Multi-node customer engagement and ordering system with mobile payment integration
AssigneeAmerica's Drive-In Brand Properties, LLC
InventorWilliam I. Klearman
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Abstract
A method for delivering advertising content from a central office to customer interfaces positioned at a plurality of remote local stores includes the steps of storing the advertising content on a content control server at the central office and transmitting the advertising content from the central office to customer interface control servers at each of the plurality of remote local stores. The method further includes the step of transferring the advertising content from the customer interface control servers to each of the customer interfaces. The advertising content is displayed at the customer interface in response to a content trigger sent from the customer interface control server.
Claims14
A customer interface system configured to provide dynamic content to the customer, the customer interface system comprising:
- a central office;
- a content control server configured to make content available for distribution;
- wherein the content control server is located at the central office;
- a local store spaced apart from the central office;
- a plurality of vehicular stalls located around the outside of the local store;
- a customer interface control server;
- wherein the customer interface control server is located at the local store and wherein the customer interface control server is connected to the content control server;
- a plurality of customer interfaces, wherein each of the plurality of customer interfaces is located at a separate one of the plurality of vehicular stalls and connected to the customer interface control server, wherein each of the customer interfaces comprises an onboard customer interface computer, wherein the onboard customer interface computer includes a content storage device that is configured to store content from the content control server;
- wherein content from the content control server is transmitted to the customer interface control server, where the content is then preloaded into the content storage device in each of the plurality of customer interfaces;
- and
- wherein content stored at each of the content storage devices is displayed at the corresponding customer interface in response to a content trigger sent from the customer interface control server to the customer interface.
A method for delivering advertising content from a central office to customer interfaces positioned at a plurality of remote local stores, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing the advertising content on a content control server at the central office;
- transmitting the advertising content from the central office to customer interface control servers at each of the plurality of remote local stores;
- transferring the advertising content from the customer interface control servers to each of the customer interfaces and preloading the advertising content on content storage devices located in each of the customer interfaces, wherein each of the customer interfaces is located at a vehicular stall located outside one of the local stores;
- sending a content trigger from the customer interface control server to the customer interface;
- and
- displaying the advertising content at the customer interface in response to the content trigger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.