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US 11,443,260 B1Granted
System for managing an integrated drive-through restaurant and carwash facility providing estimated wait times via a graphical user interface
AssigneeDBD Design Inc.
InventorEdward T. van Breen
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Abstract
Quick service restaurants with car wash systems and traffic management systems for managing customer traffic and routing customers who have made food-only purchases and customers who have purchased both a food item and a carwash service. In some examples, graphical user interfaces incorporated in point of sale systems display time predictions for the delivery of food items and carwash services to aid and encourage customer selection of both food items and carwash services.
Claims26
A computer implemented method for managing quick service restaurant (QSR) services and carwash (CW) services, the method comprising:
- displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI), a plurality of QSR menu items, and a plurality of CW menu items;
- receiving, at a processor, QSR time duration information for the QSR menu items;
- receiving, at the processor, CW time duration information for the CW menu items;
- receiving, via the GUI, a selection of one or more of the QSR menu items;
- determining, by the processor, according to the received QSR time duration information, a predicted QSR order time duration to prepare the selected one or more QSR menu items;
- identifying, by the processor, according to the received CW time duration information, one or more of the CW menu items having a time duration that is less than or equal to the predicted QSR order time duration;
- displaying, on the GUI, an equal time indictor that identifies the identified one or more CW menu items to identify the CW menu items that could be added to an order of the selected one or more of the QSR menu items without increasing a wait time to receive the QSR menu items;
- in response to receiving an order via the GUI that includes one or more of the QSR menu items and none of the CW menu items:
- displaying a directional signal that directs a customer vehicle to a QSR pickup window and to bypass a CW system;
- and
- displaying QSR order information on a display screen of a QSR kitchen management system for preparing the selected one or more QSR menu items;
- and
- in response to receiving an order at the GUI that includes one or more of the QSR menu items and one or more of the CW menu items:
- displaying a directional signal that directs a customer vehicle to a CW system en route to a QSR pickup window;
- and
- displaying QSR order information on a display screen of a QSR kitchen management system for preparing the selected one or more QSR menu items.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage media storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a processor for managing quick service restaurant (QSR) services and carwash (CW) services, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI), a plurality of QSR menu items, and a plurality of CW menu items;
- receiving, at the processor, QSR time duration information for the QSR menu items;
- receiving, at the processor, CW time duration information for the CW menu items;
- receiving, via the GUI, a selection of one or more of the QSR menu items;
- determining, by the processor, according to the received QSR time duration information, a predicted QSR order time duration to prepare the selected one or more QSR menu items;
- identifying, by the processor, according to the received CW time duration information, one or more of the CW menu items having a time duration that is less than or equal to the predicted QSR order time duration;
- displaying, on the GUI, an equal time indictor that identifies the identified one or more CW menu items to identify the CW menu items that could be added to an order of the selected one or more of the QSR menu items without increasing a wait time to receive the QSR menu items;
- in response to receiving an order via the GUI that includes one or more of the QSR menu items and none of the CW menu items:
- displaying a directional signal that directs a customer vehicle to a QSR pickup window and to bypass a CW system;
- and
- displaying QSR order information on a display screen of a QSR kitchen management system for preparing the selected one or more QSR menu items;
- and
- in response to receiving an order at the GUI that includes one or more of the QSR menu items and one or more of the CW menu items:
- displaying a directional signal that directs a customer vehicle to a CW system en route to a QSR pickup window;
- and
- displaying QSR order information on a display screen of a QSR kitchen management system for preparing the selected one or more QSR menu items.
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A system for managing quick service restaurant (QSR) services and carwash (CW) services, the system comprising:
- an electronic device configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI);
- a processor coupled to the electronic device;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the processor, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI), a plurality of QSR menu items, and a plurality of CW menu items;
- receiving, at the processor, QSR time duration information for the QSR menu items;
- receiving, at the processor, CW time duration information for the CW menu items;
- receiving, via the GUI, a selection of one or more of the QSR menu items;
- determining, by the processor, according to the received QSR time duration information, a predicted QSR order time duration to prepare the selected one or more QSR menu items;
- identifying, by the processor, according to the received CW time duration information, one or more of the CW menu items having a time duration that is less than or equal to the predicted QSR order time duration to identify the CW menu items that could be added to an order of the selected one or more of the QSR menu items without increasing a wait time to receive the QSR menu items;
- displaying, on the GUI, an equal time indictor that identifies the identified one or more CW menu items;
- in response to receiving an order via the GUI that includes one or more of the QSR menu items and none of the CW menu items:
- displaying a directional signal that directs a customer vehicle to a QSR pickup window and to bypass a CW system;
- and
- displaying QSR order information on a display screen of a QSR kitchen management system for preparing the selected one or more QSR menu items;
- and
- in response to receiving an order at the GUI that includes one or more of the QSR menu items and one or more of the CW menu items:
- displaying a directional signal that directs a customer vehicle to a CW system en route to a QSR pickup window;
- and
- displaying QSR order information on a display screen of a QSR kitchen management system for preparing the selected one or more QSR menu items.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.