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- Patent Title: Food description processing methods and apparatuses
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Application No.: US16747229Application Date: 2020-01-20
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Publication No.: US11238753B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Aadhar Jain , Chul Lee , Bryan Levine
- Applicant: MYFITNESSPAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: MYFITNESSPAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: MYFITNESSPAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP
- Main IPC: G09B19/00
- IPC: G09B19/00 ; G06F16/22

Abstract:
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with modifying a food record database. The method comprises receiving a plurality of food records from a plurality of sources, each of the plurality of food records comprising at least a food record description, the plurality of sources including (i) at least one government agency and (ii) users of the food record database. The method further comprises receiving search requests from users, and returning one or more top search results from the food record database in response. The method also comprises determining a score for a particular food record identified by the top search results, wherein the score is calculated based at least in part on one of: a number of times the particular food record has been included in the top search results of the search requests or a number of times the particular food record has been logged.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200152081A1 FOOD DESCRIPTION PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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