Systems and methods for providing remote ordering

• US 8,200,550 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2007
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steve Aitkins
• Original Assignee: Steve Aitkins
• Inventors: Aitkins, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): Allen, Will
• Application Number:
  US11/749,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20070265937A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,855 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705 26- 27, 705/15, 705 261- 272
• US Class Current: 705/26.81
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

This invention provides systems and methods for remote ordering where there is a client that is configurable to accept orders; an information processing system, that is in communication with the client and configurable to receive orders from the client; a plurality of wireless modules in disparate physical locations that are in wireless communication with the information processing system and configurable to receive orders from the information processing system; and an order presentation client that is in communication with the wireless module and configurable to present the order. Furthermore, the information processing system is configurable to route the orders to a selected wireless module based on the order.

Claims

1. A computer system for providing remote ordering, the computer system comprising:

an order processing computer system operable to;

obtain user account data comprising;

at least two product or service favorites defined by a user, and

a favorite display-order defined by a user;

obtain a user login;

present automatically the at least two product or service favorites in an order defined by the favorite display-order; and

obtain an order comprising;

at least one product or service favorite in response to a user selecting at least one presented product or service favorite; and

a vendor selection comprising a specific vendor location selection;

determine a destination wireless module located at said selected specific vendor location, based on said specific vendor location; and

communicate said order to said destination wireless module located at said selected specific vendor location; and

a wireless computer module operable to;

obtain an order from said order processing system; and

present said order via an order presentation client.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said favorite selection can be selected via obtaining one of a letter, and a number.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said order is obtained from one of an IVR system, and SMS gateway, and an internet client.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the order presentation client is a printer.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said wireless module is directly connected with said order presentation client.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said wireless module is further operable to communicate an order presentation receipt to a client associated with said order.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said order comprises a pickup time.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said wireless module is further operable to obtain a customer arrival alert from said order processing system, wherein said customer arrival alert is generated in response to a user arrival indication obtained via a wireless communication channel by said order processing system from a wireless user device that sent said order, the wireless user device being remote from said order processing system when the user arrival indication is initiated at the wireless user device.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising said wireless module presenting said customer arrival alert via said order presentation client.

10. The method system of claim 1, wherein said specific vendor location is defined by a street address.

11. A computer implemented method for providing remote ordering, the method comprising:

a computer obtaining user profile data comprising;

a plurality of user-defined favorites; and

favorite display-order data defined by a user,

the computer presenting at least some of the user-defined favorites based on the favorite display-order data;

the computer obtaining an order comprising;

order data including at least one user-defined favorite; and

vendor selection data including a specific vendor location;

the computer determining a destination wireless module based on said vendor selection data;

the computer communicating said order to said destination wireless module via a wireless network and said wireless module presenting said order via an order presentation client.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said wireless module is directly connected with said order presentation client.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said presenting comprises printing said order.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein said order is obtained from one of an IVR system, and SMS gateway, and an internet client.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising said wireless module communicating an order presentation receipt to a client associated with said order.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein said order data comprises a pickup time.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein said order data comprises one of delivery method and pickup method, wherein pickup method options consist of in-store pickup and vehicle pickup.

18. The method of claim 11 further comprising said wireless module receiving a customer arrival alert via a wireless communication channel, wherein said arrival alert is triggered by a customer via a wireless user device that sent said order, the wireless user device being remote from said wireless module when said arrival alert is triggered.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising said wireless module presenting said customer arrival alert via said order presentation client.