Systems and methods for enabling and managing ordering information within a network

• US 20060259373A1
• Filed: 04/28/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mercatus Technologies Inc.
• Original Assignee: SPRN Licensing SRL
• Inventors: Springer, Harold, Harrison, Robin, Segal, Robert, Montuzenko, Denys, Perrier, R. Sylvain, Fedorov, Michael, List, Jeremy, List, Lucy, Zhao, Jiang, Harper, Russell
• Granted Patent: US 9,424,589 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0281 Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for remote ordering of goods within a shopping establishment including enabling selection between a plurality of counter services, receiving information relating to the selected counter service, enabling customization of the order for the selected counter service, transmitting the selection information, customization information and order identifying information to one of a plurality of remote devices to be fulfilled, and receiving completion data from the one of the plurality of remotes devices when the order is fulfilled.

Claims

1. A method for remote ordering of goods within a shopping establishment comprising:

enabling selection between a plurality of counter services;

receiving information relating to the selected counter service;

enabling customization of the order for the selected counter service;

transmitting the selection information, customization information, and order identifying information to one of a plurality of remote devices to be fulfilled; and

receiving completion data from the one of the plurality of remote devices when the order is fulfilled.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of counter services includes a bakery order, a delicatessen order, a film processing order, a media order and a pharmacy order.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

enabling customization of the order, wherein the customization of the bakery order includes information identifying at least one of baked good type, icing, writing, and decoration;

wherein the customization of the delicatessen order includes information identifying at least one of a contents of platter and size of the platter;

wherein the customization of the photo processing order includes at least one of a number of prints, size of prints, and type of paper for printing; and

wherein the customization of the pharmacy order includes a prescription refill number.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving completion data further includes transmitting completion data to a remote device different from the device that transmitted the selection information, customization information, and order identifying information to one of a plurality of remote devices to be fulfilled.

5. A method for remote ordering of goods within a shopping establishment comprising:

receiving information relating to selection of one of a plurality of counter services from a remote computing device;

receiving customization information of the order for the selected counter service; and

transmitting the selection information, customization information, and order identifying information to one of a plurality of remote devices to be fulfilled.

6. An apparatus for remote ordering of goods within a shopping establishment comprising:

memory storing instructions, and a processor executing the instructions stored in memory to perform a method for remote ordering of goods within a shopping establishment, the method comprising;

enabling selection between a plurality of counter services;

receiving information relating to the selected counter service;

enabling customization of the order for the selected counter service;

transmitting the selection information, customization information, and order identifying information to one of a plurality of remote devices to be fulfilled; and

receiving completion data from the one of the plurality of remote devices when the order is fulfilled.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of counter services includes a bakery order, a delicatessen order, a film processing order, a media order and a pharmacy order.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

enabling customization of the order, wherein the customization of the bakery order includes information identifying at least one of baked good type, icing, writing, and decoration;

wherein the customization of the delicatessen order includes information identifying at least one of a contents of platter and size of the platter;

wherein the customization of the photo processing order includes at least one of a number of prints, size of prints, and type of paper for printing; and

wherein the customization of the pharmacy order includes a prescription refill number.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the step of receiving completion data further includes transmitting completion data to a remote device different from the device that transmitted the selection information, customization information, and order identifying information to one of a plurality of remote devices to be fulfilled.

10. A method for remote ordering of goods within a shopping establishment comprising:

receiving information relating to selection of one of a plurality of counter services from a remote computing device;

receiving customization information of the order for the selected counter service; and

transmitting the selection information, customization information, and order identifying information to one of a plurality of remote devices to be fulfilled.