Electronic menu system and method
AssigneeNTN Buzztime, Inc.
InventorsVladimir Khuchua-Edelman, Christopher George, Trenten Allen Dethloff
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing configurable menus to customers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a computer server communicates with electronic ordering devices operated by customers, and the computer server receives purchasing information from one or more customers sent by respective ones of the electronic ordering devices. The computer server generates a first digitized menu for at least one of the customers based on the purchasing information, and sends the first digitized menu to the at least one electronic ordering device for display on the at least one electronic ordering device.
Claims22
A method for providing digitized menus to customers by a computer server in communication with electronic ordering devices operated by customers, comprising:
- receiving, by the computer server, purchasing information from one or more customers sent by respective ones of the electronic ordering devices;
- receiving identification information by the computer server from a first one of the electronic ordering devices identifying a customer who has previous purchased goods or services, and providing the identification information to a processor within the computer server;
- identifying, by the processor, an account associated with the customer that is stored in a memory coupled to the processor, based on the identification information, the account for storing at least the purchasing information received from the customer in the past;
- generating a first digitized menu for display by at least one of the electronic ordering devices by the processor by:
- determining one or more items that have not been previously purchased by the customer as indicated by the account;
- assigning a discounted price to the one or more items;
- and
- replacing the original price of the one or more items with the discounted price;
- tracking a quantity goods or services purchased as indicated by the purchasing information, by the processor;
- identifying one or more of the goods or services that have been ordered in the greatest quantity;
- replacing a standard price of the goods or services in the first digitized menu that have been ordered in the greatest quantity with an adjusted price
- sending the first digitized menu to the first one of the electronic ordering devices via a communication interface coupled to the processor.
An apparatus for providing digitized menus to electronic ordering devices operated by customers, comprising:
- a memory for storing processor-executable instructions and a plurality of accounts each for storing at least purchasing information of each of the customers received by respective ones of the electronic ordering devices, respectively;
- a communication interface for receiving the purchasing information from the customers sent by respective ones of the electronic ordering devices, for transmitting a first digitized menu to at least one of the customers, and for receiving identification information identifying a customer who has previous purchased goods or services using one of the electronic ordering devices;
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- a processor, coupled to the memory and the communication interface, for executing the processor-executable instructions in the memory that cause the apparatus to:
- identify a first of the plurality of accounts stored in the memory based on the identification information, the account for storing the purchasing information received from one of the customers in the past;
- generate a first digitized menu for at least one of the customers based on the purchasing information by;
- determining an item that has not been previously purchased by the customer;
- assigning a discounted price to the item;
- and
- replacing the original price of the item with the discounted price;
- tracking the number of each item purchased, as indicated by the purchasing information, by the processor;
- identifying one or more of the items that have been ordered in the greatest quantity;
- replacing a standard price of the one or more items in the first digitized menu that have been ordered in the greatest quantity with an adjusted price;
- and
- sending the first digitized menu, including the discounted price and the adjusted price, to at least one of the electronic ordering devices for display on at least one of the electronic ordering devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.