Internet of things (iot) apparatuses, systems and methods

Abstract

An IoT-based system and method are described for identifying appropriate cooking parameters for cooking food. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: a cooking appliance for cooking food products, the cooking appliance having control logic to control cooking temperature or power level, cooking duration, and/or one or more other cooking variables; an IoT device integrated in or on the cooking appliance, the IoT device comprising scanning logic to capture a code associated with a food product to be cooked, the IoT device to use the code to identify cooking parameters associated with the food product; and the IoT device comprising circuitry to control the control logic of the cooking appliance in accordance with the cooking parameters associated with the food product.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a cooking appliance for cooking food products, the cooking appliance having control logic to control cooking temperature or power level, cooking duration, and/or one or more other cooking variables;   an IoT device integrated in or on the cooking appliance, the IoT device comprising scanning logic to capture a code associated with a food product to be cooked, the IoT device to use the code to identify cooking parameters associated with the food product; and   the IoT device comprising circuitry to control the control logic of the cooking appliance in accordance with the cooking parameters associated with the food product.   
     
     
         2 . The system as in  claim 1  further comprising:
 a food preparation database to be queried by the IoT device using the code associated with the food product to identify the cooking parameters. 
 
     
     
         3 . The system as in  claim 2  wherein the food preparation database is integrated within the cooking appliance and/or the IoT device. 
     
     
         4 . The system as in  claim 3  further comprising:
 an IoT service comprising a master food preparation database, wherein the IoT service is to update the food preparation database using data stored in the master food preparation database. 
 
     
     
         5 . The system as in  claim 4  wherein the IoT service is to update the food preparation database periodically and/or as updates are provided to the master food preparation database and/or each time the user cooks a new food product. 
     
     
         6 . The system as in  claim 4  further comprising:
 a usage data collection module on the IoT service  120  comprising a compilation of food products cooked by the user over a period of time. 
 
     
     
         7 . The system as in  claim 6  wherein the compilation of food products is to be evaluated to target advertisements or promotions for food products to the user. 
     
     
         8 . The system as in  claim 1  further comprising:
 notification logic on the IoT service to transmit a notification to a client device of the user when cooking of the food is complete, in accordance with the cooking parameters.