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Systems and methods for ordering prepared food products

  • US 8,888,492 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2011
  • Issued: 11/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for ordering prepared food products via a network using a wireless electronic device, comprising:

  • presenting a menu of available prepared food products on a display of the electronic device;

    selecting one of the prepared food products using an interface of the electronic device, whereupon the electronic device presents a bread menu including visual representations of bread items available for making the selected prepared food product on the display, the menu including visual representations of each of the available bread items;

    selecting one of the bread items using the interface, whereupon the electronic device presents an animation in a product image field that shows the selected bread item on the display being opened from a closed configuration to an open orientation for receiving ingredients;

    presenting an ingredients menu on the display adjacent the product image field including visual representations of available ingredients for the selected prepare food product, wherein the ingredients menu is a scrollable menu including visual representations of the available ingredients presented adjacent the product image field on the display, and wherein the one or more ingredients are selected by scrolling the ingredients menu and touching the display over selected ingredients;

    selecting one or more ingredients for the selected food product using the interface, whereupon the electronic device presents visual representations of the one or more ingredients superimposed on the visual representation of the selected bread item in the product image field, the one or more ingredients superimposed in a predetermined layering scheme that enhances identification of the selected ingredients when superimposed onto one another over the visual representation of the selected bread item;

    inputting into the interface that the selected food product is complete, whereupon the electronic display presents a visual representation of the selected food product in a packaged configuration; and

    transmitting an order including the selected food product via a network to a vendor server for fulfillment.

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