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US 2002/0059174 A1Published application
System and method for sharing bottles of wine
OwnerEhud Shapiroinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a computer-implemented and/or assisted method for sharing, for example, bottles of wine. The computer system allows customers to request a glass or taste of wine, and when the requests reach a predetermined threshold for a given bottle of wine, the bottle of wine is uncorked and served. Requests can be made from within the establishment or from a remote location prior to entering the establishment. The invention allows customers to indulge in a glass or taste of wine not usually available in that amount at most establishments. Other itmes may alternatively be shared.
Claims29
A computer system for sharing bottles of wine for customers desiring a taste or glass of wine, comprising:
- a database storing first information including corked, uncorked wines and available amount of wine in each such bottle, and at least one threshold for uncorking at least one bottle of wine determined by the establishment;
- at least one data entry device within an establishment that allows the customer to enter a request for the glass or taste of the wine;
- at least one optional communications device which the establishment accesses to monitor and verify wine requests;
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- a data processor, operatively connected to said database, said at least one data entry device, and said optional communications device, said data processor receiving the request, and at least one of determining whether the at least one threshold has been met to uncork the at least one bottle, and determining whether an already uncorked bottle will satisfy the request.
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A computer system for sharing bottles of wine for customers desiring a taste or glass of wine, comprising:
- a database storing first information including corked, uncorked wines and available amount of wine in each such bottle;
- at least one optional communications device which the establishment accesses to monitor available amount of wine in uncorked bottles and corked bottles;
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- a data processor, operatively connected to said database, said at least one data entry device, and said optional communications device, said data processor receiving the data on served wine and determining whether an uncorked bottle will satisfy a customer request.
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A computer-implemented method of sharing at least one bottle of wine, comprising of the steps:
- (a) requesting, by a customer, a request including at least one of a glass, taste or bottle of wine;
- (b) optionally entering, by the customer, payment information;
- (c) optionally verifying, by an establishment, the request with the customer;
- (d) determining by an establishment, if a request threshold has been met indicative of a predetermined amount of the bottle of wine being request by at least one customer;
- (e) uncorking and serving the at least one bottle of wine once the threshold has been met to the at least one customer;
- (f) if the threshold has not been met, notifying customer of the request status.
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A computer system for sharing an item for customers desiring a portion of the item, comprising:
- a database storing first information including characteristics regarding the item;
- at least one optional communications device which the establishment accesses to monitor;
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- a data processor, operatively connected to said database, said at least one data entry device, and said optional communications device, said data processor receiving the data on the item and determining whether the item will satisfy a customer request in accordance with predetermined criteria including satisfying a predetermined threshold associated with a plurality of requests from a plurality of users to share the item, and notifying the users when the predetermined threshold has been satisfied for sharing the item.
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A computer system for sharing items for customers desiring to share an item, comprising:
- a database storing first information including the at least one of the items, and at least one predetermined threshold for sharing the item;
- at least one data entry device that allows the customer to enter a request for the item to be shared;
- at least one optional communications device providing an establishment accesses to monitor and verify item requests;
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- a data processor, operatively connected to said database, said at least one data entry device, and said optional communications device, said data processor receiving the request, and at least one of determining whether the at least one threshold has been met to share the item, and determining whether an existing available item will satisfy the request.
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A computer-implemented method of sharing at least one bottle of wine, comprising of the steps:
- (a) requesting at least one of a glass, taste or bottle of wine;
- (b) optionally entering payment information;
- (c) optionally verifying the request;
- (d) aggregating the request with other requests for the at least one of a glass, taste or bottle of wine;
- (e) determining if a request threshold has been met indicative of a predetermined amount of the bottle of wine being requested responsive to said step (d);
- (f) if the request threshold has been met, uncorking and serving the at least one bottle of wine;
- (g) if the request threshold has not been met, saving the request with the other request in accordance with first predetermined criteria and notifying customers associated with the request and the other requests in connection therewith;
- (h) if the request threshold has not been met, displaying, to the customers and other customers via at least one of a display located in an establishment and wireless devices associated with the customers, status associated with aggregation of the requests and the request thresholds indicating a number of additional requests needed to reach the request threshold;
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- (i) if the request threshold has not been met, maintaining the availability of the at least one of the glass, taste or bottle of wine in accordance with second predetermined criteria or until the request threshold has been met via receipt of additional requests for the at least one of the glass, taste or bottle of wine.
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A computer system for sharing bottles of wine for customers desiring a taste or glass of wine, comprising:
- means for storing first information including corked, uncorked wines and available amount of wine in each such bottle, and at least one threshold for uncorking at least one bottle of wine determined by the establishment;
- means for allowing the customer to enter a request for the glass or taste of the wine;
- at least one optional means for accessing via the establishment and for monitoring and verifying wine requests;
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- means for receiving the request, and for at least one of determining whether the at least one threshold has been met to uncork the at least one bottle, and determining whether an already uncorked bottle will satisfy the request.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.