JP2002140411A - Method for managing food service material through internet and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily performing the cooking of food materials suitable for the life configuration of respective recipients, and easily selecting or managing food materials suitable for the health states of the respective recipients. SOLUTION: Semi-worked or non-worked food materials are requested from a recipient terminal 31 through an Internet 10 to a food service agent side www server 20, and the cooking work procedure data or preservation management data of the food materials are downloaded from the food service agent side www server 20, and the cooking of the food materials by a recipient side cooker 32 or the preservation of the food materials by a recipient side preserver 33 to be managed by a recipient terminal 31 is performed based on the downloaded cooking work procedure data or reservation management data. Also, consumption data are managed for each recipient ID (identification information) by an information managing part 20a of the food service agent side www server 20, and a food material selection picture in an ingestible range is edited and transmitted to the recipient terminal 31 so that several food materials can be selected from the food material selection picture by the recipient.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a food service provider's ww
Based on the cooking work procedure data and storage management data downloaded from the w server, Internet-based food preparation by the recipient-side cooker managed by the recipient terminal and food storage by the recipient-side storage device The present invention relates to a food management method and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, foodstuffs for lunch have been cooked and processed for a certain period of time, and then delivered to recipients in a state where the temperature is maintained and controlled appropriately.

[0003]

However, since the above-mentioned food for lunch is intended for a large number of recipients, it is necessary to cook and process it in large quantities. For this reason, since it is necessary to cook the food in a certain period of time, it is difficult to cook the food according to the lifestyle of each recipient. Also, it is physically difficult to select and manage foodstuffs according to the health status of each recipient.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and it is possible to easily carry out cooking processing of foods in accordance with the lifestyle of each recipient, and furthermore, the health of each recipient. An object of the present invention is to provide a foodstuff management method and a recording medium using the Internet, which can easily select and manage foodstuffs according to the state.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing foodstuffs on the Internet, wherein semi-processed or unprocessed foodstuffs are fed via the Internet by a recipient terminal on the side of the recipient who receives the meal. A request is made to the food provider's www server on the business side, and the work procedure data and storage management data of the cooking of the food are downloaded from the food provider's www server, and the downloaded cooking work procedure data and storage management are downloaded. It is characterized by comprising a first step of cooking food by a recipient-side cooker managed by a recipient terminal and storing food by a recipient-side storage based on data. In the first step, the information management unit of the food service provider side www server manages the health condition of the recipient by each recipient ID, receives a request for food from the recipient, A second step of transmitting cooking operation procedure data and storage management data in response to the request of the user.
Further, the second step includes a third step of associating, by a food ID (identification information), the food delivered to the recipient side with the request, and the transmitted cooking work procedure data and storage management data. Can be included. Also,
The first step is a fourth step of managing the cooking work procedure data and the storage management data downloaded from the meal server side by the data management unit of the recipient terminal, and the cooking control of the recipient terminal. A fifth step of instructing cooking of ingredients in the cooker on the recipient side according to the work procedure data of the cooking managed by the data management section, and a storage control section of the recipient terminal managing the data management section. According to the stored management data, a sixth step of instructing the storage state of the food material in the recipient storage device may be included. In the fourth step, based on the data indicating the expiration date included in the preservation management data, if the expiration date of the food to be preserved has expired, a warning is issued to the recipient using voice or text information. Seventh
Step can be included. Also, the fourth
In the process, the calorie of the cooked and stored ingredients is calculated, the calculated data is managed for each ingredient ID (identification information), and the consumption data including the calories of the managed ingredients is provided by the food service provider. An eighth step of transmitting to the www server may be included. In the first step, the payment for the ingredients requested from the food service provider's www server on the food service provider's side via the Internet,
A ninth step performed by electronic payment may be included. The recording medium according to claim 8 is the recording medium according to claims 1 to
7. A program capable of executing the method for managing foodstuffs for meals via the Internet according to any one of the above items 7 is recorded. In the foodstuff management method and recording medium using the Internet according to the present invention, a semi-processed or unprocessed foodstuff can be converted into a foodservice provider on the foodservice provider side via the Internet by a recipient terminal on the recipient side receiving the food Request from the food provider's www server, and download the cooking procedure data and storage management data of the food from the food provider's www server, and based on the downloaded cooking procedure data and storage management data, the recipient terminal Cooking by the recipient-side cooker and storage of the food by the recipient-side storage device managed by the recipient.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of a foodstuff management system according to one embodiment of the foodstuff management method using the Internet according to the present invention. FIGS. 2 and 3 are FIGS.
It is a figure for explaining a catering food management method in a catering food management system of the present invention.

