KR20070069830A - Method and system for providing recipe recommendation service and mobile communication terminal therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

A food recommendation service supply method and system, and a mobile communication terminal therefor are provided to enable a user to set alarm time, alarm intervals, food materials, and expiration date by using a food recommendation function of the terminal, so that the terminal can provide recommended food in accordance with food materials set by the user by performing the recommendation function at the alarm time. A key input unit(230) inputs a key or command for setting food recommendation. A wireless communication processor(270) processes a wireless communication function including wireless data communication. A storage unit(210) sets some of or all of alarm time, food materials, and expiration date, and stores a food recommendation program which selects and provides recommended food by using the food materials and the expiration date at the alarm time. A display unit(220) outputs message information generated while the program is conducted. A controller(240) executes the program to control the key input unit(230) and the display(220), sets an alarm by receiving the alarm time, and controls the display unit(220) so as to display the recommended food at the alarm time.

Description

Method and System for Providing Recipe Recommendation Service And Mobile Communication Terminal Therefor}

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a cooking recommendation service providing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal having a cooking recommendation function according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a cooking recommendation function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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110: mobile communication terminal 120: mobile communication network

122: wireless base station 124: mobile communication switching center

126: data core network 128: HLR

130: recipe server 210: memory

220: display unit 230: key input unit

240: terminal control unit 250: microphone

260: speaker 270: wireless communication processing unit

The present invention relates to a cooking recommendation method, a mobile communication terminal and a system using a mobile communication terminal. More specifically, when the alarm time, alarm interval, cooking material and expiration date are set using the cooking recommendation function of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal performs the cooking recommendation function at the alarm time according to the cooking material set by the user. A method, a mobile communication terminal and a system for providing a recommended dish.

In recent years, the number of working-in-law couples is increasing, while people are getting busy. Measures to increase the convenience of their lives are being devised, an example of which is a cooking recommendation technology using a refrigerator.

In a conventional cooking recommendation technology using a refrigerator, when a user inputs food information to be stored by a user using a touch panel for inputting a key signal, the refrigerator controller stores the food information in a memory. The refrigerator accesses the Internet using a communication unit and downloads food recommendation and cooking information using the stored food information. The stored food information stored in the memory is provided to the user through a display unit mounted on the front of the refrigerator according to the downloaded cooking information or a key signal input through the touch panel.

However, since this method requires the use of a refrigerator, there is a problem in that there is a space limitation in receiving a food recommendation, and the food recommendation and cooking method cannot be effectively used anywhere.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention relates to a cooking recommendation method, a mobile communication terminal and a system using a mobile communication terminal. More specifically, when the alarm time, alarm interval, cooking material and expiration date are set using the cooking recommendation function of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal performs the cooking recommendation function at the alarm time according to the cooking material set by the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method, a mobile communication terminal and a system for providing a recommended dish.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mobile communication terminal having a cooking recommendation function, comprising: key input means for receiving a key or command for setting a cooking recommendation; A wireless communication processor for processing a wireless communication function including a voice call and wireless data communication; Storage means for setting a part or all of an alarm time, cooking ingredients and an expiration date, and storing a cooking recommendation program for selecting and providing a recommended dish using the cooking ingredient and an expiration date at the alarm time; Display means for outputting message information generated while performing the cooking recommendation program; And controlling means for inputting an alarm time by executing a cooking recommendation program to control the key input means and the display means, and controlling the display means to display the recommended dish when the alarm time arrives. It provides a mobile communication terminal having a cooking recommendation function.

According to another object of the present invention, there is provided a method for performing a cooking recommendation function in a mobile communication terminal having a cooking recommendation function, comprising: (a) determining whether a cooking recommendation function is selected; (b) setting an alarm by receiving an alarm time when the cooking recommendation function is selected as a result of checking in step (a); (c) setting a cooking recommendation function by receiving a cooking ingredient or an expiration date; (d) determining whether an alarm time has arrived; (e) when the alarm time arrives as a result of checking in step (d), performing a cooking recommendation function to select a recommended dish; (f) providing a cooking recommendation method using a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising providing a recommendation dish.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, a system for providing a service for recommending cooking, comprising: a mobile communication terminal for performing a mobile communication service including a wireless data service; A recipe server for receiving the recommended cooking data from the mobile communication terminal and transmitting contents of the cooking method corresponding to the recommended cooking data to the mobile communication terminal; And a mobile communication network for providing a mobile communication service to the mobile communication terminal to relay data transmitted and received between the mobile communication terminal and the recipe server.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a cooking recommendation system using a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Cooking recommendation system using a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a mobile communication network 120, a recipe server (130).

