Systems and methods of automatically estimating restaurant wait times using wearable devices
US10482551B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/0631
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Computer-implemented methods and systems of estimating wait times and food serving times at a restaurant using wearable devices include identifying from portions of sensor data that a user is seated at a restaurant table at an estimated sitting time. In addition, portions of sensor data can be used to identify that a user has started eating at a given restaurant. Time-correlated location data can be used to determine an estimated arrival time of the user at a current location. An estimated wait time can be determined from the difference between the estimated sitting time and the estimated arrival time. An estimated food serving time can be determined from the difference between estimated eating time and arrival time or eating time and sitting time. Data indicative of the estimated times can be communicated to other computing devices, evaluated across multiple users, and/or used to develop relevant notifications for surfacing to other users.
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