Methods for submitting a food order remotely

摘要

One variation of the method for submitting a food order remotely includes: generating a graphical icon representative of a food item and a customization option for the food item selected by a customer; associating the icon with a payment option; associating the icon with a store location to fulfill the food item; displaying the icon on a display of a mobile computing device; and, in response to receiving a selection of the icon, submitting a food order including the food item, the customization option, and the payment option to the store location.

主权项

1. A method for submitting a food order remotely, comprising:
generating a graphical icon representing a food item and a customization option for the food item selected by a customer by selecting a stock image that visually depicts the food item and a stock overlay that visually depicts the customization option and superimposing the stock overlay over the stock image; associating the icon with a payment option; determining a location of the customer based on an output of a location sensor within a mobile computing device associated with the customer; selecting a set of store locations based on the location of the customer; filtering the set of store locations based on availability of the food item from each store location in the set of store locations; associating the icon with a store location in the set of filtered store locations to fulfill the food item; displaying the icon, representing the food item and the customization option for the food item by the superimposed stock overlay over the stock image, on a display of the mobile computing device as an application icon on a home screen of the mobile computing device; in response to receiving a selection of the icon, submitting a food order specifying the food item, the customization option, and the payment option to the store location; in response to receiving the selection of the icon, displaying an order cancellation button on the home screen of the mobile computing device for a threshold period of time; in response to the threshold period of time having expired, displaying a notification that the food order can no longer be canceled on the home screen of the mobile computing device; and in response to a selection of the order cancellation button within the threshold period of time, identifying the food order as inadvertent, and submitting an order cancellation request to the store location.