Mobile communication terminal 110 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is connected to the mobile communication network 120 to provide a voice call and data communication function to perform a normal voice call and data communication by wireless communication, cooking A referral program should be in place. The cooking recommendation program included in the mobile communication terminal 110 selects a recommended dish and performs a function of generating recommended cooking data.

According to the user's key operation of the mobile communication terminal 110, an alarm time, an alarm interval, a cooking material, and an expiration date can be set by executing a cooking recommendation program provided thereto. Temporarily store in wealth.

The mobile communication network 120 includes a wireless base station 122, a mobile switching center (MSC) 124, a data core network (DCN) 126, and a home location register (HLR). It includes a 128, and is connected to the mobile communication terminal 110 wirelessly, connected to the recipe server 130, the mobile communication terminal 110, such as voice communication service, wireless data service or wireless Internet service, message service It performs various functions and the like for performing a mobile communication service.

Here, the radio base station 122 performs a location registration function, a function of allocating a radio channel, various functions required for radio call processing such as handoff, and the like. The mobile communication switching center 124 performs basic and additional service processing for providing a voice communication service, incoming and outgoing call processing of a subscriber, location registration procedure and handoff procedure, and interworking with other networks.

The Home Location Register (HLR) 128 is a database that stores service profiles related to mobile subscriber information, and includes a mobile identification number (MIN) of the mobile communication terminal 110 and a unique terminal. Stores subscriber information by storing information about an electronic serial number (ESN) and service type.

The data core network 126 may include a high speed data service for providing a packet data communication service, an internet / intranet access service, a virtual private network (VPN) access service, a simple IP and a mobile IP service, Performs Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) authentication, billing, and packet compression.

The recipe server 130 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes content for a cooking method corresponding to a plurality of dishes and recommends cooking data from the mobile communication terminal 110 using the mobile communication network 120. And transmits the content of the cooking method corresponding to the recommended dish to the mobile communication terminal 110.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing a mobile communication terminal having a cooking recommendation function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 110 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a memory unit 210, a display unit 220, a key input unit 230, a terminal control unit 240, a microphone 250, a speaker 260, and wireless communication. A processing unit 270 and the like.

The memory unit 210 drives the mobile communication terminal 110 and processes a plurality of software for performing various additional functions such as basic software for performing voice and data communication, a camera function, and a message for transmitting and receiving for wireless communication. Storage means for storing protocol software and the like. To this end, the memory unit 210 is a non-volatile memory, and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) that can modify the contents in byte units or Flash memory that can modify the contents in blocks. ) And SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Randdom Access Memory).

In addition, the memory unit 210 may include a program memory 212 and a data memory 214. Here, the program memory 212 is a program for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal 110. In addition, the program memory 212 stores a cooking recommendation program for setting an alarm time, an alarm interval, cooking ingredients, an expiration date, and the like for setting a cooking recommendation function. In the cooking recommendation program according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when a user sets an alarm time and an interval and the alarm time arrives, a cooking material list is generated by first selecting a material having an expiration date from among the cooking ingredients set by the user. Using the created cooking ingredients list, the list of recommended dishes is selected by searching the list of dishes stored in the cooking recommendation program. Here, in searching for a cooking list, the current season may be determined using the current date, and a dish suitable for the season may be additionally provided.

The data memory 214 temporarily stores data generated while executing a program.

The display unit 220 displays an operation state of the mobile communication terminal 110 including a power supply state, a radio wave reception intensity, a date and time, and when information is transmitted in the form of letters, numbers, and images. Screen display means for outputting information. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 displays the messages generated during the execution of various programs stored in the memory unit 210 under the control of the terminal controller 240 and occurs during the cooking recommendation program according to the embodiment of the present invention. Display messages. Herein, an LCD may be used as the display unit 220. For this purpose, the display unit 220 may include an LCD controller, a memory capable of storing image data, and an LCD display device.

