US 12,033,126 B2
Systems and methods for take-out order management
Brett Harman, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to RRT HOLDINGS, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by RRT Holdings, LLC, Bellevue, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/857,854.
Application 17/857,854 is a continuation of application No. 17/329,062, filed on May 24, 2021, granted, now 11,379,811.
Application 17/329,062 is a continuation of application No. 15/715,066, filed on Sep. 25, 2017, granted, now 11,049,084, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Application 15/715,066 is a continuation of application No. 13/467,966, filed on May 9, 2012, granted, now 9,805,351, issued on Oct. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/484,634, filed on May 10, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0335398 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/20 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automated take-out ordering, the system comprising:
at least one hardware processor; and
at least one executable software module that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor causes the system to,
import menu data from a plurality of restaurant Point-of-Sale (POS) systems over at least one network, the menu data including a plurality of menu items received from each of the plurality of POS systems,
generate a menu user interface for each order channel of a plurality of order channels through which orders are received, each menu user interface having one or more menu screens including a subset of one or more of the plurality of menu items based on the menu data, wherein the menu user interface for at least one of the plurality of channels comprises at least some different, additional, or fewer menu items relative to the menu user interface for the remainder of the plurality of order channels,
receive a request for the menu user interface from a user, and wherein generating the menu user interface comprises dynamically generating the menu user interface in response to the received request,
receive a selection of at least one menu item from the subset of menu items over two or more order channels of the plurality of order channels, and
send an order to the restaurant POS system for each of the two or more order channels over the at least one network, the order including the at least one menu item, wherein the plurality of order channels comprise a call center channel, an online channel, and a mobile device channel.