Method for queuing orders at a food assembly apparatus
US10839438B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/12
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One variation of a method for fulfilling custom food orders includes: in response to request for a custom food order from a patron through an ordering portal executing on a computing device, retrieving a location of the computing device; identifying a set of food assembly apparatuses within a threshold distance of the location of the computing device; aggregating a list of ingredients currently loaded into the set of food assembly apparatuses; in response to selection of a particular ingredient in the list of ingredients for the custom food order, removing ingredients, from the list of ingredients, unique to a food assembly apparatus not currently loaded with the particular ingredient; selecting a particular food assembly apparatus, from the set, currently loaded with a set of ingredients specified in the custom food order; and inserting the custom food order into a food order queue assigned to the particular food assembly apparatus.
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