Patent ID: 7685256

Claim:
A cooking track record management method using a server capable of transmitting information to a terminal via a communication network, the terminal exchanging information with a plurality of appliances, each of the plurality of appliances having at least one of cooking function, browsing function and printing function, the server including a cooking data database storing a plurality of recipes, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a first recipe read from the cooking data database to the terminal requesting transmission of the first recipe, the terminal corresponding to a first user of a plurality of users; receiving from the terminal use history data specific to the first user, the use history data including a number of times that a recipe from the plurality of recipes has been prepared by the first user using at least one of the plurality of appliances; maintaining use history data specific to each of the plurality of users in a use history database, wherein the use history data for each of the plurality of users is determined by acquired use history specific to each user; managing use track records of the recipes stored in the cooking data database based on the use history data in the use history database, wherein the use track records indicate popularity of each of the plurality of recipes among the plurality of users; and recommending a second recipe of the plurality of recipes to a second user of the plurality of users based on the popularity of the second recipe and the use history data of the second user in the use history database.