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System And Method For Online Ordering

Patent 63/320,192
Type Application
Date Filed 15/03/2022
Date Issued Pending
Inventor Divya Anantharaman

Abstract

Disclosed is a wireless system and method that enables restaurants to input their menu and other information and enables customers to order food on the computerized application and process these orders on a restaurant personnel smartphone application. In certain embodiments of the disclosed system and method, restaurants pay a monthly subscription fee and agree not to increase their menu prices for orders placed through this application.

Priority Claim

This application claims the benefit of United States Provisional Application Number 63/320,192, filed on March 15, 2022. The aforementioned application is incorporated herein by reference.

Background

When customers order food from food delivery applications (FDA), most FDAs charge the restaurant a combination of fees like initiation fee, monthly fees, flat percentage on each check, service fees etc. Since it is not advantageous for the restaurants to bear these fees, they in turn increase their menu prices to compensate for the fees that the FDAs charge, these fees are sometimes as high as 91%, but usually in the range of 30-40%, which is borne by customers using these services, along with any additional service fees, taxes, delivery fees and gratuity. In contrast to existing FDAs, the disclosed cloud-based web application enables restaurants to input their menu and other information and enables customers to order food on the computerized application and process these orders on a restaurant personnel smartphone application.