The key input unit 230 includes a numeric button for inputting a number such as a phone number, a character button for inputting a character, a menu selection button, etc. to receive a key or a command from a user who uses the mobile communication terminal 110. Input means. In addition, the key input unit 230, using the numeric keys or the direction (up, down, left, right) keys to set the cooking recommendation function according to an embodiment of the present invention, the alarm time, alarm interval, cooking ingredients and expiration date And so on.

The terminal control unit 240 is a control means for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal 110, the basic function for performing voice and data communication in accordance with the signal input from the key input unit 230 or the wireless communication processing unit 270 In addition, various software stored in the memory unit 210 is executed to perform additional functions. In addition, when data that is not executed immediately is input, the terminal controller 240 transmits the data to the memory 210 and stores the data.

The terminal controller 240 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention executes a cooking recommendation program of the memory 210 to set an alarm time and cooking ingredients according to a predetermined algorithm, and when the alarm time arrives, a preset notification sound. And controls the overall function to output the recommended dishes. In addition, after the recommended dishes are output, the recipe server 130 may be accessed to download content about a cooking method.

In order to perform the aforementioned cooking recommendation function, the terminal controller 240 checks whether the cooking recommendation function is set. As a result of the check, if the cooking recommendation function is set, the terminal controller 240 checks the current time and, if the current time is the alarm time, controls to output a preset notification sound through the speaker 260 and through the display unit 220. Control to display a confirmation message.

When receiving the confirmation of the alarm from the key input unit 230, the notification sound is stopped, using the cooking recommendation program to select the recommended dishes according to a predetermined algorithm and then display on the display unit 220 and the user to receive the recommended cooking method If it is determined whether or not to be provided with a cooking method, the recipe server 130 is accessed to download content for the cooking method.

The microphone 250 is a voice input means for converting a voice input of a mobile communication subscriber into an electrical signal and transmitting the electrical signal. The speaker 260 is a voice output means for converting the transmitted voice signal into an audible sound and outputting the audible sound.

The wireless communication processor 170 encodes or decodes a voice signal, performs an equalizer function to remove multipath noise, and performs a digital signal processing function that performs an acoustic data processing function, and converts a transmitted / received signal into a baseband signal. Baseband conversion function that performs digital-to-analog conversion and analog-to-digital conversion processing, receives RF (Radio Frequency) signal and converts it into IF (Intermediate Frequency) signal, converts IF signal into RF signal, RF signal processing function for demodulating and amplifying a signal, an antenna function for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal in the air, and the like, and perform wireless communication processing means.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a cooking recommendation function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

When the user operates the mobile communication terminal 110 and selects a cooking recommendation menu by inputting a key or command through the key input unit 230 of the mobile communication terminal 110, the mobile communication terminal 110 displays a cooking recommendation menu. Recognizing that the selection is selected, and executes the cooking recommendation program stored in the memory unit 210 to display the use screen of the cooking recommendation function according to a predetermined algorithm on the display unit 220 to determine whether to perform the cooking recommendation function. If the user wants to use the cooking recommendation function, select 'Yes', and if not, the user selects 'No' (S310).

As a result of checking in step S310, when selecting 'Yes', the mobile communication terminal 110 displays an alarm setting screen on the display unit 220 to set a cooking recommendation function. Looking at the screen of the display unit 220, the user sets the alarm time using the numeric keys or the direction (up, down, left, right) keys of the key input unit 230, and the alarm using the direction (left, right) keys. Set alarm sound (bell / melody) according to time and set alarm interval (Mon-Fri, Mon-Sat, Daily, Day) by using direction (up / down) key. When the user inputs the confirmation key, the terminal controller 240 recognizes that the confirmation key is input and stores the alarm setting information (S320).

After storing the alarm setting information, the mobile communication terminal 110 displays a cooking material and an expiration date setting screen on the display unit 220 to set a cooking recommendation function. The user sets the cooking material and the expiration date, etc. by looking at the screen of the display unit 220. In this case, the user uses the numeric keys or the direction (up, down, left, right) keys of the key input unit 230 to title the cooking ingredients. Set the expiration date using the direction (up and down) keys. When the user inputs the confirmation key, the terminal control unit 240 recognizes that the confirmation key is input and stores the cooking material and the expiration date setting information (S330).

