US 12,437,257 B2
System and method for managing the delivery of a food product
Kent A. Deemter, Hudsonville, MI (US); R. William Kneifel, II, West Bloomfield, MI (US); Matthew Omlor, Holt, MI (US); Rick Moreno, Detroit, MI (US); David Scrivano, South Lyon, MI (US); and Dana Tilley, Detroit, MI (US)
Assigned to Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/818,866.
Application 17/818,866 is a continuation of application No. 17/227,553, filed on Apr. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,429,920.
Application 17/227,553 is a continuation of application No. 16/552,899, filed on Aug. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,977,600, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Application 16/552,899 is a continuation of application No. 16/077,302, granted, now 10,546,267, issued on Jan. 28, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2017/017679, filed on Feb. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/294,728, filed on Feb. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0383250 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); A47J 36/24 (2006.01); A47J 39/00 (2006.01); A47J 39/02 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01) [A47J 36/24 (2013.01); A47J 39/003 (2013.01); A47J 39/02 (2013.01); F24C 7/08 (2013.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01); G07C 9/00912 (2013.01); G07F 17/0014 (2013.01); G07F 17/12 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing the delivery of a food product with a food locker system, the method comprising:
receiving an order for a food product from an ordering device;
preparing the food product associated with the order;
activating a first identifier at a first side of a food locker, the food locker having a locker control module and a first door covering a first opening of a chamber, the first identifier identifying the first door;
placing the food product in the chamber of the food locker;
transmitting an identification code to the ordering device, the identification code associated with the order for the food product;
transmitting the identification code from at least one of the ordering device and a user input device to the locker control module and activating a second identifier at a second side of the food locker, the second identifier remote from the first identifier, and the second identifier identifying a second door covering a second opening of the chamber; and
unlocking the second door such that the food product is accessible through the second opening.