US 11,776,075 B2
Non-sequential restaurant order system and method
David C. Fox, College Station, TX (US)
Assigned to Blue Baker, LLC
Filed by BLUE BAKER, College Station, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/532,232.
Application 17/532,232 is a division of application No. 16/504,123, filed on Jul. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,182,864.
Application 16/504,123 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/168,952, filed on May 31, 2016, granted, now 10,402,920, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/191,772, filed on Jul. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0084142 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 50/12 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A restaurant location for use with a mobile ordering system comprising:
(a) a restaurant building having an order pick up window and associated order pick up area;
(b) a parking lot at least partially around the building, and having a drive-through lane that allows vehicles to pull adjacent to the order pick up window;
(c) a plurality of queuing spaces, being parallel, single-vehicle, parking spaces in the parking lot, each queuing space opening directly into the drive-through lane such that each queuing space provides independent, non-sequential access to the drive-through lane; and
(d) an order status display positioned and sized to be visible: (1) to customers in the queuing spaces, and (2) to customers in or approaching the drive-through lane but not yet approaching the order pick up window.