METHODS FOR SUBMITTING A FOOD ORDER REMOTELY

• US 20130317921A1
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Published: 11/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sparges LLC
• Original Assignee: Specialty's Café & Bakery, Inc. (Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV)
• Inventors: Havas, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 9,406,084 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3265 characterised by personalisation for use
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4015 using location information
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/405 Establishing or using transaction specific rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

One variation of the method for submitting a food order remotely includes: generating a graphical icon representative of a food item and a customization option for the food item selected by a customer; associating the icon with a payment option; associating the icon with a store location to fulfill the food item; displaying the icon on a display of a mobile computing device; and, in response to receiving a selection of the icon, submitting a food order including the food item, the customization option, and the payment option to the store location.

Claims

1. A method for submitting a food order remotely, comprising:

generating a graphical icon representative of a food item and a customization option for the food item selected by a customer;

associating the icon with a payment option;

associating the icon with a store location to fulfill the food item;

displaying the icon on a display of a mobile computing device; and

in response to receiving a selection of the icon, submitting a food order comprising the food item, the customization option, and the payment option to the store location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to receiving the selection of the icon, displaying an order cancellation button on the display of the mobile computing device for a predetermined period of time.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising submitting an order cancellation request to the store location in response to a selection of the order cancellation button within the predetermined period of time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the icon comprises selecting a stock image representative of the food item and a stock overlay representative of the customization option and superimposing the stock overlay over the stock image.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein generating the icon comprises prompting the customer to select a favorite coffee drink, to select a favorite size of the coffee drink, and to select a favorite milk option for the coffee drink, and selecting the stock image representative of the favorite coffee drink in the favorite size and the stock overlay representative of the favorite milk option.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein generating the icon comprises prompting the customer to enter a description for the favorite coffee drink and arranging text comprising the description adjacent the stock image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the icon on the display comprises displaying an application icon on a home screen of the mobile computing device, and wherein submitting the food order to the store location comprises submitting the food order to the store location in response to selection of the application icon from the home screen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the icon on the display comprises displaying the icon with a default page of a native application executing on the mobile computing device, and wherein submitting the food order to the store location comprises submitting the food order to the store location in response to selection of the icon on the default page.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the icon on the display comprises displaying a default page within a native application executing on the mobile computing device, the default page comprising the icon and a second icon, the second icon representative of a second food item and a customization option for the second food item selected by the customer in a second previous food order, the second icon associated with a payment option and a store location to fulfill the second food item.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein submitting the food order to the store location comprises transmitting the food order to the store location over a cellular network connection.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein submitting the food order comprises displaying a receipt of the food order on the display of the mobile computing device, the receipt specifying the food item, the customization option, the payment option, and the store location.