Patent ID: 8335796
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A recipe providing system, comprising: a recipe providing device for providing a recipe, and a client device being interconnected to the recipe providing device; wherein the client device comprises: means for requesting recipe data to the recipe providing device by presenting a recipe requirement; and means for receiving recipe data from the recipe providing device; wherein the recipe providing device comprises: a recipe element data storing unit for storing plural of recipe element data to be utilized for generating recipe data; means for generating recipe data for a plurality of completed recipes by retrieving the recipe element data from the recipe element data storing unit based on the recipe requirement presented by the client device; and means for transmitting the generated recipe data to the client device; wherein the plural of recipe element data are arranged in at least three separate hierarchy data, said three separate hierarchy data are composed of recipe element data of finished-dish as a higher hierarchy, recipe element data of intermediate material as intermediate hierarchy corresponding at a-part way of the cooking process of going from the material to the finished-dish and recipe element data of material as a lower hierarchy; said recipe element data of material has link information to more than one recipe element data of finished-dish and/or more than one recipe element data of intermediate material for which the material is used; and said recipe element data of intermediate material has link information to more than one recipe element data of finished-dish for which the intermediate material is used; wherein said at least three separate hierarchy data each contain different parts of the recipe element data that are combined to generate the recipe data for said plurality of completed recipes; and wherein said means for generating recipe data includes a processor that combines together said at least three separate hierarchy data based on said link information as different chronological parts of a completed recipe.