Method and System for Placing and Processing an Order in a Restaurant or Bar Establishment
OwnerRobert R. Smaleinventor
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Abstract
A method of placing and processing an order in a restaurant or bar establishment, using a mobile electronic device, by scanning a scannable code located at a specific location in the establishment that contains machine readable information identifying the establishment and a the specific location. The mobile electronic device communicates with a server over a network to receive a menu and transmit an order, and checks for the presence of a local signal broadcast at the establishment. The establishment then receives the order, prepares the order, and delivers the order to the specific location.
Claims16
A method of placing and processing an order, comprising the steps of:
- scanning a scannable code that contains machine readable information identifying an establishment and a specific location at the establishment using a mobile electronic device;
- transmitting the information identifying the establishment from the mobile electronic device to a server;
- transmitting a menu corresponding to the establishment from the server to the mobile electronic device;
- selecting at least one menu item from the menu on the mobile electronic device to create an order;
- broadcasting a local signal at the establishment from a transmitter;
- receiving the local signal at the establishment on the mobile electronic device;
- comparing the local signal to a database of a plurality of local signals corresponding to a plurality of establishments to verify that the local signal matches the local signal in the database corresponding to the establishment;
- transmitting the order and the information identifying the specific location from the mobile electronic device to the server;
- transmitting the order and the information identifying the specific location from the server to a computer at the establishment;
- preparing the at least one menu item to complete the order;
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- delivering the completed order to the specific location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.