System, Method, and Apparatus for Assisting Customers with Point-of-Sale Transactions

• US 20130144764A1
• Filed: 12/04/2011
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Iii, Robert Richard Walling
• Original Assignee: Iii, Robert Richard Walling
• Inventors: Walling, Robert Richard III
• Application Number:
  US13/310,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20130144764A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices

Abstract

A system comprising a mobile communication device and an order receiver. The mobile communication device comprises a user interface and a near field communication transmitter. The user interface allows a user to enter, select, or confirm order information. The near field communication transmitter is capable of transmitting order information. The order receiver comprises a near field communication receiver. The near field communication receiver is receptive to the order information transmitted from the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a mobile communication device, comprising;

a user interface, allowing a user to enter, select, or confirm order information, and

a near field communication transmitter, capable of transmitting order information; and

an order receiver in a drive-thru, comprising;

a near field communication receiver, receptive to the order information transmitted from the mobile communication device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the near field communication transmitter is a near field communication transceiver.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the near field communication receiver is a near field communication transceiver.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface suggests order information based on at least one of the following factors:

location, time, and user profile.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user enters the order information in a foreign language and the order receiver translates the order into a native language.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user enters the order information in a foreign language and the mobile communication device translates the order into a native language.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein order information includes order information received from one or more other mobile communication devices.

2. (canceled)

9. A method, comprising:

suggesting order information based on at least on of the following factors;

location, time, and user profile,

receiving confirmation or correction of the suggested order information, and

transmitting order information via near field communication to an order receiver in a drive-thru.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving order cost information.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

translating the order information from a foreign language into a native language.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein order information includes order information received from one or more mobile communication devices.

11. (canceled)

12. (canceled)

15. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a user interface, allowing a user to enter, select, or confirm order information, and

a near field communication transmitter, capable of transmitting order information to an order receiver in a drive-thru.

16. The mobile communication device of claim 15, wherein the near field communication transmitter is a near field communication transceiver.

17. The mobile communication device of claim 15, wherein the user interface suggests order information based on at least one of the following factors:

location, time, and user profile.

18. The mobile communication device of claim 15, wherein the user enters the order information in a foreign language and the mobile communication device translates the order into a native language.

19. The mobile communication device of claim 15, wherein order information includes order information “

received from one or more other mobile communication devices.

20. An order receiver, comprising:

a near field communication receiver, receptive to order information transmitted from a mobile communication device,

wherein the order receiver is in a drive-thru.

22. The order receiver of claim 20, wherein the near field communication receiver is a near field communication transceiver.

23. The order receiver of claim 20, wherein a user enters the order information in a foreign language and the order receiver translates the order into a native language.

24. The order receiver of claim 20, wherein order information includes order information received from one or more mobile communication devices.

21. (canceled)