System and method for ordering and delivering food/drinks
OwnerGordon Beecherinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for ordering and delivering food/drinks is described. Embodiments of the system and method can include an application running on a restaurant device and one or more user devices. Customers of the restaurant can order food via the application and the smart device can illuminate in a color assigned to the order via the application. The application can be implemented on the restaurant device to assign colors to orders and let workers of the restaurant know which color each order is associated with. Workers may then look for a smart device illuminated in a particular color to know where to deliver an order.
Claims20
A method of receiving and delivering an order, the method comprising:
- providing a menu of items available to order;
- receiving a first order for one or more items on the menu via a first user device;
- determining if whether a color assignment is available for the first order;
- assigning a first color to the first order when a color assignment is available;
- sending a first signal including the first color to the first user device;
- illuminating a screen of the first user device in the first color in response to receiving the first signal;
- locating the first user device via the illuminated screen of the first user device;
- and
- delivering the first order to a user of the first user device.
A method of receiving and delivering an order in a restaurant, the method comprising:
- by a user device, displaying a menu of items available to order;
- by the user device, placing a first order of one or more items from the menu, the first order being sent to a restaurant device;
- by the restaurant device, receiving the first order of one or more items from the user device;
- by the restaurant device, determining if whether a color assignment is available for the first order;
- by the restaurant device, assigning a first color to the first order when a color assignment is available;
- by the restaurant device, sending a signal including the first color to the user device;
- by the user device, illuminating a screen of the user device in the first color;
- locating the user device via the illuminated screen in the first color of the user device;
- and
- delivering the first order to a user of the user device.
A method of implementing an ordering system, the method comprising:
- providing the ordering system, the ordering system including an application adapted to run on at least one restaurant device and on one or more user devices;
- providing a menu of items available to order;
- receiving a first order for one or more items from the menu, the order being sent to a restaurant device;
- determining if whether a color assignment is available for the first order;
- assigning a first color to the first order when a color assignment is available;
- sending a signal including the first color to a user device on which the first order was made;
- causing a screen of the user device to illuminate in the first color;
- locating the user device via the illuminated screen in the first color;
- and
- delivering the first order to a user of the user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.