Mobile take-out goods transaction system and its method

• US 20040024650A1
• Filed: 09/17/2002
• Published: 02/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SIN ETKE Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: SIN ETKE Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Huang, Cheng-Hung, Chen, Kuo-Rong, Lee, Chun-Chung
• Application Number:
  US10/244,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20040024650A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0617 Representative agent
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/00 Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/10 together with a coded signal , e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data

Abstract

A mobile take-out goods transaction system is disclosed, which uses a wireless ordering device on board to order goods wirelessly from a specific store through a customer service center, which customer service center in turns transmits the order data containing the personal identification number (PIN) of the motor vehicle owner to a specific store, enabling the specific store to prepare the ordered merchandise in advance, so that the motor vehicle can order when driving and then the car directly drive to the unique outlet counter of the specific store next to the side of a street to pick up the ordered merchandise without wasting time, and saving the purchase lane investment cost.

Claims

1. A mobile take-out goods transaction system comprising:

at least one store-end computer respectively installed in a respective store allocated by a side of a street and selling at least one merchandise and having a unique outlet counter next to the side of said street, said store each defining a store code;

a plurality of on-vehicle wireless ordering devices respectively installed in a respective motor vehicle and adapted for sending out an order data wirelessly, said order data containing at least a PIN number of the owner of the motor vehicle and a list of ordered merchandise, said list of ordered merchandise containing item name and/or item number and quantity of merchandise to be ordered from a specific store which is one of said stores and sells said ordered merchandise; and

a customer service center server connected to said at least one store-end computer and adapted for receiving the order data wirelessly from said on-vehicle wireless ordering devices and transmitting the order data to a specific store-end computer corresponding to said specific store, for enabling the specific store to prepare in advance the goods listed in said list of ordered merchandise of the order data and to correspond the prepared goods to the PIN number of the owner of the motor vehicle, so that the owner of the motor vehicle can drive directly to said unique outlet counter of the specific store to pick up the goods corresponding to the PIN number of the owner of the motor vehicle.

2. The mobile take-out goods transaction system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said on-vehicle wireless ordering device is a GSM mobile telephone.

3. The mobile take-out goods transaction system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the PIN number is the access number of the GSM mobile telephone.

4. The mobile take-out goods transaction system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said stores include chain stores.

5. The mobile take-out goods transaction system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said customer service center server has stored therein merchandise information provided by every store, and is adapted to transmit said merchandise information wirelessly to said on-vehicle wireless ordering devices for ordering reference.

6. The mobile take-out goods transaction system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said order data contains a specific store code corresponding to the specific store, and said customer service center server is adapted to transmit said order data to the specific store-end computer corresponding to the specific store by referring said specific store code.

7. The mobile take-out goods transaction system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said customer service center server provides information of the location of each store;

said motor vehicle further comprises a GPS (global positioning system) unit connected to said on-vehicle wireless order device for computing a current location of the motor vehicle, so that each of said on-vehicle wireless ordering device can transmit the current location of the motor vehicle to said customer service center server for enabling said customer service center server to compare the current location of the motor vehicle with the information of the location of each store and to search the nearest store selling the goods listed in said list of ordered merchandise to be the specific store.

8. The mobile take-out goods transaction system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said on-vehicle wireless ordering devices each further have a navigation system connected thereto and installed in the respective motor vehicle;

said customer service center server is capable of transmitting the information of the location of the searched specific store wirelessly to the motor vehicle for guiding the owner of the motor vehicle driving directly to the searched specific store subject to the guidance of said navigation system using the information of the location of the searched specific store as a destination location.

9. The mobile take-out gods transaction system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said customer service center server transmits said order data to said store-end computers through a cable.

10. The mobile take-out goods transaction system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said customer service center server transmits said order data to said store-end computers through a wired network.

11. A mobile take-out goods transaction method comprising the steps of:

(a) using an on-vehicle wireless ordering device to send out an order data to a customer service center, said on-vehicle wireless ordering device being installed in a motor vehicle, said customer service center being connected to at least one store, said store each defining a store code, said order data containing at least a PIN number of the owner of the motor vehicle and a list of ordered merchandise, said list of ordered merchandise containing item name and/or item number and quantity of merchandise to be ordered from a specific store which is one of said stores and sells said ordered merchandise;

(b) said customer service center transmitting said order data to the specific store, said specific store being allocated by a side of a street and selling at least one merchandise and having a unique outlet counter next to the side of the street;

(c) the specific store preparing goods subject to said list of ordered merchandise of the order data and corresponding the prepared goods to the PIN number of the owner of the motor vehicle; and

(d) the owner of the motor vehicle driving directly to the unique outlet counter of the specific store to pick up the ordered merchandise corresponding to the PIN number of the owner of the motor vehicle.

12. The mobile take-out goods transaction method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising the step of (e) the owner of the motor vehicle paying the money to complete the transaction.

13. The mobile take-out goods transaction method as claimed in claim 11, wherein said on-vehicle wireless ordering device is a GSM mobile telephone.

14. The mobile take-out goods transaction method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the PIN number is the access number of the GSM mobile telephone.

15. The mobile take-out goods transaction method as claimed in claim 11, wherein said stores include a chain stores.

16. The mobile take-out goods transaction method as claimed in claim 11, where said order data of said step (a) further contains a specific store code corresponding to the specific store;

said customer service center transmits said order data to the specific store by referring said specific store code during step (b).

17. The mobile take-out goods transaction method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the motor vehicle further comprises a GPS unit connected to said on-vehicle wireless ordering device for computing a current location of the motor vehicle;

said customer service center provides the information of the location of each store;

said on-vehicle wireless ordering devices transmits the current location of the motor vehicle to said customer service center server during said step (a);

said step (b) further comprises a sub-step (b0) where said customer service center comparing the current location of the motor vehicle with the information of the location of each store and searching the nearest store selling the goods listed in said list of ordered merchandise to be the specific store.

18. The mobile take-out goods transaction method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the motor vehicle having said on-vehicle wireless ordering device installed therein further comprises a navigation system connected to said on-vehicle wireless ordering device;

said customer service center server is capable of transmitting the information of the location of the searched specific store wirelessly to said motor vehicle during said step (b);

the owner of the motor vehicle driving directly to the searched specific store subject to the guidance of said navigation system using the information of the location of the searched specific store as a destination location during said step (d).

19. The mobile take-out gods transaction method as claimed in claim 11, wherein said customer service center server transmits said order data to the specific store through a cable during said step (b).

20. The mobile take-out goods transaction method as claimed in claim 19, wherein said customer service center server transmits said order data to the specific store through a wired network.