Voice Interface Nested Recipe Parsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices lack the capability to efficiently identify and provide instructions for nested child recipes within a cooking recipe, limiting user flexibility when preparing complex dishes.
Innovation Solution
A voice-controlled electronic device system that analyzes recipe text data to identify child recipes by parsing the recipe name and steps, allowing users to request and receive instructions for individual child recipes during the preparation of a larger recipe.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If electronic devices provide complete cooking recipe instructions, then users can prepare full recipes, but users cannot easily access specific child recipes within the recipe
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments a cooking recipe into multiple child recipes representing different dishes or courses. The language processing system identifies and separates child recipes within the parent recipe, allowing users to access specific segments independently while maintaining the overall recipe structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested recipe structure where child recipes are embedded within a parent recipe. The system can identify nested levels of recipes (parent containing children, which may contain their own children) and allow users to navigate through these nested structures to access specific dishes or courses within the full recipe.
2Ease of operation
If electronic devices provide step-by-step instructions for entire recipes, then complete cooking guidance is available, but instructions for individual child recipes are not easily separable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts child recipe instructions from the parent recipe structure. When a user requests a specific child recipe, the language processing system identifies and extracts only the relevant instructions for that child recipe, separating them from the complete recipe instructions while maintaining the ability to provide full recipe guidance when needed.
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Methods and systems for causing a voice-activated electronic device to identify that a step of a series of steps can begin while a previous step is ongoing. In some embodiments, a first step will have a waiting period. The methods and systems, in some embodiments, identify this waiting period and determine that a second step can begin during the waiting period of step one. In some embodiments, nested sets of sequential steps are identified within the series of steps. The nested sets of sequential steps, in some embodiments, can be called upon.