Location-based in-vehicle restaurant menu
AssigneeDISH Network L.L.C.
InventorAlan Cruz
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Abstract
Various arrangements of location-based in-vehicle restaurant menu systems are presented. In some embodiments, a location sensor that determines a global location of a vehicle is present. An in-vehicle display incorporated as part of the vehicle may be present. A location of the vehicle may be determined to correspond to a location-specific menu based on data received from the location sensor. A location-specific menu may be retrieved for the available restaurant location in response to determining the location of the vehicle. The location-specific menu may be output for presentation to the in-vehicle display, allowing a user to decide on his order before approaching an intercom system.
Claims13
A location-based in-vehicle restaurant menu system, comprising:
- a digital radio tuner;
- a location sensor that determines a global location of a vehicle;
- an in-vehicle display, wherein the in-vehicle display is incorporated as part of the vehicle;
- a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium;
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- one or more processors that are in communication with the in-vehicle display and the location sensor, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- tune the digital radio tuner to a predefined frequency to receive a digital radio transmission;
- receive a plurality of location-specific menus via the digital radio transmission;
- cause the plurality of location-specific menus to be stored to the non-transitory processor-readable storage medium;
- determine a location of the vehicle, based on data received from the location sensor, corresponds to an available restaurant location;
- retrieve a location-specific menu for the available restaurant location from the stored plurality of location-specific menus in response to determining the location of the vehicle corresponds to the available restaurant location;
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- output for presentation to the in-vehicle display the location-specific menu.
A non-transitory processor-readable medium for providing a location-based in-vehicle restaurant menu comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
- tune a digital radio tuner to a predefined frequency to receive a digital radio transmission;
- receive a plurality of location-specific menus via the digital radio transmission;
- cause the plurality of location-specific menus to be stored to a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium;
- determine a location of the vehicle;
- determine the location of the vehicle corresponds to an available restaurant location;
- retrieve a location-specific menu from the plurality of location-specific menus for the available restaurant location in response to determining the location of the vehicle corresponds to the available restaurant location;
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- output the location-specific menu for presentation using an in-vehicle display.
A method for providing a location-based in-vehicle restaurant menu, the method comprising:
- tuning a digital radio tuner to a predefined frequency to receive a digital radio transmission;
- receiving, via the digital radio tuner, a plurality of location-specific menus via the digital radio transmission;
- causing the plurality of location-specific menus to be stored to a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium;
- determining, using a location sensor, a location of a vehicle in which the location sensor is installed;
- determining, by an in-vehicle restaurant menu system, the location of the vehicle corresponds to an available restaurant location;
- retrieving, by the in-vehicle restaurant menu system, a location-specific menu for the available restaurant location from the stored plurality of location-specific menus in response to determining the location of the vehicle corresponds to the available restaurant location;
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- outputting, by the in-vehicle restaurant menu system, the location-specific menu for presentation using an in-vehicle display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.