Systems, methods, and apparatus for wireless thermal printing for order fulfillment

摘要

Systems, methods, and a printer apparatus using network-based communication over 3G or 4G wireless networks, and provides for electronic response from the printer relating to order confirmation and fulfillment at the recipient printer, in communication to an order management coordinator or server. The printer provides an order output including at least one symbol representing an order, including at least one of order content, ordering entity or individual, price, time of order, and combinations thereof.

主权项

1. A method for order processing, management, and fulfillment comprising:
configuring an order fulfillment printer device located at an order fulfillment entity by the order fulfillment printer device scanning a unique configuration symbol; receiving at an order recipient server computer a message including an order that was initiated and sent from a remote customer device over a network; the order recipient server computer transforming the order into a digital representation of the order and transmitting the digital representation of the order over the network to the order fulfillment printer device located at the order fulfillment entity and/or to an application on a mobile device at the order fulfillment entity, wherein the digital representation of the order is provided solely by a unique order symbol and the unique order symbol corresponds to the entire order information for the order, wherein the entire order information for the order includes a content of the order, an ID of a customer associated with the order, and payment information for the order; the order fulfillment printer device receiving the digital representation of the order and automatically transforming the digital representation of the order to a printed order by automatically producing a printout of the order, wherein the printed order includes a printed representation of the digital representation of the order; if a problem with the order arises, selecting a phone home button on the order fulfillment printer device and/or a phone home button on the application of the mobile device to call the remote customer device; if order fulfillment is completed, the order fulfillment printer device scanning the unique order symbol to obtain present order data, generate an order fulfillment message, and transmit the order fulfillment message to the order recipient server computer; and processing a payment for the order via a payment processing device by the payment processing device scanning the unique order symbol.