Method and apparatus for associating menu information
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1. A apparatus, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising;
receiving a first indication of menu content information;
receiving, from a first user of a referral or delivery service, a second indication that at least one first restaurant should be associated with the information;
in response to receiving the second indication, associating the information with a first menu of food items for sale by the first restaurant;
receiving, from respective second users of the referral or delivery service, a plurality of respective third indications, in which each third indication identifying that the information should be associated with a respective second menus of respective food items for sale by respective second restaurants;
in response to receiving each of the third indications, associating the information with a respective one of the second menus;
transmitting a representation of at least one of the second menus to a customer over an electronic communication network, in which the representation includes the information;
receiving, from the customer, a selection of food items for delivery from one at least one of the second restaurants;
facilitating delivery of the food items from the at least one of the second restaurants to the customer;
receiving an indication of an edit to the information with respect to the first restaurant from a third user of the referral or delivery service; and
in response to receiving the indication of the edit, adjusting the information with respect to the first restaurant in view of the edit and maintaining the information with respect to the second menus.
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Abstract
Methods and Apparatus related to generating representations of information. The information may include menu information for merchants such as restaurants. Referring to menus, methods may include receiving potential information for a first menu, and receiving indications of associations of the information with the first menu and/or any number of additional menus. Information and/or associations may later be updated by a desired set of users.
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26 Claims
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1. A apparatus, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising; receiving a first indication of menu content information; receiving, from a first user of a referral or delivery service, a second indication that at least one first restaurant should be associated with the information; in response to receiving the second indication, associating the information with a first menu of food items for sale by the first restaurant; receiving, from respective second users of the referral or delivery service, a plurality of respective third indications, in which each third indication identifying that the information should be associated with a respective second menus of respective food items for sale by respective second restaurants; in response to receiving each of the third indications, associating the information with a respective one of the second menus; transmitting a representation of at least one of the second menus to a customer over an electronic communication network, in which the representation includes the information; receiving, from the customer, a selection of food items for delivery from one at least one of the second restaurants; facilitating delivery of the food items from the at least one of the second restaurants to the customer; receiving an indication of an edit to the information with respect to the first restaurant from a third user of the referral or delivery service; and in response to receiving the indication of the edit, adjusting the information with respect to the first restaurant in view of the edit and maintaining the information with respect to the second menus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising; receiving a first indication of information about at least one product; receiving, from a first user of a referral or delivery service, a second indication that at least one first merchant should be associated with the information; in response to receiving the second indication, associating the information with the first merchant; receiving, from a second user, a third indication that the information should be associated with a second merchant; in response to receiving the third indication, associating the information with the second merchant; transmitting a representation of second information about the second merchant to a customer using an electronic communications network, in which the representation includes the information; receiving, from the customer, a selection of the product for delivery from the second merchant; facilitating delivery of the product from the second merchant to the customer; receiving an indication of an edit to the information with respect to the first merchant from a third user of the referral or delivery service; and in response to receiving the indication of the edit, adjusting the information with respect to the first merchant in view of the edit and maintaining the information with respect to the second merchant. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising; receiving information about at least one product associated with a category of merchants; receiving, from a first user of a referral or delivery service, a first indication that at least one first merchant should be associated with category of merchants; in response to receiving the first indication, associating the information with the first merchant; receiving, from a second user, a second indication that at least one second merchant should be associated with the category of merchants; in response to receiving the third indication, associating the information with the second merchant; transmitting a representation regarding at least one of the first and second merchants that includes an indication of the information to a customer through an electronic communication network; receiving an indication of an edit to the information with respect to the first merchant from a third user of the referral or delivery service; and in response to receiving the indication of the edit, adjusting the information with respect to the first merchant in view of the edit and maintaining the information with respect to the second merchant. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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