1. A mobile device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
subsequent to populating a child tumbler of a hierarchical presentation with a first set of first child objects, receiving input data that selects a first child object from the first set of first child objects, wherein the child tumbler is populated based on a selection of a first parent object displayed within a parent tumbler of the hierarchical presentation,
in response to determining that the first parent object has been updated to a second parent object in the parent tumbler and based on metadata associated with the first child object, repopulating the child tumbler with a second set of second child objects,
facilitating a display of the second parent object and a second child object that is determined to be selected from the second set of second child objects along a common axis, and
in response to determining that information representing a relationship between the second parent object and the second child object satisfies a validity criterion, facilitating a transmission of the second child object via a cross-platform messaging application of the mobile device.
2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the metadata is first metadata and the operations further comprise:
organizing the second set of second child objects based on second metadata associated with the second set of second child objects.
3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
organizing the second set of second child objects based on temporal data associated with the second set of second child objects.
4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
organizing the second set of second child objects alphabetically.
5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the display comprises facilitating the display based on a characteristic of a display area of the mobile device.
6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
inserting the second child object into a text message of the cross-platform messaging application.
7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the display comprises highlighting the second child object based on historical data.
8. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to determining that the information does not satisfy the validity criterion, facilitating rendering of notification data that indicates that the validity criterion has not been satisfied.
9. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to determining that the second parent object has been updated to a third parent object in the parent tumbler, deleting the second set of second child objects from the child tumbler.
10. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the cross-platform messaging application utilizes disparate messaging protocols to facilitate the transmission.
11. A method, comprising:
based on a selection of a first parent object displayed within a parent tumbler of a hierarchical presentation, populating, by a mobile device comprising a processor, a child tumbler of the hierarchical presentation with a first set of first child objects;
in response to determining that the first parent object has been changed to a second parent object in the parent tumbler and based on metadata associated with a first child object that is determined to be selected from the first set of first child objects, repopulating, by the mobile device, the child tumbler with a second set of second child objects;
facilitating, by the mobile device, an alignment of the second parent object and a second child object that is determined to be selected from the second set of second child objects along a common axis; and
in response to determining that information representing an association between the second parent object and the second child object satisfies a validity criterion, facilitating, by the mobile device, a transmission of the second child object via disparate messaging protocols.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
organizing, by the mobile device, the second set of second child objects based on classification data associated with the second set of second child objects.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
organizing, by the mobile device, the second set of second child objects based on timing data associated with the second set of second child objects.
14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
organizing, by the mobile device, the second set of second child objects based on size data associated with the second set of second child objects.
15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
inserting, by the mobile device, the second child object into a text message determined by a cross-platform messaging application of the mobile device.
16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
in response to determining that the information does not satisfy the validity criterion, facilitating, by the mobile device, a rendering of notification data that indicates that the validity criterion has not been satisfied.
17. A computer-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a mobile device comprising a processor, to perform operations, comprising:
based a first parent object being selected from parent objects within a parent tumbler of a hierarchical presentation, populating a child tumbler of the hierarchical presentation with a first set of first child objects;
receiving input data that selects a first child object from the first set of first child objects;
in response to determining that the first parent object has been updated to a second parent object of the parent objects and based on metadata associated with the first child object, populating the child tumbler with a second set of second child objects;
facilitating a display of the second parent object and a second child object that is determined to be selected from the second set of second child objects along a common axis; and
in response to determining that information representing a relationship between the second parent object and the second child object satisfies a validity criterion, facilitating a transmission of the second child object via a cross-platform messaging application of the mobile device.
18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the second child object represents a protocol.
19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:
based on historical data, highlighting a subset of the second set of second child objects.
20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the facilitating the transmission comprises facilitating the transmission via disparate messaging protocols.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A dispenser for a viscous fluid food product, the dispenser comprising:
a housing configured and dimensioned for receiving a food pouch; the pouch having first and second ends, a sidewall that can be arranged to form first and second opposed surfaces, and an outlet, the pouch being capable of containing a viscous fluid food product therein;
means for pressing the pouch to dispense the viscous fluid food product through the outlet; wherein the pressing means comprises a main pressing assembly of sufficient mass for moving along the pouch under the influence of gravity to induce a sufficient flow of the food product through the pouch outlet, and a compressible pressing surface that is positioned adjacent the first surface of the pouch;
a planar surface disposed adjacent the second surface of the pouch; and
closure means engaged with the outlet for closing the outlet, the closure means being capable of opening the outlet so as to cause the main pressing assembly to move along the pouch toward the outlet by gravity for dispensing the viscous fluid food product through the outlet.
2. A dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes guide means for the pressing means, and the pressing means comprises a roller having engaging portions which form gear portions for guiding the roller along the housing guide means, with the guide means comprising complementary engaging surfaces that form gear tracks for the gear portions or the roller.
3. A dispenser according to claim 2, wherein the planar surface is substantially vertically arranged along at least a major portion of the sidewall of the pouch, the roller contacting the pouch at the first end, and the pouch outlet is positioned at the second end of the pouch.
4. A dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the planar surface constitutes an interior surface of at least a portion of a wall of the housing.
5. A dispenser according claim 4, wherein the roller is formed of an elongated main cylindrical portion comprising an inner weight and an outer sheath of a soft resilient compressible material.
