# US RE50,008 E1 · System and method for ordering and delivering food/drinks > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US RE50,008 E1 - Document ID: USRE50008E1 - Status: Granted - Kind: E1 - Application number: 17/650,208 - Filed: 2022-02-07 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-06 - Applicants: Gordon Beecher - Inventors: Gordon Beecher - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/USRE50008E1 ## CPC - G06Q 50/12: Hotels or restaurants - G06Q 20/322: {Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]} - G06Q 30/0633: {Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087)} - G09G 5/026: {Control of mixing and/or overlay of colours in general (G09G5/022 and G09G5/024 take precedence)} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G09G 2320/0666: for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: receiving a second order for one or more items on the menu via a second user device; determining if whether a color assignment is available for the second order; queuing the second order when a color assignment is not available; and continuously checking to see if a color assignment is available for the second order. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein when a color assignment becomes available for the second order, comprising the steps of: assigning a second color to the second order; sending a second signal including the second color to the second user device; illuminating a screen of the second user device in the second color in response to receiving the second signal; locating the second user device via the illuminated screen of the second user device; and delivering the second order to a user of the second user device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein there are at least three different colors available to assign. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the signal sent to the first user device includes an order total. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, the method further including the step of: initiating a payment process to pay for the items ordered. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the payment process is automatically completed when the first user device is a predetermined distance from a predetermined location. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the predetermined location is a restaurant providing the items for order on the menu. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the payment process is completed by an interaction between the user and the first user device. ### Claim 10 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, the method further comprising the step of: by the user device, initiating a payment process to pay for the items ordered. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein each order displayed on the restaurant device is displayed with a background of the color assigned to a particular order. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein after an order is completed, the color assigned to the completed order is assigned to another order. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, the method further comprising the steps of: by the restaurant device, receiving an input that the first order has been completed; by the restaurant device, sending a completed signal to the user device; by the user device, stopping illuminating the screen of the user device in the first color. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of: by the user device, confirming the first order has been delivered with each ordered item. ### Claim 16 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the system includes one or more databases, the one or more databases storing data related to a plurality of different restaurants. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the data stored in the one or more databases are accessible by a plurality of user devices. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, the method further comprising the steps of: receiving a second order for one or more items from the menu, the order being sent to the restaurant device; assigning a second color to the second order; sending a second signal including the second color to a second user device on which the second order was made; causing a screen of the second user device to illuminate in the second color; receiving a third order for one or more items from the menu, the order being sent to the restaurant device; assigning a third color to the third order; sending a third signal including the third color to a third user device on which the third order was made; and causing a screen of the third user device to illuminate in the third color. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein orders received after all colors are assigned are queued until a current order is completed.