TigerBites: an assistive notification system for local dining

This work proposes an automated notification system that allows the user to select their favorite dining items and sends a message to the user via email when a favorited item is being served at a nearby dining location [and/or when a similar item is available]. The system is tested in Princeton, NJ and designed for student users, where Princetons four residential college dining halls, the graduate college dining hall, and the Center for Jewish Life, are considered the nearby dining locations. Under CAS authentication, a user can add past and presently displayed dining items to the user list of favorites by clicking a plus sign beside the item when logged in. There will be several interfaces from which users can select favorites. The default presents a list of locations. By selecting a location, a user can expand the breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus for the current day. The search interface presents a search bar with features including search filters and similarity suggestions. In addition to modifying favorited dining items, a user can submit suggestion letters to the dining locations under their CAS login. A user will be able to access the suggestion box by clicking on a link to it from the main page.