Retail venue ordering system and method

摘要

Describes a system for decentralized ordering of goods and/or services such as food and/or drinks at a venue such as a hotel or restaurant. The venue uploads a venue menu to an internet site via the venue's data device or computer. An order application is downloaded by prospective customers from the internet site to the mobile data device of each customer. In addition, the venue allocates a customer identification code to each customer which is stored in the customer's mobile data device. Therefore the customer can use his mobile data device to access the venue's menu and order items from the menu. Furthermore, the GPS facility inherent in the customer's mobile data device may be used to alert the customer if the customer should inadvertently leave the venue with a credit facility still open, thus enabling a valuable credit card, for example, to be retrieved. WO 2012/135896 PCT/AU2012/000336 CUSTOMER DOWNLOADS Air Service APPLICATION TO CUSTOMER'S MOBILE DATA DEVICE (MDD) CUSTOMER REQUESTS VENUE TO ALLOCATE A 301 CREDIT FACILITY & ADVISES DELIVERY LOCATION CUSTOMER MDD RECEIVES A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER 304=_f |UTOMER RECEIVES A CREDIT FACILITY FROMVENUE /CUSTOMER COMMUNICAT ES WIT H VENUE VIA MDD 307 CUSTOMER USES MDD TO DISPLAY VENUE MENU ON MDD 306 CUSTOMER USES MDD TO ORDER ITEM FROM DISPLAYED VENUE MENU 308 VENUE RECEIVES ORDER ON VENUE iTD 309 VENUE USES iTD TO CONFIRM ORDER TO CUSS TOMER'S MDD 310- V E N UE PR EPAR E S ORD E R 311 VENUE USES iTD TO ANNOUNCE ORDER READY TO CUSTOMERS 314 VENUE DELIVERS ORDER |SUBSEQUENT ORDERS IF ANY CUSTOMER PAYS VENUE