When the cooking recommendation function is set, the terminal controller 240 determines whether an alarm time arrives (S340). When the alarm time arrives, the preset notification sound is output through the speaker 260 and the alarm confirmation message is displayed through the display unit 220. When the alarm input is received from the key input unit 230, the alarm sound is stopped. Let's do it. When the alarm sound is stopped, a cooking recommendation program is executed to select a recommended dish according to a predetermined algorithm and display on the display unit 220 (S350).

Here, the cooking recommendation program generates a list of cooking ingredients by first selecting a material having a shelf life close to the cooking ingredients set by the user. The created cooking ingredients list is used to search the list of dishes stored in the cooking recommendation program to select the recommended dishes. In addition, in searching the list of dishes, the current season may be determined using the current date, and a dish suitable for the season may be additionally provided.

The terminal controller 240 checks whether the content for the selected cooking method is recommended. If the user wants to be provided with content for the cooking method, the user selects 'yes'. If the user does not want to be provided with content for the cooking method, the user selects 'no' (S360).

As a result of checking in step S360, if "Yes" is selected, the cooking recommendation program accesses the recipe server 130 according to a predetermined algorithm (S370) and downloads the content of the recommended cooking method (S380). The terminal controller 240 displays the downloaded content on the display 220 (S390). On the other hand, if the result of the check in step S360, 'No' is selected, the terminal controller 240 displays only the recommended dishes without any additional operation.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the quantity and storage period of the food stored in the refrigerator can be checked, it is possible to prevent the deterioration and corruption of the food in advance, and to receive a recommended dish by simply pressing a key or access the recipe server. Since the content of the cooking method of the recommended dish can be downloaded and referenced, the convenience of use can be increased.

In addition, since the user can compare the food ingredients stored in the refrigerator with the cooking ingredients corresponding to the recommended dishes provided, there is an effect that it is easier to find the necessary cooking ingredients.

Claims (9)

A mobile communication terminal having a cooking recommendation function, Key input means for receiving a key or command for setting a cooking recommendation; A wireless communication processor which processes a wireless communication function including wireless data communication; A storage means for setting a part or all of an alarm time, cooking ingredients and an expiration date, and storing a cooking recommendation program for selecting and providing a recommended dish using the cooking material and the expiration date at the alarm time; Display means for outputting message information generated while performing the cooking recommendation program; And Control means for executing the cooking recommendation program to control the key input means and the display means to set the alarm by receiving the alarm time, and to control the display means to display the recommended dish when the alarm time arrives. Mobile communication terminal with a cooking recommendation function comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the control means, A mobile communication terminal having a cooking recommendation function characterized by downloading the contents for the cooking method of the recommended dish by displaying the recommended dish using the display means and then connecting to a recipe server using the wireless communication processor. . The method of claim 2, wherein the control means, And a display recommendation function for controlling the display means to output the downloaded content. In the method for performing the cooking recommendation function in a mobile communication terminal having a cooking recommendation function, (a) determining whether the cooking recommendation function is selected; (b) setting an alarm by receiving an alarm time when the cooking recommendation function is selected as a result of the checking in step (a); (c) receiving a cooking ingredient or an expiration date and setting the cooking recommendation function; (d) determining whether the alarm time has arrived; (e) selecting a recommended dish by performing the cooking recommendation function when the alarm time arrives as a result of the checking of the step (d); And (f) providing the recommended dish Cooking recommendation method using a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein the method is After the step (f), (g) accessing a recipe server to receive content on the cooking method of the recommended dish, and downloading and outputting the content Cooking recommendation method using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 4, wherein in step (e), The mobile communication terminal is a cooking recommendation method using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the first selected by using the cooking material is close to the expiration date to the recommended dish. The method of claim 4, wherein in step (e), The mobile terminal determines a season using a current date and selects a dish according to the season as the recommended dish. In the system that provides a service that recommends cooking, A mobile communication terminal performing a mobile communication service including a wireless data service; A recipe server for receiving recommended cooking data from the mobile communication terminal and transmitting contents of a cooking method corresponding to the recommended cooking data to the mobile communication terminal; And The mobile communication network relays data transmitted and received between the mobile communication terminal and the recipe server by providing the mobile communication service to the mobile communication terminal. Cooking recommendation system using a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 8, The mobile communication terminal stores a cooking recommendation program, and sets a part or all of the alarm time, the cooking ingredients and the expiration date using the cooking recommendation program.

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