Retail system with drive-through check-out arrangement
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1. A retail system for providing pickup of an order in a vehicle comprising:
- at least one storage facility for storing goods available to order,a plurality of purchase obtaining facilities remote with respect to the storage facility,said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities further providing pickup stations where a person in a vehicle can pickup said order,said purchase obtaining facilities containing a service area for temporarily storing said order delivered from the storage facility,an order unit capable of inputting said order in advance of arrival at one of said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities,said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities including a control unit configured to;
input identification data when the customer in said vehicle arrives at the purchase obtaining facility,correlating the identification data with information identifying the order,automatically assigning the customer one of a plurality of pickup stations,when the customer is assigned one of a plurality of pickup stations automatically requesting delivery of the order from the service area to the customer in said vehicle at the assigned pickup station.
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Abstract
A novel retail system is provided with an advance ordering system that enables a customer to order a purchase in advance. At least one storage facility is arranged for storing goods available for ordering. Multiple retail facilities remote with respect to the storage facility enable a customer to obtain the ordered purchase after a time period sufficient to deliver the ordered purchase from the storage facility to a retail facility selected by the customer. At least one of the retail facilities has a drive-through check-out arrangement that enables a customer sitting in a vehicle to pick up the ordered purchase without leaving the vehicle.
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12 Claims
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1. A retail system for providing pickup of an order in a vehicle comprising:
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at least one storage facility for storing goods available to order, a plurality of purchase obtaining facilities remote with respect to the storage facility, said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities further providing pickup stations where a person in a vehicle can pickup said order, said purchase obtaining facilities containing a service area for temporarily storing said order delivered from the storage facility, an order unit capable of inputting said order in advance of arrival at one of said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities, said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities including a control unit configured to; input identification data when the customer in said vehicle arrives at the purchase obtaining facility, correlating the identification data with information identifying the order, automatically assigning the customer one of a plurality of pickup stations, when the customer is assigned one of a plurality of pickup stations automatically requesting delivery of the order from the service area to the customer in said vehicle at the assigned pickup station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for providing pick-up of an order in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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storing available to order goods in at least one storage facility, providing a plurality of purchase obtaining facilities remote with respect to the storage facility plurality of purchase obtaining facilities further providing pickup stations where a person in a vehicle can pickup said order, and the purchase obtaining facilities contain a service area for temporarily storing said order delivered from the storage facility, receiving the order placed in advance of arrival at one of said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities, configuring said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities to; input the identification data when the customer in said vehicle arrives at the purchase obtaining facility, correlating the identification data with information identifying the order automatically assigning a customer one of a plurality of pickup stations, when the customer is assigned one of a plurality of pickup stations automatically requesting delivery of the order from the service area to the customer in said vehicle at the assigned pickup station. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A drive-through retail facility for enabling a customer in a vehicle to make a purchase without leaving the vehicle, the retail facility comprising:
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at least one storage facility for storing goods available to order, a plurality of purchase obtaining facilities remote with respect to the storage facility, said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities further providing pickup stations where a person in a vehicle can pickup said order, said purchase obtaining facilities containing a service area for temporarily storing said order delivered from the storage facility, an order unit capable of inputting said order in advance of arrival at one of said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities, said plurality of purchase obtaining facilities including a control unit configured to; input identification data when the customer in said vehicle arrives at the purchase obtaining facility, correlating the identification data with information identifying the order, automatically assigning the customer one of a plurality of pickup stations, when the customer is assigned one of a plurality of pickup stations automatically requesting delivery of the order from the service area to the customer at the assigned pickup station without the customer having to leave the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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