SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RESTAURANT ORDER ON A WIRELESS MOBILE PERSONAL COMPUTER

• US 20110258058A1
• Filed: 04/14/2010
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Restaurant Technologies Incorporated (Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Restaurant Technologies Incorporated (Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Pollard, Jeff, Price, Carley Rachel, Roberts, Melody, Ko, Hyun Jin, Fox, Kathy, Ferber, Aaron Randall, Luna, Eleanor Elizabeth, Jones, Mark Alexander, Jonsson, Stina Maria, Price, Paul, Carroll, Roger D., Wettersten, Jon Vernon
• Application Number:
  US12/760,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20110258058A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

A wireless mobile personal computer is provided for enabling a customer to generate a restaurant order on the wireless mobile personal computer. The wireless mobile personal computer includes a restaurant order generating application configured to generate restaurant item selecting interface screens for generating the restaurant order comprising at least one restaurant item, to generate a machine-readable representation of the generated restaurant order, a processor for executing the restaurant order generating application, a memory for storing the restaurant order generating application and selectable restaurant items, and a display for displaying the restaurant item selecting interface screens, and the at least one restaurant item.

Claims

1. A wireless mobile personal computer for enabling a customer to generate a restaurant order on the wireless mobile personal computer, comprising:

a restaurant order generating application configured to generate restaurant item selecting interface screens for generating the restaurant order comprising at least one restaurant item, to generate a machine-readable representation of the generated restaurant order;

a processor for executing the restaurant order generating application;

a memory for storing the restaurant order generating application and selectable restaurant items; and

a display for displaying the restaurant item selecting interface screens and the at least one restaurant item,

wherein the wireless mobile personal computer is configured to provide the machine-readable representation of the generated order to an order processing system for placement at the restaurant order.

2. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 1, wherein the machine-readable representation of the generated order is an optical machine-readable representation.

3. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 1, wherein the machine-readable representation of the generated order is a radio transmittable representation.

4. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 3, further comprising a transmitter for transmitting the radio transmittable representation of the generated restaurant order.

5. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 1, wherein the machine-readable representation of the generated restaurant order is stored in the memory of the wireless mobile personal computer.

6. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 2, wherein the optical machine-readable representation is a barcode.

7. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 6, wherein the barcode is either a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional barcode.

8. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 3, wherein the radio transmittable representation is a radio-frequency identification.

9. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 1, wherein the restaurant order generating application is further configured to generate the restaurant order within the wireless mobile personal computer without communication with a remote computer.

10. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 1, wherein the restaurant order generating application is further configured to generate the machine-readable representation within the wireless mobile personal computer without communication with a remote computer.

11. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 2, wherein the optical machine-readable representation is displayed on the display for scanning by a scanner of a customer kiosk, wherein the customer kiosk is part of the order processing system.

12. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 4, further wherein the radio transmittable representation is transmitted by the transmitter for detection by a radio-frequency receiver of a customer kiosk, wherein the customer kiosk is part of the order processing system.

13. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 11, wherein the customer kiosk further comprises:

a scanning application configured to scan and capture the optical machine-readable representation;

a kiosk processor for executing the scanning application; and

a kiosk memory for storing the scanning application.

14. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 12, wherein the customer kiosk further comprises:

a radio-frequency detecting application configured to detect and capture the radio transmittable representation;

a kiosk processor for executing the detecting application; and

a kiosk memory for storing the detecting application.

15. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 13, wherein the customer kiosk further comprises a display.

16. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 11, wherein the customer kiosk is in communication with a vendor system.

17. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 16, wherein the vendor system comprises:

an account establishing application configured to establish a customer account;

a vendor system processor for executing the account establishing application;

a vendor system memory for storing the account establishing application; and

a database for storing customer accounts.

18. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 17, wherein the customer account comprises customer information and customer payment options.

19. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 18, wherein the customer information comprises at least one of a name of the customer, an e-mail address of the customer, and/or a phone number of the customer.

20. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 18, wherein the customer payment options comprise at least one of a credit card number representing a chargeable credit card account associated with the customer, a debit card number representing a debitable bank account associated with the customer, a payment service number representing a payment service account associated with the customer, and/or currency.

21. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 17, wherein the customer account is established through execution of the account establishing application through the wireless mobile personal computer.

22. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 18, wherein the machine-readable representation comprises the customer information.

23. The wireless mobile personal computer according to claim 18, wherein the machine-readable representation comprises at least one of the customer payment options.

24. A computer readable medium encoded with a restaurant order generating computer program application configured to generate a restaurant order on a wireless mobile personal computer, the wireless mobile personal computer having a processor for executing the restaurant order generating application, a memory for storing the restaurant order generating application and selectable restaurant items, and a display, the restaurant order generating computer program application comprising:

a first code segment for generating restaurant item selecting interface screens;

a second code segment for receiving a selection of at least one restaurant item;

a third code segment for generating a restaurant order from the selection of the at least one restaurant item; and

a fourth code segment for generating a machine-readable representation of the generated restaurant order.

25. The computer readable medium according to claim 24, wherein the machine-readable representation of the generated order is an optical machine-readable representation.

26. The computer readable medium according to claim 24, wherein the machine-readable representation of the generated order is radio transmittable representation.

27. The computer readable medium according to claim 25, further comprising a fifth code segment for displaying the optical machine-readable representation on the display.

28. The computer readable medium according to claim 26, further comprising a sixth code for transmitting the radio transmittable representation via a transmitter.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 24, further comprising:

an seventh code segment for storing the machine-readable representation of the generated restaurant order in the memory of the wireless mobile personal computer.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 24, wherein the third code segment generates the restaurant order within the wireless mobile personal computer without communication with a remote computer.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 24, wherein the fourth code segment generates the machine-readable representation within the wireless mobile personal computer without communication with a remote computer.

32. A system for enabling a customer to generate an order, the system comprising:

a wireless mobile personal computer for enabling a customer to generate a restaurant order on the wireless mobile personal computer, comprising;

a restaurant order generating application configured to generate restaurant item selecting interface screens for generating the restaurant order comprising at least one restaurant item, and to generate a machine-readable representation of the generated restaurant order;

a processor for executing the restaurant order generating application;

a memory for storing the restaurant order generating application and selectable restaurant items; and

a display for displaying the restaurant item selecting interface screens and the at least one restaurant item;

a customer kiosk for capturing the machine-readable representation; and

a vendor system in communication with the customer kiosk, comprising;

an account establishing application configured to establish a customer account;

a vendor system processor for executing the account establishing application;

a vendor system memory for storing the account establishing application; and

a database for storing customer accounts.

33. The system according to claim 32, wherein the machine-readable representation of the generated order is an optical machine-readable representation.

34. The system according to claim 32, wherein the machine-readable representation of the generated order is a radio transmittable representation.

35. The system according to claim 34, wherein the wireless mobile personal computer further comprises a transmitter for transmitting the radio transmittable representation of the generated restaurant order.

36. The system according to claim 34, wherein the customer kiosk further comprises a scanner, wherein the scanner comprises a scanning application configured to scan and capture the optical machine-readable representation, a kiosk processor for executing the scanning application, and a kiosk memory for storing the scanning application,

37. The system according to claim 35, wherein the customer kiosk further comprises an RFID signal receiver, wherein the RFID signal receiver comprises a detecting application configured to detect and capture the radio transmittable representation, a processor for executing the detecting application, and a memory for storing the detecting application.