The foodstuff management system shown in FIG. 1 comprises a foodservice provider-side www server 20 and a recipient terminal 31 and a recipient terminal 3 which are interconnected via the Internet 10.
1 is provided with a recipient-side cooker 32 and a recipient-side storage 33.

[0009] The meal provider side www server 20 is installed in the meal provider side which provides food ingredients to the recipient side, and includes an information management unit 20a.

The information management unit 20a manages the health status of each recipient by each recipient ID, accepts reservations of foods from the recipient, prepares cooking data and saves according to the request of the recipient. Or send data.

The recipient terminal 31 is used when making reservations for foodstuffs and the like, and includes a data management unit 31a, a cooking control unit 31b, and a storage control unit 31c.

[0012] The data management section 31a is provided by the food service provider side ww.
Recipient cooker 32 downloaded from w server 20
, And management data for storage in the receiver-side storage device 33. In addition, when the expiration date of the food stored in the recipient storage unit 33 has expired, the data management unit 31a issues a warning to the recipient using voice, character information, or the like.

The cooking control unit 31b includes a data management unit 31a.
According to the cooking procedure data managed by
The cooking of the recipient side cooking device 32 is instructed. Save control unit 31
“c” indicates the storage state in the receiver-side storage unit 33 according to the storage management data managed by the data management unit 31a.

Next, a description will be given of a foodstuff management method in the foodstuff management system having such a configuration.

First, the processing on the side of the food service provider will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the food service provider is a food service provider side www server 20 connected to the Internet 10.
Receiving the food information of the recipient (step 20)
1). The food information of the recipient is managed by the information management unit 20a.

Here, the ingredient information includes the recipient ID.
(Identification information), arrangement data indicating a food delivery request, and consumption data indicating payment or consumption. The information management unit 20a determines whether the received information is arrangement or consumption. (Step 20)
2). The food here is semi-processed or unprocessed.

If it is determined that an arrangement has been made, the information management unit 20a determines the recipient ID (identification information) (step 2).
03), the restricted items of the recipient corresponding to the recipient ID (identification information) are selected and edited, and the food selection screen in the range in which the recipient can ingest is edited (step 204). The food selection screen is transmitted to the recipient terminal 31, and when any food is selected from the food selection screen, the selected food is received by the food service provider side www server 20 as arrangement data (step). 205). The received arrangement data is managed by the information management unit 20a, and food distribution is arranged based on the food data (step 206).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (202) that the data is consumed, the information management unit 20a collects the payment data, which is an electronic payment, (step 20).
7), consumption data is collected (step 208), calories required for health management are calculated, and managed for each recipient ID (identification information) (step 209).

Next, the processing on the recipient side will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, a connection is made with the meal provider side www server 20 via the Internet 10 using the recipient terminal 31 (step 301).

At this time, the food service provider side www server 20
Side prompts you to choose between arrangement and cooking (Step 3
02), when an arrangement is selected, an ingredient ID (identification information) is taken in (step 303). When the food ID (identification information) is captured, the food selection data on the above-described food selection screen edited for each recipient is downloaded (step 304).

When the recipient selects the desired food from the foods that can be selected on the recipient terminal 31, the above-mentioned arrangement data is transmitted to the food provider side www server 20 and the food reservation is made. (Step 305).

On the other hand, when cooking is selected in (Step 302), the food ID (identification information) is taken in (Step 306), and based on this, the food service provider side www server 2
From 0, cooking procedure data and storage management data are downloaded (step 307). It is to be noted that it is possible to arbitrarily select the download of the cooking procedure data and the storage management data. The downloaded cooking procedure data and storage management data are managed by the data management unit 31a.

Further, the storage management data includes data indicating the expiration date of the foodstuff. If the expiration date of the foodstuff has expired (step 308), the data management unit 3
By 1a, a warning is issued to the recipient using voice, character information or the like (step 309).

When the expiration date has not expired, the cooking control unit 31b instructs the cooking based on the work procedure data of the cooking in the recipient-side cooker 32, and the storage in the recipient-side storage 33. An instruction is given to store foodstuffs based on the management data (step 310).

