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US 9,069,340 B2Granted
Multi-conditioner control for conditioning nutritional substances
OwnerEugenio Minvielleinventor
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Abstract
Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances.
Claims22
A dynamic conditioning system for conditioning nutritional substances comprising:
- a first conditioner;
- a second conditioner;
- a reader for reading a dynamic information identifier associated with a plurality of conditioning protocols wherein the plurality of conditioning protocols include instructions for controlling the conditioning of a first portion of a nutritional substance in a first conditioner and a second portion of the nutritional substance in a second conditioner during overlapping conditioning cycles;
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- a controller configured to operate, responsive to one of the plurality of conditioning protocols, the first conditioner during a first conditioning cycle and the second conditioner during a second conditioning cycle, wherein the first and second conditioning cycles overlap.
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A dynamic conditioning system for conditioning nutritional substances comprising:
- a database with information including various conditioning protocols referenced to the dynamic information identifier, the various conditioning protocols including instructions for conditioning a first portion of a nutritional substance in the first conditioner and a second portion of the nutritional substance in a second conditioner;
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- a controller in communication with a first and second conditioner, wherein the controller is configured to operate, responsive to one of the various conditioning protocols, the first conditioner during a first conditioning cycle and the second conditioner during a second conditioning cycle, wherein the first and second conditioning cycles overlap.
A method for conditioning a nutritional substance, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for conditioning protocols, the request including a dynamic information identifier;
- accessing conditioning protocols referenced to the dynamic information identifier that include instructions for conditioning a first portion of a nutritional substance in a first conditioner and a second portion of the nutritional substance in a second conditioner during overlapping conditioning cycles and
- sending, in response to the request, at least one conditioning protocol.
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