Electric restaurant marketplace

• US 20100312672A1
• Filed: 06/04/2010
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dennis Fehler, Lella R. Andrew
• Original Assignee: Dennis Fehler, Lella R. Andrew
• Inventors: Lella, R. Andrew, Fehler, Dennis
• Application Number:
  US12/802,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20100312672A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

A system for determining the best price of food-related products comprises an input device for receiving a selection of food-related products from a user and a computer. The computer has a communications interface with the interne, a memory for storing a plurality of addresses associated with various vendors, and a processor coupled to the input device for receiving from the user a selection of one or more food-related products. In response to receiving a selection from a user, the computer generates and transmits bid requests to a plurality of the vendors, receives bids from the vendors, determines the best price, and displays to the user the best price and vendor for the selected product or products.

Claims

1. A system for determining a best price of food-related products, the system comprising:

an input device for receiving a selection of a food-related product from a user;

a computer including;

a communications interface connected to the Internet;

a memory for storing a plurality of communication addresses associated with a plurality of vendors; and

a processor for receiving the selection of the food-related product from the user, for generating and transmitting bid requests over the Internet to a plurality of vendors at the communication addresses to request a vendor price of the selected food-related product, for receiving bids from the plurality of vendors to provide the selected food-related product at respective bid prices, and for processing the bid prices to determine the best price; and

a display for displaying to the user the best price and the vendor associated with the best price for the selected food-related product.