COMPUTER-BASED ORDERING SYSTEM FOR SELECTION OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a computer-based food delivery system (100) arranged to select (and ship to specific customers) perishable fruit and vegetables through a postal delivery system. A process controller (110) is operable to select, from an inventory database (122), a plurality of perishable foodstuffs that are to be assembled into the box (90) and sent through the postal network. Selection by the process controller is based on: (i) a customer order instruction (104) received by the process controller (110) from the specific customer and the availability of the foodstuffs as reflected in the inventory database (122); and (ii) similar orders placed by other clients sharing similar dietary preferences or similar purchase profiles. A supply database (124) configured to maintain historical order data on prior orders for multiple individual clients may be accessed by the process controller (110) such that overall selection may also be based on a weighting of earlier historical order data from the specific customer.
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25 Claims
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14. A computer-based ordering system configured or arranged to determine and automatically select a plurality of perishable foodstuffs to be assembled into a box containing individual portions of the plurality of selected foodstuffs, the box for delivery to a specific customer through a post-network, the computer-based ordering system comprising:
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an inventory database containing a list of available foodstuffs from which the plurality of perishable foodstuffs is selectable; a client database containing client-specific profiles for multiple individual clients, the client specific profiles including purchase profiles and dietary preferences; and a process controller operable to select, from the inventory database, the plurality of perishable foodstuffs that are to be assembled into the box and sent through the postal network, the selection by the process controller based on; (i) a customer order instruction received by the process controller from the specific customer and the availability of the foodstuffs as reflected in the inventory database; and (ii) similar orders placed in earlier orders sharing similar dietary preferences or similar purchase profiles. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of sending perishable foodstuffs through a postal delivery service to fulfil a customer order, the method comprising:
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at a service coordinator, receiving a customer order; in response to the customer order, having a process controller of the service coordinator automatically select for delivery at least one foodstuff from a plurality of available foodstuffs, the process controller responsible for a final section of foodstuffs and wherein the final selection is influenced by; a) historically acquired order data stored in a database and related to at least one of the customer and other customers sharing similar purchase profiles or similar personal profiles with those of the customer whose order is to be fulfilled; and b) at least one of; i) customer preferences acquired and stored in the database; ii) customer requirements acquired and stored in the database; and iii) nutritional rules; in response to instructions from the process controller, assembling a food delivery packaging with the final selection and sealing the food delivery packaging; and dispatching the food delivery packaging to the customer through the postal delivery service to satisfy the customer order.
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21. A computer-based ordering system configured or arranged to determine and automatically select a plurality of foodstuffs to be assembled into individual portions for collective dispatch in a multi-sectioned container addressed to a specific customer through a post-network, the computer-based ordering system comprising:
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an inventory database containing a list of available foodstuffs from which the plurality of foodstuffs is selectable; a client database containing client-specific profiles for multiple individual clients, the client specific profiles including purchase profiles and dietary requirements; and a process controller operable to select, from the inventory database, the plurality of foodstuffs that are to be assembled into the container and sent through the postal network, the selection by the process controller based on; (i) a customer order instruction received by the process controller from the specific customer and the availability of the foodstuffs as reflected in the inventory database; and (ii) similar orders placed in earlier orders sharing similar dietary preferences or similar purchase profiles. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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