US 11,720,984 B2
Method of providing information
Hiroshi Yahata, Osaka (JP); Takahiro Nishi, Nara (JP); Tadamasa Toma, Osaka (JP); and Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/695,285.
Application 17/695,285 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/016259, filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-036752 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0284522 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 50/12 (2013.01) [G16H 10/60 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing information in an information management system that communicates with a first server which manages allergy information related to a user corresponding to identification information identifying the user, the information management system including a second server that stores menu information indicating one or more dishes corresponding to a restaurant, the method comprising:
acquiring a request for a personalized menu for the user from an information terminal of the user via a network;
acquiring the identification information stored in the information terminal from the information terminal via the network;
acquiring allergy information related to the user using the identification information from the first server via a network, the allergy information including information indicating a level of an allergic reaction of the user to each ingredient,
generating, based on the menu information and the allergy information, the personalized menu arranged for the user according to the allergy information, the menu information including information indicating one or more ingredients contained in each dish and an amount of each ingredient; and
transmitting the personalized menu to the information terminal to allow a selection of a dish via the personalized menu on the information terminal,
wherein, the generating of the personalized menu includes:
calculating a value using the amount of an ingredient included in a dish in the menu information and the level of the allergic reaction of the user to the ingredient; and
in response to determining that the calculated value is equal to or larger than a criterion value, generating a changed dish in which the amount of the ingredient in the dish is reduced such that the calculated value becomes below the criterion value, and
the personalized menu includes the changed dish.