SYSTEM FOR THE SALE OF FOOD VIA AN INTERNET PLATFORM

• US 20140372241A1
• Filed: 12/20/2012
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rieber AG
• Original Assignee: Rieber AG
• Inventors: Maier, Max
• Application Number:
  US14/372,951
• Publication Number:
  US 20140372241A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0832 Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/30 Administration of product recycling or disposal
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 90/00 Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for the sale of packaged foodstuffs via an Internet platform between a supplier and a customer. The Internet platform is designed to present the offer of the supplier to the customers and to directly or indirectly establish contact between the customer and supplier via a transport company to deliver food to the customer as packaged foodstuffs. The food is placed into reusable containers by the supplier, such that said food is kept hot or cooled. A transport company can optionally be connected to any supplier via the Internet platform to pick up an order of a customer that has been received by the Internet platform from the relevant supplier and deliver said order to the customer. A provider of reusable containers can be put into contact with any supplier to supply the latter with reusable containers.

Claims

1. A system for the sale of packaged food via an Internet platform provided between suppliers and customers, the system comprising

the Internet platform (10) is designed to present the suppliers'"'"' (A, B, . . . n) offer to the customers (N_A, N_B, . . . N_n) and to establish a direct or indirect contact between the customer and the supplier to deliver food filled into reusable containers by the supplier to the customer as packaged food which is kept hot or cooled.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein a transport company (20) is optionally connectable to each supplier (A, B, . . . n) via the Internet platform (10) to pick up an order of a customer (N_A, N_B, . . . N_n) received by the Internet platform (10) at the associated supplier and to deliver it to the customer.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein a provider (30) of reusable containers, particularly returnable containers which are food containers vacuum-sealable by a removable lid, particularly metallic GN containers, and may, in addition, contain a protective atmosphere, if required, is connectable to each supplier to supply the same with reusable containers.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein

a collecting point (40) for the return of reusable containers, particularly returnable containers, is providable or provided between the customer (N_A, N_B, . . N_n) and the provider (30) of reusable containers.