US 12,093,991 B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for ordering items from an electronic menu, and servicing thereof
Yu Fang, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Robert R. Dykes, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); and Heidi Gibson, Los Altos Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to TOUCHTUNES MUSIC COMPANY, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by TOUCHTUNES MUSIC COMPANY, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,590.
Application 15/098,871 is a division of application No. 14/666,847, filed on Mar. 24, 2015, granted, now 9,582,825, issued on Feb. 28, 2017.
Application 18/186,590 is a continuation of application No. 17/407,907, filed on Aug. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,610,254.
Application 17/407,907 is a continuation of application No. 16/225,860, filed on Dec. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,100,566, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Application 16/225,860 is a continuation of application No. 15/098,871, filed on Apr. 14, 2016, granted, now 10,192,257, issued on Jan. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/969,630, filed on Mar. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0230147 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/12 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for ordering items from an electronic menu, in a networked computing environment that communicably connects via a local area network in a venue at least a plurality of first handheld electronic devices, a plurality of second handheld electronic devices and a venue computer, the method comprising:
associating a table identifier with a first handheld electronic device, the table identifier identifying a group of two or more of the first handheld electronic devices, wherein the identified group is one of a plurality of groups each comprising two or more of the first handheld electronic devices and each being identified by a respective table identifier;
receiving, at each of the two or more first handheld electronic devices in the group, input selecting one or more order items from a displayed menu for an order associated with the table identifier, wherein the order comprises the one or more selected order items;
associating a second handheld electronic device with the group of the two or more first handheld electronic devices that are each associated with the table identifier, the second handheld device being configured differently than the first handheld electronic device;
displaying, on the display of the second handheld electronic device, options to (1) associate the table identifier with another second handheld electronic device configured differently than the first handheld electronic device and disassociate the table identifier with the second handheld electronic device identifier, and (2) change the one or more order items selected by input received at the two or more first handheld electronic devices in the group to be associated with another table identifier;
receiving, at the second handheld electronic device, a finalized order for one or more order items from at least one of the two or more first handheld electronic devices associated with the table identifier or the another table identifier; and
based upon an input received at the second handheld electronic device, transmitting one or more of the order items to the venue computer for further consideration of the one or more order items.