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Method and System for Providing Laundry Services

  • US 20120143708A1
  • Filed: 12/01/2010
  • Published: 06/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing laundry services, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a laundry station having an interactive point-of-sale device operably connected to one or more laundry unit containers for housing items to be laundered, such that a customer can place an order for laundry services;

    receiving and accepting the order for laundry services from a customer at the laundry station, including collecting payment information from the customer at the laundry station;

    providing information directing the customer to place their laundry in a designated laundry unit container in response to the order received from the customer;

    generating an electronic message to instruct a laundry station operator or a laundry services provider to fulfill the order; and

    communicating the electronic message and the order to the laundry station operator or the laundry services provider, whereby the laundry station operator or the laundry services provider can obtain the items to be laundered from the laundry unit container to fulfill the order and return the laundered items to the laundry unit container.

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