Drive-thru system implementing location tracking
US9904903B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/0836
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed to determine customer's prescription information and their position while waiting in a drive-thru lane. The drive-thru lane may have one or more transmitters installed at predetermined locations. By utilizing an application installed on each customer's mobile computing device, each mobile computing device may transmit customer information and ranging data when within range of one or more of the transmitters. The ranging data may include an indication of a range between each of the customer's mobile computing device and one or more proximate transmitters. By correlating the customer information to prescription information from recently filled and/or called in prescriptions, each customer's prescription order may be retrieved. Furthermore, by analyzing the ranging data, the position of each customer in the drive-thru lane may be determined. A drive-thru computing device is disclosed that may display each customer's position in the drive-thru lane along with their prescription order information.
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