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US 2022/0036324 A1Published application
Customer-Based Suggesting for Ticket Splitting
AssigneeSquare, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Philip Renke, Justin Brunet
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Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques and arrangements for splitting one or more items from a ticket to another ticket. Some techniques and arrangements facilitate the splitting of one or more items from an open ticket to one or more split tickets. In some implementations, a foster ticket is utilized to account for items associated with split tickets. Other techniques and arrangements include providing split ticket suggestions. In some implementations, split ticket suggestions are provided based on historical ticket information and/or customer information.
Claims20
A point-of sale (POS) device comprising:
- a display;
- a memory;
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- receiving, while a POS device associated with a merchant is in an open ticket mode, an input designating to an open ticket a set of unallocated items associated with a group of customers, the set of unallocated items including at least a first item and a second item;
- storing, in the memory, the open ticket in association with the set of unallocated items;
- causing presentation, on the display and via a user interface (UI) of the POS device, of information associated with the open ticket, wherein the information includes a first visual representation of the first item and a second visual representation of the second item;
- transitioning the POS device from the open ticket mode to a split ticket mode;
- receiving, at least partly via the UI, an instruction that causes the first item to be added to a split ticket, wherein the split ticket corresponds to a first customer of the group of customers;
- and
- storing, in the memory, the split ticket in association with the open ticket.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more servers of a payment processing service (PPS) and from a merchant device associated with a merchant, order information associated with a group of customers of the merchant, wherein the order information comprises a set of unallocated items ordered by the group of customers from the merchant, and wherein the set of unallocated items includes at least a first item and a second item;
- generating, by the one or more servers of the PPS and based at least in part on the order information, an open ticket;
- causing presentation, by the one or more servers of the PPS and via a user interface (UI) on a display of the merchant device, of information associated with the open ticket, wherein the information associated with the open ticket includes a first visual representation of the first item and a second visual representation of the second item;
- sending, by the one or more servers of the PPS and to the merchant device, a recommendation that the first item be assigned to a split ticket, wherein the split ticket corresponds to a first customer of the group of customers;
- receiving, by the one or more servers of the PPS and from the merchant device, an indication that the first visual representation has been moved to a portion of the UI representing the split ticket and that the first visual representation has been removed from a portion of the UI representing the open ticket;
- and
- generating, by the one or more servers of the PPS and based at least in part on the indication, the split ticket and an updated open ticket.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at least partly via an open ticket mode of a user interface (UI) presented on a display of a computing device associated with a merchant, information designating a set of unallocated items ordered by a group of customers, the set of unallocated items including a first item and a second item;
- generating an open ticket based at least in part on the set of unallocated items;
- causing presentation, via the UI, of information associated with the open ticket, wherein the information associated with the open ticket includes a first visual representation of the first item and a second visual representation of the second item;
- and
- receiving an instruction that causes the first visual representation to be added to a split ticket, wherein the split ticket corresponds to a first customer of the group.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.