Ordering ahead with a mobile device
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method to reduce merchant system monitoring of user locations by maintaining preparation times of order components on mobile devices for communication to merchants, comprising:
- displaying, by a graphical user interface of an application executing on a user network device associated with a user, a list of merchants with whom the user has previously placed orders;
in response to a selection of a merchant, displaying, by the graphical user interface of the application executing on the user network device associated with the user, a menu associated with the merchant from which subsequent orders may be selected;
receiving, by the application executing on the user network device associated with the user, an input of an order from the user, the order comprising at least one component and being associated with a merchant that will fill the order, and the order being based on the displayed menu;
communicating, by the application executing on the user network device, the order to a merchant network device associated with the merchant, the merchant network device being separate and distinct from the user network device;
receiving, by the application executing on the user network device and from the merchant network device associated with the merchant, a preparation time for each component of the order and a location of the merchant;
determining, by the application executing on the user network device, a location of the user network device and from a location determining computing system operating on the user network device;
repeatedly calculating, by the application executing on the user network device, a projected time of travel from the location of the user network device to the location of the merchant based on the determined location of the user device and the location of the merchant;
determining, by the application executing on the user network device, whether the projected time of travel equals the component preparation time for any component of the order; and
notifying, by the application executing on the user network device, the merchant network device to begin preparation of a particular component of the order in response to a determination that the projected time of travel equals the preparation time for the particular component of the order.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a computer-implemented method to order ahead with a mobile device. A user network device receives an input of an order from a user; communicates the order to a merchant network device; receives a preparation time for one or more components of the order; determines a location of the user device; monitors a projected time of arrival at the merchant based on the location of the user device; compares the projected time of arrival with the component preparation time; and notifies the merchant to begin preparation of at least one of the components in response to a determination that the projected time of arrival equals the preparation time of one or more components.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method to reduce merchant system monitoring of user locations by maintaining preparation times of order components on mobile devices for communication to merchants, comprising:
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displaying, by a graphical user interface of an application executing on a user network device associated with a user, a list of merchants with whom the user has previously placed orders; in response to a selection of a merchant, displaying, by the graphical user interface of the application executing on the user network device associated with the user, a menu associated with the merchant from which subsequent orders may be selected; receiving, by the application executing on the user network device associated with the user, an input of an order from the user, the order comprising at least one component and being associated with a merchant that will fill the order, and the order being based on the displayed menu; communicating, by the application executing on the user network device, the order to a merchant network device associated with the merchant, the merchant network device being separate and distinct from the user network device; receiving, by the application executing on the user network device and from the merchant network device associated with the merchant, a preparation time for each component of the order and a location of the merchant; determining, by the application executing on the user network device, a location of the user network device and from a location determining computing system operating on the user network device; repeatedly calculating, by the application executing on the user network device, a projected time of travel from the location of the user network device to the location of the merchant based on the determined location of the user device and the location of the merchant; determining, by the application executing on the user network device, whether the projected time of travel equals the component preparation time for any component of the order; and notifying, by the application executing on the user network device, the merchant network device to begin preparation of a particular component of the order in response to a determination that the projected time of travel equals the preparation time for the particular component of the order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system to order ahead with a mobile device, comprising:
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a memory; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes application code instructions that are stored in the memory to cause the system to; receive an input of an order from a user network device associated with a user, the order comprising at least one component and being associated with a merchant that will fill the order; communicate the order to a merchant network device associated with the merchant, the merchant network device being separate and distinct than the user network device; receive a preparation time for each component of the order; determine a location of the user network device; monitor a projected time of travel from the location of the user network device to the location of the merchant based on the location of the user device and a location of the merchant; determine whether the projected time of travel equals the component preparation time for any component of the order; and notify the merchant network device to begin preparation of a particular component of the order in response to a determination that the projected time of travel equals the preparation time for the particular component of the order. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to order ahead, the computer-executable program instructions comprising; computer-executable program instructions to receive an input of an order from a user network device associated with a user, the order comprising at least one component and being associated with a merchant that will fill the order; computer-executable program instructions to communicate the order to a merchant network device associated with the merchant, the merchant network device being separate and distinct than the user network device; computer-executable program instructions to receive a preparation time for each component of the order; computer-executable program instructions to determine a location of the user network device; computer-executable program instructions to monitor a projected time of travel from the location of the user network device to the location of the merchant based on the location of the user device and a location of the merchant; computer-executable program instructions to determine whether the projected time of travel equals the component preparation time for any component of the order; and computer-executable program instructions to notify the merchant network device to begin preparation of a particular component of the order in response to a determination that the projected time of travel equals the preparation time for the particular component of the order. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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