Synchronizing open ticket functionality with kitchen display systems

• US 10,311,420 B1
• Filed: 06/17/2016
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Block, Inc. (f/k/a Square, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Block, Inc. (f/k/a Square, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bell, Bruce, Crespo, Nelson, Wilson, Mathew, Rocklin, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Rudy, Andrew Joseph
• Application Number:
  US15/185,354
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• Field of Search: 705 21, 705 261, 705 268, 705 2681, 705 35, 705 37, 705 15- 17, 235376-383
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/219 Managing data history or versioning querying versioned data G06F16/2474; querying temporal data G06F16/2477
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/40 for devices for accepting orders, advertisements, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/00 Cash registers alarm indicators G07G3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/01 Details for indicating displaying information in general G09F, G09G
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/14 Systems including one or more distant stations co-operating with a central processing unit data transmission in general H04L; telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station H04Q9/00

Abstract

Techniques and arrangements for facilitating synchronization of open ticket functionality utilized by point-of-sale (POS) devices with kitchen display systems. In some example, a POS device receives customer orders associated with a transaction between a merchant and a customer. Based on individual customer orders, the POS device adds information associated with the individual customer orders to an open ticket, and then sends data associated with the open ticket to a kitchen display system. The kitchen display system can receive the data associated with the open ticket, create an order ticket for the individual customer orders using the data, and then provide order tickets using a user interface. In some examples, the kitchen display system then synchronizes with a counter device to provide and update order tickets.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a point of-sale (POS) device for processing payments for a merchant, the POS device programmed to perform acts comprising;

providing a POS user interface for inputting customer orders associated with transactions between the merchant and customers;

receiving, during a first period of time, via the POS user interface, first input corresponding to a first customer order associated with a transaction between the merchant and a customer, the first customer order including at least a first item ordered by the customer from the merchant;

creating an open ticket for the transaction, the open ticket including;

a data structure that stores cart information indicating items that are ordered by the customer from the merchant during the transaction; and

versioning data indicating a version of the open ticket;

adding first information associated with the first customer order to the cart information of the open ticket; and

sending first data associated with the open ticket to a kitchen display system, the first data including at least the first information associated with the first customer order; and

the kitchen display system for providing kitchen orders for the merchant, the kitchen display system programmed to perform acts comprising;

providing a kitchen display user interface that includes one or more order tickets, wherein an individual order ticket of the one or more order tickets identifies one or more items associated with a respective open ticket;

receiving the first data associated with the open ticket from the POS device;

determining that the open ticket is new based at least in part on the versioning data;

creating a first order ticket for the open ticket, wherein the first order ticket is based at least in part on the first customer order associated with the transaction between the merchant and the customer, the first order ticket including at least;

an identity associated with the open ticket;

an indication of the first item ordered by the customer from the merchant; and

a timer indicating a length of time since receiving the first customer order; and

providing the first order ticket for the open ticket via the kitchen display user interface,

wherein the POS device is further configured to perform acts comprising;

receiving, during a second period of time, via the POS user interface, second input corresponding to a second customer order associated with the transaction between the merchant and the customer, the second customer order including at least a second item ordered by the customer from the merchant;

adding second information associated with the second customer order to the cart information of the open ticket;

updating the versioning data based at least in part on adding the second information to the cart information of the open ticket; and

sending second data associated with the open ticket to the kitchen display system, the second data including at least the second information associated with the second customer order;

wherein the kitchen display system is further configured to perform acts comprising;

receiving the second data associated with the open ticket from the POS device;

determining that the open ticket has been updated based at least in part on the updated versioning data;

creating a second order ticket for the open ticket, wherein the second order ticket is based at least in part on the second customer order associated with the transaction between the merchant and the customer, the second order ticket including at least;

the identity associated with the open ticket;

an indication of the second item ordered by the customer from the merchant; and

a timer indicating a length of time since receiving the second customer order; and

providing the second order ticket associated with the open ticket via the kitchen display user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the kitchen display system is further programmed to perform acts comprising:

receiving, via the kitchen display user interface, third input indicating a completion of the first order ticket; and

removing the first order ticket from the kitchen display user interface,

and wherein providing the second order ticket associated with the open ticket comprises displaying the second order ticket via the kitchen display user interface without displaying the first order ticket.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a counter device for providing updates associated the one or more order tickets, the counter device programmed to perform acts comprising:

providing an expedite user interface that includes at least the first order ticket and the second order ticket, wherein the first order ticket includes an indication of in-progress and the second order ticket includes an indication of in-progress;

receiving, from the kitchen display system, third data indicating the completion of the first order ticket; and

based at least in part on receiving the third data, updating the indication of the first order ticket to indicate that the first order ticket is complete.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein before sending the first data associated with the open ticket to the kitchen display system, the POS device is further programmed to perform acts comprising determining that the first customer order for the open ticket is complete by at least one of:

determining a threshold amount of time has passed since receiving the first input corresponding to the first customer order, or

receiving third input indicating that the first customer order is complete.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the POS device is programmed to send the first data associated with the open ticket to the kitchen display system based at least in part on determining that the first customer order for the open ticket is complete.

