Methods and apparatus for facilitating orders of food items
OwnerRonald Shaichinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide techniques which aid in correctly capturing what a restaurant customer intends to order, and may enhance the customer's satisfaction with the ordering and dining process overall. For example, an interface may be provided through which a customer may specify an order, and the interface may clearly convey such information as each ordered item's ingredients and nutritional content. The interface may enable the customer to customize ordered items, and may clearly convey any changes that the customer has made, allowing the customer to make informed choices about the items included in an order. The interface may embody a design which enables the customer to quickly and easily customize items, and/or to re-order previously customized items.
Claims15
A method for facilitating an order of a food item comprising a plurality of separately edible components, the method comprising acts of:
- (A) enabling a customer to specify, for each one of the plurality of separately edible components, instructions relating to how the one component is to be prepared, packaged and/or delivered to the customer;
- and
- (B) preparing and packaging each one of the separately edible components in response to the instructions being received from the customer.
A computer system for facilitating an order of a food item comprising a plurality of separately edible components, the computer system comprising:
- at least one processor programmed to:
- enable a customer to specify, for each one of the plurality of separately edible components, instructions relating to how the one component is to be prepared, packaged and/or delivered to the customer;
- and
- cause the instructions to prepare and package each one of the separately edible components to be issued to an employee in response to the instructions being received from the customer.
At least one computer-readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon which, when executed, perform a method for facilitating an order of a food item comprising a plurality of separately edible components, the method comprising an act of:
- (A) enabling a customer to specify, for each one of the plurality of separately edible components, instructions relating to how the one component is to be prepared, packaged and/or delivered to the customer;
- and
- (B) causing the instructions to prepare and package each one of the separately edible components to be issued to an employee in response to the instructions being received from the customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.