Advance order system
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a slave device configured to;
provide a customer waiting to be seated at a restaurant with menu information for the restaurant, where the menu information is provided to the customer while the customer is physically present at the restaurant,receive at least one of a drink order or a food order from the customer while the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant, where at least one of drink or food, associated with the at least one of the drink order or the food order, is to be provided to the customer after the customer is seated at the restaurant, andtransmit the at least one of the drink order or the food order; and
a master device configured to;
receive the at least one of the drink order or the food order from the slave device, andcause the at least one of the drink order or the food order to be forwarded to a kitchen of the restaurant based on at least one of a position of the customer on a waiting list or an estimated amount of time until the customer will be seated.
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Abstract
A system includes a master device and a slave device. The slave device is configured to provide a customer waiting to be seated at a restaurant with menu information for the restaurant, receive at least one of a drink order or a food order from the customer while the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant, and transmit the at least one of a drink order or a food order. The master device is configured to receive the at least one of a drink order or a food order from the slave device, and cause the at least one of a drink order or a food order to be forwarded to a kitchen of the restaurant based on at least one of a position of the customer on a waiting list or an estimated amount of time until the customer will be seated.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a slave device configured to; provide a customer waiting to be seated at a restaurant with menu information for the restaurant, where the menu information is provided to the customer while the customer is physically present at the restaurant, receive at least one of a drink order or a food order from the customer while the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant, where at least one of drink or food, associated with the at least one of the drink order or the food order, is to be provided to the customer after the customer is seated at the restaurant, and transmit the at least one of the drink order or the food order; and a master device configured to; receive the at least one of the drink order or the food order from the slave device, and cause the at least one of the drink order or the food order to be forwarded to a kitchen of the restaurant based on at least one of a position of the customer on a waiting list or an estimated amount of time until the customer will be seated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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associating, in a master device, a slave device with a customer waiting to be seated at a restaurant; obtaining information identifying one or more menu items from the customer via the slave device while the customer is physically present at the restaurant and while the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant, where the one or more menu items are to be provided to the customer after the customer is seated at the restaurant; associating the information identifying the one or more menu items with the customer in the master device; detecting that a position of the customer on a waiting list or an estimated waiting time for the customer has reached a predetermined value; and forwarding the information identifying the one or more menu items to a kitchen of the restaurant in response to the detecting, the forwarding occurring while the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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providing a customer waiting to be seated at a restaurant with menu information for the restaurant, where the providing occurs while the customer is physically present at the restaurant; receiving at least one of a drink order or a food order from the customer based on the providing and as the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant, where at least one of drink or food, associated with the at least one of the drink order or the food order, is to be provided to the customer after the customer is seated at the restaurant; and forwarding, by a device, the at least one of the drink order or the food order to a kitchen of the restaurant based on at least one of a position of the customer on a waiting list or an estimated amount of time until the customer will be seated, the forwarding occurring while the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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