Patents by Inventor Harry Shapiro

Harry Shapiro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210350438
    Abstract: A method of fulfilling custom food orders includes obtaining feedback from a user through an ordering application. The feedback relates to a first food item of a first food order following fulfillment of the first food order. The first food item includes a first ingredient. The method includes determining a preferred variation associated with the first ingredient based on the feedback and a first recipe used to make the first food item. The method includes updating a taste profile associated with the user based on the preferred variation. The method includes receiving, from the user, a second food order including a second food item. The method includes retrieving a second recipe associated with the second food item. The method includes selectively modifying the second recipe based on the taste profile. The method includes controlling a food assembly apparatus to prepare the second food item according to the second recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Paul RADCLIFFE, David BORDOW, Jeff C. JENSEN, Steven FREHN, Alexandros VARDAKOSTAS, John Lawrence MCDONALD, Harry Shapiro HAWK
  • Patent number: 11023949
    Abstract: A method of fulfilling custom food orders includes obtaining feedback from a user through an ordering application. The feedback relates to a first food item of a first food order following fulfillment of the first food order. The first food item includes a first ingredient. The method includes determining a preferred variation associated with the first ingredient based on the feedback and a first recipe used to make the first food item. The method includes updating a taste profile associated with the user based on the preferred variation. The method includes receiving, from the user, a second food order including a second food item. The method includes retrieving a second recipe associated with the second food item. The method includes selectively modifying the second recipe based on the taste profile. The method includes controlling a food assembly apparatus to prepare the second food item according to the second recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Creator, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Radcliffe, David Bordow, Jeff C. Jensen, Steven Frehn, Alexandras Vardakostas, John Lawrence McDonald, Harry Shapiro Hawk
  • Publication number: 20190080384
    Abstract: One variation of a method for personalizing food orders includes: from a patron, receiving a taste feedback for a first food item in a first food order submitted previously by the patron; predicting an absolute food preference of the patron from the first food order; predicting a relative taste preference of the patron based on the taste feedback and a recipe of the first food item; generating a taste profile of the patron based on the absolute food preference and the relative taste preference; from the patron, receiving a selection for a second food item in a new food order, the second food item different than the first food item; applying the taste profile of the patron to a recipe for the second food item to generate a personalized recipe; and submitting the personalized recipe with the new food order to a robotic food assembly apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Paul RADCLIFFE, David BORDOW, Jeff C. JENSEN, Steven FREHN, Alexandros VARDAKOSTAS, John Lawrence MCDONALD, Harry Shapiro HAWK
  • Patent number: 10068273
    Abstract: One variation of a method for personalizing food orders includes: from a patron, receiving a taste feedback for a first food item in a first food order submitted previously by the patron; predicting an absolute food preference of the patron from the first food order; predicting a relative taste preference of the patron based on the taste feedback and a recipe of the first food item; generating a taste profile of the patron based on the absolute food preference and the relative taste preference; from the patron, receiving a selection for a second food item in a new food order, the second food item different than the first food item; applying the taste profile of the patron to a recipe for the second food item to generate a personalized recipe; and submitting the personalized recipe with the new food order to a robotic food assembly apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Creator, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Frehn, John Lawrence McDonald, Alexandros Vardakostas, Harry Shapiro Hawk
  • Publication number: 20140324607
    Abstract: One variation of a method for personalizing food orders includes: from a patron, receiving a taste feedback for a first food item in a first food order submitted previously by the patron; predicting an absolute food preference of the patron from the first food order; predicting a relative taste preference of the patron based on the taste feedback and a recipe of the first food item; generating a taste profile of the patron based on the absolute food preference and the relative taste preference; from the patron, receiving a selection for a second food item in a new food order, the second food item different than the first food item; applying the taste profile of the patron to a recipe for the second food item to generate a personalized recipe; and submitting the personalized recipe with the new food order to a robotic food assembly apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Momentum Machines Company
    Inventors: Steven Frehn, John Lawrence McDonald, Alexandros Vardakostas, Harry Shapiro
  • Patent number: 5232039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a window dressing system which, according to one aspect of the invention, has a bracket for supporting a drapery on one side and a window treatment on the other side. The bracket is configured with tracks which cooperate with movable hardware assemblies attached to the top window treatment and the drapery in a manner that provides simple and efficient removal of the window treatment and the drapery for servicing. The drapery hardware assembly is also designed to facilitate pleating of the drapery in an easy to assemble and disassemble arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Shapco Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Shapiro, Harry Shapiro