Interactive customer display system and method
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1. A method to facilitate consumer ordering, comprising the steps of:
- a. identifying a consumer, the consumer associated with one or more past food orders;
b. retrieving one or more past food orders associated with the consumer, wherein a food order comprises one or more food items; and
c. creating a current food order associated with the consumer, the current food order based on the one or more past food orders.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to systems, methods, and computer program products which facilitate consumer ordering. The present invention facilitates consumer ordering through the use of Express Orders for the creation of orders based on one or more past orders. The present invention also facilitates consumer ordering through use of Preferred Orders, which allow a consumer to define and store orders for later use. Ordering is also facilitated by suggesting order items to a consumer based on previously ordered items, as well as by providing an interactive customer display.
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1. A method to facilitate consumer ordering, comprising the steps of:
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a. identifying a consumer, the consumer associated with one or more past food orders; b. retrieving one or more past food orders associated with the consumer, wherein a food order comprises one or more food items; and c. creating a current food order associated with the consumer, the current food order based on the one or more past food orders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method to facilitate consumer ordering, comprising the steps of:
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a. creating a preferred order associated with a consumer, wherein an order comprises one or more items; b. defining a name for the preferred order; c. storing the preferred order in a list of preferred orders associated with the consumer, wherein each preferred order in the list of preferred orders is identifiable by its defined name; and d. ranking the preferred orders in the list of preferred orders associated with the consumer, wherein the ranking determines the order that the consumer'"'"'s preferred orders will be displayed when viewed by the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method to facilitate consumer ordering, comprising the steps of:
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a. associating a consumer with a first food item, the first food item having a first food item profile; b. storing the association between the consumer and the first food item; c. selecting a second food item, the second food item having a second food item profile; d. comparing the first food item profile and the second food item profile; and e. suggesting the second food item to the consumer for ordering based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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