METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDER OPTIMIZATION
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Abstract
An order optimization system and method is disclosed. According to the system and method, a device, such as a personal digital assistant or personal computer is in communication with an establishment computer. The system includes software and hardware capable of placing, transmitting, and receiving an order, tracking the location of the device, determining and predicting the availability of limiting resources, optimally assigning resources to the order, determining whether a triggering condition is satisfied, commanding the preparation of the order, commanding notification messages, tracking limiting resource usage, tracking implements used to prepare the order, and displaying order fulfillment status.
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246 Claims
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1-225. -225. (canceled)
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226. A computer-implemented method, in a computer system comprising one or more processors, of tracking a progress of a food order in a restaurant establishment, the method comprising:
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receiving, in the computer system, the food order; associating the food order with at least one item in the restaurant establishment, wherein the at least one item has an identifier physically associated with the at least one item; and using the identifier to track a location of the at least one item in the restaurant establishment during fulfillment of the food order. - View Dependent Claims (227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238)
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239. A computer-implemented method, in a computer system comprising one or more processors, of tracking a progress of a food order in a restaurant establishment, the method comprising:
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receiving, in the computer system, the food order for at least one food item; associating at least one piece of kitchenware with the at least one food item, wherein the at least one piece of kitchenware has an identifier physically associated with the at least one piece of kitchenware; and tracking the at least one food item by tracking a location of the at least one piece of kitchenware in the restaurant establishment using the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246)
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