6. A dispenser according to claim 5, wherein the outer sheath is made of compressible material having a hardness in the range of 25 to 45 shore A.
7. A dispenser according to claim 5, wherein the soft resilient material is an insulated silicone rubber.
8. A dispenser according to claim 5, wherein the main portion of the roller further includes an external gliding surface made of a plastic film.
9. A dispenser according to claim 8, wherein the gliding surface plastic film is heat-shrunk around the outer sheath of soft compressible material.
10. A dispenser according to claim 9, wherein the plastic film is a polyolefin film.
11. A dispenser for a viscous fluid food product, the dispenser comprising:
a housing configured and dimensioned for receiving a pouch having first and second ends, a sidewall that can be arranged to form first and second opposed surfaces, and an outlet, the pouch containing a viscous fluid food product therein; the housing comprising at least one panel comprising a support surface adapted to receive the pouch in a position adjacent to the support surface; the panel being moveable between a loading position whereby the pouch is capable to be laid at rest on the support surface and a dispensing position whereby the outlet is downwardly oriented configuration; and
connecting means for securing the pouch onto the support surface of the moveable panel so that the pouch is maintained substantially adjacent to the support surface when moving the panel from its loading position to its dispensing position,
wherein the connecting means comprises at least one clamping assembly comprising a bar-shaped pressing member capable of exerting a pressure along at least two spaced apart positions along a portion of the pouch.
12. A dispenser according to claim 11, wherein the moveable panel has a top edge and a bottom edge; wherein the bottom edge of the panel is pivotally attached to the housing by hinge means adapted to move the panel from its loading position to its dispensing position.
13. A dispenser according to claim 11, wherein the bar-shaped pressing member has a first end pivotally attached to the panel and a second end adapted to engage a latch member attached to the panel
14. A dispenser according to claim 13, wherein the portion of the pouch is a seal flange of the pouch.
15. A dispenser according to claim 13, wherein the clamping assembly is positioned in the upper region of the panel to be capable to secure the upper seal flange of the pouch.
16. A dispenser according to claim 13, wherein the clamping assembly has a width adapted to support different sizes of pouch.
17. A dispenser according to claim 13, wherein a second clamping member is positioned in the lower region of the panel to secure the lower seal flange of the pouch.
18. A dispenser according to claim 17, wherein the second clamping assembly has a width adapted to support different sizes of pouch.
19. A dispenser according to claim 17, wherein the panel includes closure means for closing the outlet of the pouch, the closure means being capable of opening the outlet to dispense the food product upon application of sufficient pressure to release the closure means from the outlet of the pouch.
20. A dispenser according to claim 19, wherein the closure means comprises a first half valve sub-assembly attached to the moveable panel and a second half valve forming a stationary part of the closure means.
21. A dispenser according to claim 20, wherein the second half valve includes the bar shaped pressing member and is arranged in a face-to-face relation with the first half-valve when the clamping member is in closed position to secure the lower part of the pouch.
22. A dispenser for a viscous fluid food product, the dispenser comprising:
a housing configured and dimensioned for receiving a pouch having first and second ends, a sidewall that can be arranged to form first and second opposed surfaces, and an outlet, the pouch containing a viscous fluid food product therein;
means for pressing the pouch so as to dispense the viscous fluid food product through the outlet, the pressing means comprising at least one roller means that has a main pressing assembly of sufficient mass for moving along the pouch under the influence of gravity and for inducing a flow of the product through the outlet upon demand, and a compressive pressing surface positionable in a position of contact with the first surface of the pouch,
guiding means operatively associated with the roller means so as to guide the roller means in translation along a pressing path adjacent the first surface of the pouch; and
retaining means coupled to the roller means and arranged to prevent the roller means from disengaging the guiding means when the roller is at rest in the dispenser; wherein both the guiding means and retaining means are housed within the housing.
23. A fitmentless pouch comprises a main reservoir adapted for receiving a viscous fluid product and an outlet portion having an upper section integrally extending from the lower part of the main reservoir, a sealing assembly that includes at least one plastic film having at least a lower seal flange adapted to demarcate the contour of the lower limit of the reservoir including the outlet portion, wherein the pouch further comprises an upper flange that adapted for being hung dispensing device in the housing with the outlet oriented in a dispensing position such that the flow of the viscous fluid food product is assisted by gravity, and the outlet is demarcated by a tapered heat seal at the lower part of the reservoir forming an angle of inclination (1) with respect to a transverse direction and tapered seal lines forming an angle of inclination (0) with respect to a longitudinal direction and ending at a transverse closure seal which is smaller than the upper section of the outlet.
24. A pouch according to claim 23, wherein the angle of inclination (0) of the tapered seal lines is between about 18 and 22 degrees.
25. A pouch according to claim 23, wherein the angle of inclination (1) of the tapered heat seal is between about 22 and 28 degrees.
26. A pouch according to claim 23, wherein the outlet of the pouch has a width of between about 3.18 and 5.1 cm.
27. A pouch according to claim 23, wherein the outlet includes a pre-cut line for opening the outlet, the pre-cut line being provided along the lower seal flange at a preselected distance above the closure seal line.
28. A pouch according to claim 27, wherein the pre-cut line is made by laser or by mechanical cutting.