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Mobile restaurant ordering system

  • US 10,109,026 B2
  • Filed: 08/18/2011
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing an order for a retail establishment, including preparing food for a customer, wherein a server is in communication with a processing device at the retail establishment and the server provides an application to a mobile device that includes a list of food items available for purchase from the retail establishment, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving by the server a selection of at least one food item for purchase from the retail establishment from the mobile device;

    subsequent to receiving the selection of the at least one food item from the mobile device, receiving by the server a plurality of data sets comprised of location data from the mobile device;

    determining by the server whether the mobile device is within a geographic region comprising a circular outer boundary of a computed radius around a physical location of the retail establishment based on the received plurality of data sets, the computed radius calculated from a base radius defined by a user of the processing device at the retail establishment and an empirical evidence factor associated with a performance of the retail establishment on previous orders;

    communicating from the server to the processing device the selection of the at least one food item for purchase from the retail establishment, wherein the selection of the at least one food item for purchase from the retail establishment is not communicated to the processing device until the server has determined that the mobile device is within the geographic region; and

    preparing the at least one food item for presentation to the customer at the retail establishment based upon determination from the determining step that the mobile device is within the geographic region.

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