6. A point-of-sale (POS) device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving, at a first period of time, first input corresponding to a first customer order associated with a transaction between a merchant and a customer, the first customer order including at least a first item;

generating an open ticket for the transaction, the open ticket including at least cart information indicating items that are ordered by the customer from the merchant during the transaction;

adding first information associated with the first customer order to the cart information of the open ticket;

sending, to a kitchen display system that provides order tickets, first data associated with the open ticket, the first data indicating the first item;

receiving, at a second period of time, second input corresponding to a second customer order associated with the transaction between the merchant and the customer, the second customer order including at least a second item;

adding the second information associated with the second customer order to the cart information of the open ticket; and

sending, to the kitchen display system, second data associated with the open ticket, the second data indicating the second item.

7. The POS device of claim 6, wherein:

sending the first data associated with the open ticket to the kitchen display system causes the kitchen display system to generate and provide a first order ticket for the open ticket; and

sending the second data associated with the open ticket to the kitchen display system causes the kitchen display system to generate and provide a second order ticket for the open ticket.

8. The POS device of claim 6, the operations further comprising:

generating, based at least in part on the first information, a first order ticket for the first customer order, wherein the first data associated with the open ticket includes the first order ticket; and

generating, based at least in part on the second information, a second order ticket for the second customer order, wherein the second data associated with the open ticket includes the second order ticket.

9. The POS device of claim 6, the operations further comprising determining that the first customer order for the open ticket is complete by at least one of:

determining a threshold amount of time has passed since receiving the first input corresponding to the first customer order, or

receiving third input indicating that the first customer order is complete.

10. The POS device of claim 9, wherein sending the first data associated with the first customer order is based at least in part on determining that the first customer order for the open ticket is complete.

11. The POS device of claim 6, the operations further comprising:

receiving, from the kitchen display system, third data indicating a completion of a first order ticket associated with the first customer order;

adding a first indication to the open ticket that the first order ticket is complete;

receiving, from the kitchen display system, fourth data indicating a completion of a second order ticket associated with the second customer order; and

adding a second indication to the open ticket that the second order ticket is complete.

12. The POS device of claim 6, wherein the open ticket includes a data structure that stores information associated with interaction between the merchant and the customer during the transaction, the information including the cart information that indicates the items that are ordered by the customer from the merchant during the transaction.

13. The POS device of claim 6, wherein the open ticket further includes versioning data indicating a version of the open ticket, and the operations further comprising:

updating the versioning data based at least in part on adding the second information to the cart information of the open ticket.

14. A kitchen display system comprising:

a display device,

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

providing, using the display device, a kitchen display user interface, the kitchen display user interface including one or more order tickets associated with one or more open tickets;

receiving, from a point-of-sale (POS) device, first data associated with an open ticket, wherein the open ticket is associated with a transaction between a merchant and customer, the first data corresponding to a first order by the customer during the transaction;

generating, based at least in part on the first data, a first order ticket associated with the open ticket, the first order ticket indicating at least a first item from the first order;

adding the first order ticket associated with the open ticket to the kitchen display user interface;

receiving, from the POS device, second data associated with the open ticket, the second data corresponding to a second order by the customer during the transaction;

generating, based at least in part on the second data, a second order ticket associated with the open ticket, the second order ticket indicating at least a second item from the second order; and

adding the second order ticket associated with the open ticket to the kitchen display user interface.

15. The kitchen display system of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

receiving input indicating a completion of the first order ticket associated with the open ticket; and

removing the first order ticket associated with the open ticket from the kitchen display user interface.

16. The kitchen display system of claim 15, wherein the kitchen display user interface provides the second order ticket associated with the open ticket without providing the first order ticket associated with the open ticket.

17. The kitchen display system of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

receiving input indicating a completion of the first order ticket associated with the open ticket; and

sending, to a counter device, third data indicating the completion of the first order ticket associated with the open ticket, the sending of the third data causing the counter device to provide an indication that the first order ticket associated with the open ticket is complete.

18. The kitchen display system of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

receiving, from a counter device, third data indicating that the first customer order associated with the open ticket is complete; and

based at least in part on receiving the third data, removing the first order ticket associated with the open ticket from the kitchen display user interface.

19. The kitchen display system of claim 14, wherein the first data associated with the open ticket includes a customer note, and wherein the operations further comprise:

adding, based at least in part on the first data, the customer note to the first order ticket associated with the open ticket; and

adding, based at least in part on the first data, the customer note to the second order ticket associated with the open ticket.

20. The kitchen display system of claim 14, wherein the first data associated with the open ticket includes a first associated versioning data structure and the second data associated with the open ticket includes a second associated versioning data structure, and wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the second data includes an update to the open ticket based at least in part on the first associated versioning data structure and the second associated versioning data structure.