PERSONALIZED AND DYNAMIC RESTAURANT INTERFACES AND SYSTEMS
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Abstract
A consumer profile can store consumer presence data and restaurant transaction data, as well as financial data and other secondary data. The consumer presence data can used to detect a consumer presence at a restaurant. A corresponding transaction between the restaurant and the consumer can be automatically initiated at the restaurant in response to the detected consumer presence at the restaurant and without requiring the consumer to explicitly request the transaction be initiated. A consumer can also be presented with a personalized interface for initiating a transaction at the restaurant in response to the consumer'"'"'s presence being detected at the restaurant.
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38 Claims
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29. A method for automating processes during a transaction between a restaurant and a consumer, the consumer being associated with a consumer vehicle and the restaurant having at least two drive-through lanes and at least one pick-up lane, the method comprising:
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obtaining, using an image-capturing device, a first set of license plate information from the consumer vehicle when the consumer vehicle is located within a predefined proximity of a drive-through lane at the restaurant; receiving consumer transaction information from an interface device associated with the drive-through lane; associating within a restaurant computer system the received consumer transaction information with the first set of license plate information; obtaining, using an image-capturing device, a second set of license plate information when the consumer vehicle is located within a predefined proximity of a pick-up lane at the restaurant; and identifying the consumer transaction information that is associated with the consumer vehicle at the pick-up lane by comparing within the restaurant computer system the second set of license plate information with the first set of license plate information. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for automating processes during a transaction between a restaurant and a consumer, the consumer being associated with a consumer vehicle and the restaurant having at least two drive-through lanes and at least one pick-up lane, the system comprising:
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one or more image-capturing devices configured to obtain (a) a first set of license plate information from the consumer vehicle when the consumer vehicle is located within a predefined proximity of a drive-through lane of the restaurant and (b) a second set of license plate information from the consumer vehicle when the consumer vehicle is located within a predefined proximity of a pick-up lane of the restaurant; an interface device associated with the drive-through lane and configured to receive consumer transaction information from the consumer; and a processor in electronic communication with the one or more image-capturing devices and the interface device, the processor being configured to; obtain the first set of license plate information from the one or more image-capturing devices, receive the consumer transaction information from the interface device, associate the consumer transaction information with the first set of license plate information, obtain the second set of license information from the one or more image-capturing devices, and identify the consumer transaction information that is associated with the consumer vehicle in the pick-up lane by comparing the second set of license plate information with the first set of license plate information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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