Patent ID: 9633456
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G06T,G09B,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of generating a visual representation of a flavor profile, comprising: obtaining preference information representing flavor preferences of a user with respect to each of a plurality of flavor categories; determining, using a microprocessor, a length of a plurality of graphical elements, each graphical element being assigned to one of the flavor categories, based on the preference information corresponding to the respective flavor category, wherein the length of each graphical element indicates the relative preference for a flavor category with respect to the other flavor categories; and disposing on a computer generated display screen the plurality of graphical elements each having a display length determined by the determining, the disposing positioning the plurality of graphical elements around a circle such that each of the graphical elements has a portion of an external boundary in contact with an external boundary of the circle at a contact point and such that each of the graphical elements protrudes from the contact point away from the circle in accordance with the determined display length.