Computer system, server, and method for supporting cooking, and computer program generator

Abstract

An information providing unit of a server reads a menu table in accordance with a request sent from a customer terminal. The customer terminal presents menu items together with their nutritive values to a customer in accordance with data sent from the server. A selection process unit of the server specifies a dish to be ordered from a cooking service provider in accordance with an instruction sent from the customer terminal. An order process unit of the server searches a cooking material database in order to specify a cooking material necessary for making the dish. A monetary matter process unit of the server performs a process for collecting a charge for the provided service from the cooking service provider or from a cooking material provider.

1 - 5 . (canceled)  
     
     
         6 . A computer system for supporting cooking, comprising: 
 a designation unit which designates at least one cooking material to be used in a dish;    a menu planning unit which plans a plurality of menus each using the cooking material designated by said designation unit;    a providing unit which provides a customer with the menus planned by said menu planning unit;    a selection unit which selects a menu provided by said providing unit; and    an order process unit which makes an order for a lacking material to be used in a menu item included in the menu selected by said selection unit to a cooking material provider.    
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 6 , wherein 
 said order process unit determines a cooking material provider to whom the order for the lacking material is made based on a distance between a residence of the customer and a residence of a cooking material provider.    
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 6 , wherein 
 said providing unit presents a price and a nutritive value for each menu.    
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 6 , further comprising 
 a monetary matter process unit which collects a charge for a service for ordering a dish.    
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 6 , further comprising 
 a schedule planning unit which plans a schedule which indicates daily menus, based on a target about a physical profile of the customer.    
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 6 , further comprising: 
 a registration unit which registers a menu planned by a customer; and    a monetary matter process unit which pays a reward for registration of the menu in said registration unit.    
     
     
         12 . (canceled)  
     
     
         13 . A server for supporting cooking, comprising: 
 a designation unit which designates at least one cooking material to be used in a dish in accordance with an instruction sent from a customer terminal;    a menu planning unit which plans a plurality of menus each using the cooking material designated by said designation unit;    a providing unit which performs data communication with the customer terminal in order to provide a customer with the menus planned by said menu planning unit;    a selection unit which selects a menu in accordance with an instruction sent from the customer terminal; and    an order process unit which performs data communication with a service provider's terminal used by a cooking material provider, in order to make an order for a lacking material to be used in a dish included in the menu selected by said selection unit to the cooking material provider.    
     
     
         14 . The server according to  claim 13 , wherein 
 said order process unit determines a cooking material provider to whom the order for the lacking material is made in accordance with an instruction sent from the customer terminal.    
     
     
         15 - 18 . (canceled)