Patents by Inventor Tjarko Leifer

Tjarko Leifer 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).

  • Method and system for preference-driven food personalization
    Patent number: 11610665
    Abstract: A method for improving food-related personalized for a user including determining food-related preferences associated with a plurality of users to generate a user food preferences database; collecting dietary inputs from a subject matter expert (SME) at an SME interface associated with the user food preferences database; determining personalized food parameters for the user based on the user food-related preferences and the dietary inputs; receiving feedback associated with the personalized food parameters from the user; and updating the user food preferences database based on the feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Tjarko Leifer, Erik Andrejko, Sivan Aldor-Noiman
  • Methods for improving food-related personalization
    Patent number: 11587140
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving food-related personalization for a user including generating a recipe database including a set of recipe data structures; deriving a recipe vector representation of the recipe data structures; determining a set of user food preferences; extracting a set of recipe vector constraints from the set of user food preferences; determining a personalized food plan for the user, including automatically selecting a subset of the set of recipe data structures associated with recipe vector representations that satisfy the set of recipe vector constraints; determining fulfillment parameters for grocery items associated with the personalized food plan; and automatically facilitating fulfillment of grocery items associated with the personalized food plan based on the fulfillment parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Tjarko Leifer, Erik Andrejko, Sivan Aldor-Noiman
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREFERENCE-DRIVEN FOOD PERSONALIZATION
    Publication number: 20200303055
    Abstract: A method for improving food-related personalized for a user including determining food-related preferences associated with a plurality of users to generate a user food preferences database; collecting dietary inputs from a subject matter expert (SME) at an SME interface associated with the user food preferences database; determining personalized food parameters for the user based on the user food-related preferences and the dietary inputs; receiving feedback associated with the personalized food parameters from the user; and updating the user food preferences database based on the feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Tjarko Leifer, Erik Andrejko, Sivan Aldor-Noiman
  • Method and system for improving food-related personalization
    Patent number: 10776856
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving food-related personalization for a user including generating a recipe database including a set of recipe data structures; deriving a recipe vector representation of the recipe data structures; determining a set of user food preferences; extracting a set of recipe vector constraints from the set of user food preferences; determining a personalized food plan for the user, including automatically selecting a subset of the set of recipe data structures associated with recipe vector representations that satisfy the set of recipe vector constraints; determining fulfillment parameters for grocery items associated with the personalized food plan; and automatically facilitating fulfillment of grocery items associated with the personalized food plan based on the fulfillment parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Tjarko Leifer, Erik Andrejko, Sivan Aldor-Noiman
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING FOOD-RELATED PERSONALIZATION
    Publication number: 20200265497
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving food-related personalization for a user including generating a recipe database including a set of recipe data structures; deriving a recipe vector representation of the recipe data structures; determining a set of user food preferences; extracting a set of recipe vector constraints from the set of user food preferences; determining a personalized food plan for the user, including automatically selecting a subset of the set of recipe data structures associated with recipe vector representations that satisfy the set of recipe vector constraints; determining fulfillment parameters for grocery items associated with the personalized food plan; and automatically facilitating fulfillment of grocery items associated with the personalized food plan based on the fulfillment parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Tjarko Leifer, Erik Andrejko, Sivan Aldor-Noiman
  • Method and system for preference-driven food personalization
    Patent number: 10720235
    Abstract: A method for improving food-related personalized for a user including determining food-related preferences associated with a plurality of users to generate a user food preferences database; collecting dietary inputs from a subject matter expert (SME) at an SME interface associated with the user food preferences database; determining personalized food parameters for the user based on the user food-related preferences and the dietary inputs; receiving feedback associated with the personalized food parameters from the user; and updating the user food preferences database based on the feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Tjarko Leifer, Erik Andrejko, Sivan Aldor-Noiman
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREFERENCE-DRIVEN FOOD PERSONALIZATION
    Publication number: 20190228856
    Abstract: A method for improving food-related personalized for a user including determining food-related preferences associated with a plurality of users to generate a user food preferences database; collecting dietary inputs from a subject matter expert (SME) at an SME interface associated with the user food preferences database; determining personalized food parameters for the user based on the user food-related preferences and the dietary inputs; receiving feedback associated with the personalized food parameters from the user; and updating the user food preferences database based on the feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Tjarko Leifer, Erik Andrejko, Sivan Aldor-Noiman
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING FOOD-RELATED PERSONALIZATION
    Publication number: 20190228855
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving food-related personalization for a user including generating a recipe database including a set of recipe data structures; deriving a recipe vector representation of the recipe data structures; determining a set of user food preferences; extracting a set of recipe vector constraints from the set of user food preferences; determining a personalized food plan for the user, including automatically selecting a subset of the set of recipe data structures associated with recipe vector representations that satisfy the set of recipe vector constraints; determining fulfillment parameters for grocery items associated with the personalized food plan; and automatically facilitating fulfillment of grocery items associated with the personalized food plan based on the fulfillment parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Tjarko Leifer, Erik Andrejko, Sivan Aldor-Noiman
  • Effortless entry system and method
    Patent number: 6825752
    Abstract: The vehicle port control system has a capaciflective sensor, a port, a lock securing the port, and a control unit. The capaciflective sensor senses the presence of objects a predetermined distance from the vehicle port. The sensor communicates its readings to the control unit, which controls the actuation of the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Pratik Kumar Nahata, Tjarko Leifer, Edwin T. Li, Tejas B. Desai, Susan A. Johnson, Mark Cutkosky
  • Effortless entry system
    Publication number: 20010052839
    Abstract: The vehicle port control system comprises a capaciflective sensor, a port, a lock securing the port, and a control unit. The capaciflective sensor senses the presence of objects a predetermined distance from the vehicle port. The sensor communicates its readings to the control unit, which controls the actuation of the lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Pratik Kumar Nahata, Tjarko Leifer, Edwin T. Li, Tejas B. Desai, Susan A. Johnson, Mark Cutkoski