520 being valid, the user interface 500 may display a prompt 530 indicating that the custom content 520 is valid, and that the custom content 520 can be printed on the food item. In this way, a user may interact with the user interface 500 to complete an order for the food item including the custom content 520.

[0076] FIGs. 6A-6C are diagrams of an example user interface 600 for validating custom content to be printed on a food item. As shown in FIG. 6A, the user interface 600 may display a prompt 610 indicating to the user that the user can upload custom content to be printed on a food item. As shown in FIG. 6B, the user interface 600 may display the custom content 620 based on the user uploading the custom content 620, and display the custom content 630 based on the user inputting the custom content 630 via the user interface 600. In this case, the custom content 620 includes image content, and the custom content 630 includes text content. As shown in FIG. 6C, the user interface 600 may display a prompt 640 indicating that the custom content 630 is invalid because the custom content 630 includes prohibited text content such as profanity. As further shown in FIG. 6C, the user interface 600 may display instruction information 650 including an instruction on how to change the custom content 630 in order to render the custom content 630 valid.

[0077]While principles of the present disclosure are described herein with reference to illustrative embodiments for particular applications, it should be understood that the disclosure is not limited thereto. Those having ordinary skill in the art and access to the teachings provided herein will recognize additional modifications, applications, embodiments, and substitution of equivalents all fall within the scope of the embodiments described herein. Accordingly, the invention is not to be considered as limited by the foregoing description.

[0078] It should be appreciated that in the above description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the Detailed Description are hereby expressly incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

[0079] Furthermore, while some embodiments described herein include some but not other features included in other embodiments, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention, and form different embodiments, as would be understood by those skilled in the art. For example, in the following claims, any of the claimed embodiments can be used in any combination.

[0080] Furthermore, some of the embodiments are described herein as a method or combination of elements of a method that can be implemented by a processor of a computer system or by other means of carrying out the function. Thus, a processor with the necessary instructions for carrying out such a method or element of a method forms a means for carrying out the method or element of a method. Furthermore, an element described herein of an apparatus embodiment is an example of a means for carrying out the function performed by the element for the purpose of carrying out the invention.

[0081] In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

[0082]Thus, while there has been described what are believed to be the preferred embodiments of the invention, those skilled in the art will recognize that other and further modifications may be made thereto without departing from the spirit of the invention, and it is intended to claim all such changes and modifications as falling within the scope of the invention. For example, any formulas given above are merely representative of procedures that may be used. Functionality may be added or deleted from the block diagrams and operations may be interchanged among functional blocks. Steps may be added or deleted to methods described within the scope of the present invention.

[0083]The above disclosed subject matter is to be considered illustrative, and not restrictive, and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications, enhancements, and other implementations, which fall within the true spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Thus, to the maximum extent allowed by law, the scope of the present disclosure is to be determined by the broadest permissible interpretation of the following claims and their equivalents, and shall not be restricted or limited by the foregoing detailed description. While various implementations of the disclosure have been described, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that many more implementations and implementations are possible within the scope of the disclosure. Accordingly, the disclosure is not to be restricted except in light of the attached claims and their equivalents.

Claims

CLAIMS We claim:

1 . A computer-implemented method for validating custom content to be printed on a food item, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a platform comprising one or more processors and from a user device or a kiosk device via an application programming interface (API), the custom content in a format and including at least one of text content or image content; determining, by the platform, whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid based on performing at least one of a format analysis technique with respect to the format, a text analysis technique with respect to the text content, or an image analysis technique with respect to the image content; and providing, by the platform and to the user device or the kiosk device via the API, information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid, based on determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid comprises: determining whether the custom content includes prohibited image content based on performing the image analysis technique.

3. The computer-implemented method of any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid comprises: determining whether the custom content includes prohibited text content based on performing the text analysis technique.

4. The computer-implemented method of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid comprises: determining whether the custom content includes a particular format based on performing the format analysis technique.

5. The computer-implemented method of any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: based on determining that the custom content is invalid, providing information identifying a particular invalid portion of the custom content.

6. The computer-implemented method of any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: based on determining that the custom content is invalid, providing instruction information identifying how to change the custom content.

7. The computer-implemented method of any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: based on determining that the custom content is invalid, automatically adjusting the custom content.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein automatically adjusting the custom content comprises at least one of: adjusting the text content of the custom content; adjusting the image content of the custom content; or adjusting the format of the custom content.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein adjusting the format of the custom content comprises at least one of: changing a dots-per-inch (DPI) setting of the custom content; changing a resolution of the custom content; removing a border of the custom content; removing whitespace in the custom content; applying an image filter to the custom content; applying dithering to the custom content; or applying pointillism to the custom content.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein adjusting the text content of the custom content comprises removing at least a portion of the text content or replacing at least a portion of the text content with alternate text content.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein adjusting the image content of the custom content comprises removing at least a portion of the image content, obfuscating at least a portion of the image content, or replacing at least a portion of the image content with alternate image content.

12. A platform for validating custom content to be printed on a food item, the platform comprising: a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a user device or a kiosk device via an application programming interface (API), the custom content in a format and including at least one of text content or image content; determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid based on performing at least one of a format analysis technique with respect to the format, a text analysis technique with respect to the text content, or an image analysis technique with respect to the image content; and providing, to the user device or the kiosk device via the API, information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid, based on determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid.

13. The platform of claim 12, wherein determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid comprises: determining whether the custom content includes prohibited image content based on performing the image analysis technique.

14. The platform of any one of claims 12 or 13, wherein determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid comprises: determining whether the custom content includes prohibited text content based on performing the text analysis technique.

15. The platform of any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid comprises: determining whether the custom content includes a particular format based on performing the format analysis technique.

16. The platform of any one of claims 12 to 15, wherein the operations further comprise: based on determining that the custom content is invalid, providing information identifying a particular invalid portion of the custom content.

17. The platform of any one of claims 12 to 16, wherein the operations further comprise: based on determining that the custom content is invalid, providing instruction information identifying how to change the custom content.

18. The platform of any one of claims 12 to 17, wherein the operations further comprise: based on determining that the custom content is invalid, automatically adjusting the custom content.

19. The platform of any one of claim 18, wherein automatically adjusting the custom content comprises at least one of: adjusting the text content of the custom content; adjusting the image content of the custom content; or adjusting the format of the custom content.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for validating custom content to be printed on a food item, the operations comprising: receiving, from a user device or a kiosk device via an application programming interface (API), the custom content in a format and including at least one of text content or image content; determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid based on performing at least one of a format analysis technique with respect to the format, a text analysis technique with respect to the text content, or an image analysis technique with respect to the image content; and providing, to the user device or the kiosk device via the API, information identifying whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid, based on determining whether the custom content to be printed on the food item is valid.