SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ORDERS

• US 20150332243A1
• Filed: 08/05/2014
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vendsy, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Vendsy, Inc.
• Inventors: Kamvysselis, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,671 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1243 Variable data printing, e.g. document forms, templates, labels, coupons, advertisements, logos, watermarks, transactional printing, fixed content versioning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/209 Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to an order processing system that receives and prints orders and provides an indication of the number of the orders that have been printed and are awaiting acknowledgment by a user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an order at a system, the system comprising a computing device and a printer;

printing the order received at the system;

displaying, on a display of the system, an indication of the printed order; and

receiving, at the system, an acknowledgement of the indication of the printed order.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received acknowledgment includes acceptance, rejection, or modification of the order.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

upon receiving acceptance of the order, charging an account of a customer associated with the order.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a plurality of orders at the system.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising timing-out, at the computing device, orders that are not acknowledged within a predetermined time.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the indication of the printed order is a number, the number corresponding to an amount of pending orders of the plurality of received orders printed at the printer.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising reducing the indicated number each time the system receives an acknowledgment of one of the pending orders, wherein the acknowledgement is an acceptance or rejection of the order.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the received acknowledgement is performed via an input mechanism of the computing device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the display is a touch screen, the input mechanism is the touch screen, and the input mechanism displays the number of orders that have been received by the system but not acknowledged.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the system, a selection of one employee from a plurality of employees; and

in response to the received selection of the one employee, associating, using the computing device, a tip for the order with the selected employee.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device cancels orders that are not acknowledged within a predetermined time, and wherein the system simultaneously displays the number of orders that are received and neither cancelled nor acknowledged, and the number of orders that are cancelled.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the received information includes a location of a customer within a venue.

13. A system comprising:

a printer;

a display;

a computing device in communication with the printer and display, the computing device comprising a processor;

memory containing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the instructions comprise;

receiving an order at the system;

printing the received order on the printer;

displaying, on the display, an indication of the printed order; and

receiving, on the computing device, an acknowledgment of the indication of the printed order.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the received acknowledgment includes acceptance, rejection, or alteration of the order.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the instructions further comprise, upon receiving acceptance of the order, charging an account of a customer associated with the order.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the indication of the printed order is a number, the number corresponding to an amount of pending orders of the plurality of received orders printed at the printer.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the number is reduced when the acknowledgment is received.

18. A system comprising a computing device capable of communication with a printer and a network, wherein the computing device comprises:

a display;

a user interface;

a printer;

a processor; and

a memory containing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the instructions comprise;

receiving identification of a product via the network;

printing a receipt describing the product;

receiving an acknowledgment via the user interface; and

displaying an indication of the number of receipts that have been printed but have not been acknowledged via the user interface.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the user interface, processor and memory are components of a mobile device, and the printer is a stand-alone printer.

20. The system of claim 18 wherein the order identifies a person and the order is operated by the person to receive the product.