Methods, systems, and computer program products for ordering food/beverage items at a food/beverage establishment using a mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A method of taking a food/beverage order at a food/beverage establishment, the method comprising:
- receiving a menu selection designating at least one food/beverage item from a customer mobile terminal in the food/beverage establishment over a wireless data connection responsive to transmitting food/beverage menu content from a dedicated restaurant transceiver to the mobile terminal.
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Abstract
A method of taking a food/beverage order at a food/beverage establishment includes receiving a menu selection from a customer mobile terminal in the food/beverage establishment at a dedicated restaurant transceiver over a wireless data connection. The menu selection designates at least one food/beverage item. The menu selection may be received responsive to transmitting food/beverage menu content from the dedicated restaurant transceiver to the mobile terminal. Also, a method of ordering food/beverage items at a food/beverage establishment includes transmitting a menu selection designating at least one food/beverage item from a customer mobile terminal in the food/beverage establishment to a dedicated restaurant transceiver over a wireless data connection. The menu selection may be transmitted responsive to receiving food/beverage menu content from the dedicated restaurant transceiver. Related devices and computer program products are also discussed.
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44 Claims
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1. A method of taking a food/beverage order at a food/beverage establishment, the method comprising:
receiving a menu selection designating at least one food/beverage item from a customer mobile terminal in the food/beverage establishment over a wireless data connection responsive to transmitting food/beverage menu content from a dedicated restaurant transceiver to the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 14)
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24. A food/beverage ordering system for taking a food/beverage order at a food/beverage establishment, comprising:
a dedicated restaurant transceiver configured to transmit food/beverage menu content to a customer mobile terminal in the food/beverage establishment and receive a menu selection designating at least one food/beverage item from the mobile terminal over an ad-hoc wireless data connection. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35)
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32. (canceled)
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44. A computer program product for ordering food/beverage items at a food/beverage establishment, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code comprising;
computer readable program code configured to transmit a menu request from a customer mobile terminal in the food/beverage establishment to a dedicated restaurant transceiver;
computer readable program code configured to establish an ad-hoc wireless data connection with the dedicated restaurant transceiver after transmitting the connection request;
computer readable program code configured to receive food/beverage menu content including a plurality of available food/beverage items from the dedicated restaurant transceiver;
computer readable program code configured to display the received food/beverage menu content at the mobile terminal;
computer readable program code configured to receive a menu selection designating at least one of the plurality of food/beverage items; and
computer readable program code configured to transmit the menu selection from the mobile terminal to the dedicated restaurant transceiver using the ad-hoc wireless data connection.
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