Method and system for ordering food by using RFID

• US 10,664,826 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2016
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hong, Eun-Soon
• Primary Examiner(s): Refai, Ramsey
• Application Number:
  US15/171,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20160275484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,454 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

Embodiments relate to ordering food using RFID. Tag information is read from at least one of tags matched to each of multiple products of a menu by using a mobile terminal having a built-in RFID module or an RFID external module. A main server is accessed through a URL corresponding to the tag information. Product information corresponding to the tag information is received by the mobile terminal from the main server. The number of the products are filled out and an order request message is transmitted to the main server by the mobile terminal. The order request message is received and a payment is performed according to the order. An order item is transmitted to a kitchen server by a Point of Sales (POS) server connected to the main server if the payment is completed.

Claims

1. A method for ordering food item, comprising:

i) reading tag information corresponding to one of tags in a menu by an antenna of a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) module, each of the tags representing a food item on the menu;

ii) transmitting, by a mobile terminal, the tag information to an Object Directory Service (ODS) server to cause the ODS server to provide Object Identification Service (OIS) address and a service Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to a relay server, and to cause the relay server to provide the service URL to the mobile terminal;

iii) accessing, by the mobile terminal, a main server through the service URL to receive the information of a food item corresponding to the tag information from the main server;

iv) sending, by the mobile terminal, an order request message based on the received information of the food item, to the main server to cause;

the main server to transmit order information to a point of sale (POS) system, and

the POS system to generate an order list including the food item according to a sequence in which payment is completed and send the order list to a kitchen server for preparation of the food item;

v) receiving, by the mobile terminal, the order list from the POS system for display on the mobile terminal; and

vi) receive a guide message indicating completion of one or more food items in the order information from the POS system.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a selection on payment for the order request message by the mobile terminal to cause the main server to perform payment operation on the one or more food items.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the guide message is received after the payment operation is finished by the main server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the guide message comprising at least one of a text message, a voice message or a multimedia message.

2. A method for ordering a food item, comprising:

a) reading tag information corresponding to one of tags in a menu by an antenna of a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) module, each of the tags representing a food item on the menu;

b) transmitting, by a mobile terminal, the tag information to an Object Directory Service (ODS) server to cause the ODS server to provide Object Identification Service (OIS) address and a service Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to a relay server, and to cause the relay server to provide the service URL to the mobile terminal;

c) accessing, by the mobile terminal, a main server through the service URL to receive product information of a food item corresponding to the tag information from the main server;

d) filling out a number of the food product corresponding to the product information and transmitting an order request message including the number of the food product to the main server by the mobile terminal to cause;

the main server to send order information corresponding to the order request message to a point of sale (POS) system, and

the POS system to generate an order list including the food item according to a sequence in which payment is completed and send the order list to a kitchen server for preparation of the food item;

e) receiving, by the mobile terminal, the order list from the POS system for display on the mobile terminal; and

f) receive a guide message indicating completion of one or more food items in the order information from the POS system.