SELF SERVICE ORDER PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH A REMOTE RECEIPT PRINTER
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1. An order fulfillment system, comprising:
- an order station,a separate fulfillment station, anda separate payment station;
wherein said order station, said separate fulfillment station, and said separate payment station are communicatively connected with each other.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system of order fulfillment that utilizes an order station, a separate fulfillment station, and a separate payment station. The order station presents the consumer with options for placing an order and upon the consumer'"'"'s completion of the order issues a fulfillment receipt for the order. The consumer pays for the order at the order station, the separate payment station, or the fulfillment station. The consumer then presents the fulfillment receipt at a fulfillment station where the order is fulfilled and provided to the consumer.
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29 Claims
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1. An order fulfillment system, comprising:
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an order station, a separate fulfillment station, and a separate payment station;
wherein said order station, said separate fulfillment station, and said separate payment station are communicatively connected with each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement an order fulfillment method, said method comprising:
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providing one or more options to a user at an order station; enabling said user to select one or more of said options; identifying the one or more selections made by said user; enabling said user to store one or more order items at an accessible storage location; storing said one or more selections and said one or more order items as an order; providing a receipt comprising an identification characteristic for said order; receiving said receipt and identifying said identification characteristic at a payment station; authorizing said order for fulfillment upon payment at a separate payment station; receiving a fulfillment receipt comprising said identifying characteristic at a separate fulfillment station; recognizing said identifying characteristic and matching said identifying characteristic to said order; and fulfilling said order. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. An order fulfillment method, comprising:
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providing one or more options to a user at an order station; enabling said user to select one or more of said options; identifying the one or more selections made by said user; enabling said user to store one or more order items at an accessible storage location; storing said one or more selections and said one or more order items as an order; providing a receipt comprising an identification characteristic for said order; receiving said receipt and identifying said identification characteristic at a payment station; authorizing said order for fulfillment upon payment at a separate payment station; receiving a fulfillment receipt comprising said identifying characteristic at a separate fulfillment station; recognizing said identifying characteristic and matching said identifying characteristic to said order; and fulfilling said order. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. An order fulfillment method, comprising:
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providing one or more options to a user at an order station; enabling said user to select one or more of said options; identifying the one or more selections made by said user; enabling said user to store one or more order items at an accessible storage location; storing said one or more selections and said one or more order items as an order; providing a receipt comprising an identification characteristic for said order at said order station and simultaneously providing a fulfillment receipt at a separate payment station; receiving a fulfillment receipt comprising said identifying characteristic at a separate fulfillment station; recognizing said identifying characteristic and matching said identifying characteristic to said order; and fulfilling said order.
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