At this time, the calorie of the cooked and stored ingredients is calculated by the data management unit 31a,
The calculated data is managed for each food ID (identification information) (steps 311 and 312). Then, the consumption data including the calories of the ingredients managed by the data management section 31a is transmitted to the meal provider side www server 20. The consumption data is managed for each recipient ID (identification information) by the information management unit 20a of the food service provider side www server 20.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the semi-processed or unprocessed ingredients are converted by the recipient terminal 31 of the recipient who receives the meal via the Internet 10 to the side of the meal provider of the meal provider. In addition to making a request to the www server 20, the user downloads the work procedure data for cooking and storage management data from the food service provider's www server 20, and based on the downloaded work procedure data for storage and management data for storage, the recipient Cooking of ingredients by the recipient-side cooker 32 managed by the terminal 31 and the recipient-side storage 33
, The food can be easily cooked according to the lifestyle of each recipient.

When the consumption data including the calories of the foodstuffs managed by the data management section 31a is transmitted to the food service provider side www server 20, the consumption data is transmitted to the information management section 20a of the food service provider side www server 20. Is managed for each recipient ID (identification information),
The food selection screen of the ingestible range is edited and transmitted to the recipient terminal 31. Since the recipient selects any food from the food selection screen, the health status of each recipient is determined. The selection and management of the combined ingredients can be easily performed.

[0028]

As described above, according to the foodstuff management method and the recording medium on the Internet according to the present invention, semi-processed or unprocessed foodstuffs can be transferred via the Internet by the recipient terminal of the recipient who receives the meal. Request from the meal service provider's www server, and download the cooking procedure data and storage management data of the ingredients from the food service provider's www server, and download and save the downloaded cooking operation procedure data. Based on your management data,
Food is cooked by the cooker on the recipient's side managed by the recipient's terminal and the food is saved by the storage device on the recipient's side, making it easier to cook the food according to the lifestyle of each recipient. In addition, it is possible to easily select and manage foodstuffs in accordance with the health condition of each recipient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of a foodstuff management system according to an embodiment of a foodstuff management method using the Internet of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing food ingredients in the foodstuff management system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing food ingredients in the foodstuff management system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Internet 20 Meal supplier WWW server 20a Information management part 31 Recipient terminal 31a Data management part 31b Cooking control part 31c Storage control part 32 Recipient cooker 33 Recipient storage

Claims (8)

[Claims] Claims 1. A recipient terminal of a recipient who receives a meal requests a semi-processed or unprocessed ingredient to a meal provider side www server of the meal supplier through the Internet, Cooking work procedure data and storage management data are downloaded from the food service provider side www server, and a recipient managed by the recipient terminal based on the downloaded cooking work procedure data and storage management data. A foodstuff management method using the Internet, comprising a first step of cooking the foodstuff by a side cooker and storing the foodstuff by a recipient storage device. 2. In the first step, the information management unit of the www server on the catering company side manages the health status of the recipient by each recipient ID, or receives food from the recipient. 2. The lunch service according to claim 1, further comprising a second step of receiving a request or transmitting the cooking work procedure data or storage management data according to the request of the recipient. Food management method. 3. In the second step, a food ID (identification) is used for the food delivered to the recipient side according to the request, and the transmitted cooking work procedure data and storage management data. The method according to claim 2, further comprising a third step of associating the food with the information. 4. In the first step, a data management unit of the recipient terminal manages the cooking work procedure data and storage management data downloaded from the meal provider side www server. A fifth step of instructing the cooking of the food in the recipient-side cooker according to the cooking operation procedure data managed by the data management unit by the cooking control unit of the recipient terminal; By the storage control unit of the recipient terminal, according to the storage management data managed by the data management unit,
6. A sixth step of instructing a storage state of the food material in the recipient storage device.
Lunch food management method by the Internet described in. 5. In the fourth step, based on data indicating the expiration date included in the storage management data, if the expiration date of the foodstuff to be preserved has expired, voice or text information is used. The method according to claim 4, further comprising a seventh step of issuing a warning to the recipient. 6. In the fourth step, the calories of the cooked and stored ingredients are calculated, and the calculated data is managed for each ingredient ID (identification information). The method according to claim 4, further comprising an eighth step of transmitting consumption data including calories to the food service provider side www server. 7. The first step includes a ninth step in which the payment for the food requested by the food service provider's www server of the food service provider via the Internet is performed by electronic payment. 2. The method for managing foodstuffs provided through the Internet according to claim 1, wherein: 8. A recording medium on which is recorded a program capable of executing the method for managing food and drink ingredients via the Internet according to any one of claims 1 to 7.