KR20160060185A - Food ordering system and method of using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A food ordering system of the present invention comprises: a beacon terminal; and an ordering management server. The beacon terminal is installed in a food court, embeds an own beacon ID, and transmits the beacon ID to a portable terminal of an ordering person who enters within an own signal arrival distance. The ordering management server embeds food ordering content to order food in the food court, executes wired and wireless communications, receives the beacon ID from the portable terminal, transmits the food ordering content corresponding to the received beacon ID to the portable terminal by using wireless communications, and receives a menu selected by the ordering person among food menus of the food court and food price payment information which pays food price of the selected menu from the portable terminal through the food ordering content. Accordingly, the food ordering system aggressively and actively provides information regarding menus of the food court to the portable terminal before a request of the ordering person and the ordering person can order food by using own portable terminal. Therefore, convenience of a food court user can be improved.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food ordering system,

The present invention relates to a food ordering system, and more particularly, to a food ordering system in a food court in which an orderer directly orders and receives food, and a food ordering method using the same.

Food courts, such as large marts, department stores, or highway resting places, are gathered from various restaurants, and orders are made in such a way that they receive orders from several restaurants and notify the restaurant.

Since these food courts receive orders from many restaurants in one place, the order booth where the POS terminal receiving the order is located, provides only food menu names and price information that each restaurant sells. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain detailed information about each food menu in the order booth, and in order to obtain detailed information on the food menu, it is troublesome to go to the restaurant and directly order it again from the order booth.

In addition, when the ordered food comes out, the manager of each restaurant displays the order number of the food on the display board, and the orderer confirms the order number displayed on the display board, and then goes to the restaurant and fetches the ordered food. In order to know if the food is ordered, the purchaser must periodically check the board, so that the elderly who do not see the real time can not check the food even if they order food.

To compensate for this, there is a method of using a vibration bell, but it is troublesome to distribute and return the vibration bell to the orderer individually, and it is difficult to use the vibration bell where many people use it at the same time as the highway rest area.

Korean Patent No. 10-1102806 (Dec. 29, 2011) "Food order management system and order management method using the same," Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2006-0098983 (Sep. 19, 2006) "Food order system using touch screen and ordering method thereof"

It is an object of the present invention to provide a food ordering system that actively and positively provides information about food sold in a food court to a food court user through wireless communication and can order food in an unmanned ordering manner.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a food ordering method by which a user of a food court can order and settle food through his / her portable terminal using the food ordering system described above.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, there is provided a food ordering system in which a plurality of restaurants are gathered to order food from an orderer in a food court in which an orderer directly orders and removes food, A beacon terminal installed in the food court, having a beacon ID of its beacon and transmitting the beacon ID to the portable terminal of the purchaser who has entered the signal arrival distance of the beacon terminal; A beacon receiver for receiving the beacon ID from the portable terminal and for receiving food order contents corresponding to the received beacon ID using wireless communication; Wherein the food order information is transmitted from the portable terminal to the portable terminal, and the non-payment information is transmitted from the portable terminal through the food order contents to the menu selected by the orderer, Server. Here, the food order contents may include food menus sold in the food court, detailed information on each of the food menus, and price information of each food menu.

Also, the food ordering system is installed in the restaurant, is capable of wired / wireless communication, receives and registers a menu selected by the orderer from the order management server, and transmits a food takeout request message informing that the orderer has ordered food, And a kitchen terminal for transmitting to the terminal.

Here, the kitchen terminal can transmit the food takeout request message to the portable terminal through the order management server.

In addition, the food ordering system may be installed in the food court, can perform wired / wireless communication, receives the menu selected by the orderer from among the food menus sold in the food court by the operation of the orderer, Settlement information corresponding to the order information of the customer, receives the phone number of the portable terminal by the operation of the orderer, receives the menu selected by the orderer, the non-payment information of the order, and the phone number of the portable terminal, To the unauthorized order terminal.

Meanwhile, the unattended order terminal may include a screen input / output unit for displaying food menus to be sold in the food court, receiving a menu selected by the orderer and a phone number of the portable terminal by an operation of the orderer, A fee payment unit for paying a food fee corresponding to the selected menu; A data storage unit for storing menu information indicating a type of food sold in the food court and a price of each food, a menu selected by the orderer, food non-settlement information of the purchaser, and a telephone number of the portable terminal; A communication unit capable of wired / wireless communication by incorporating a communication protocol; And a controller for controlling the operation of the screen input / output unit, the fee payment unit, and the data storage unit, and transmitting the phone number of the portable terminal, the menu selected by the orderer and the food non-settlement information of the orderer stored in the data storage unit, To the management server.

In addition, the charge settlement unit may include: a cash input unit for receiving cash; And a credit card reader that reads the information of the credit card for non-payment of food.

On the other hand, in a food court where a plurality of restaurants are gathered and an orderer directly orders and removes food, a method for ordering food for a customer to order food is a method in which a beacon terminal installed in the food court Transmitting a beacon ID of the purchaser to the portable terminal of the purchaser; Transmitting the beacon ID received by the portable terminal to the order management server; Transmitting the food order content corresponding to the beacon ID to the portable terminal by the order management server; Activating the received food order content to order the food sold in the food court; And the order management server receives food non-settlement information for paying a food ratio of the menu selected by the orderer and the selected menu among the food menus of the food court from an unattended order terminal installed in the portable terminal or the food court Step < / RTI > Here, the food order contents may include food menus sold in the food court, detailed information about each food menu, and charge information of each food menu.

In addition, the food ordering method may further include: after the order management server receives the selected menu and food non-settlement information, the order management server notifies the kitchen terminal installed in the restaurant corresponding to the selected menu among the restaurants Transmitting a menu; Transmitting to the order management server a food export request message informing the kitchen terminal that the food ordered by the purchaser has come out by the operation of the manager of the restaurant; And the order management server transmitting the food takeout request message to the portable terminal so that the orderer takes the ordered food from the restaurant.

The step of activating the food order contents may further include displaying the food menus sold in the food court and the charge information of each food menu, The portable terminal selecting a specific menu among the food menus by operation of the purchaser; A step for the portable terminal to settle the food ratio corresponding to the selected menu by the operation of the purchaser; And transmitting the selected menu and food non-payment information to the order management server by the portable terminal.

The step of activating the food order contents may include the step of allowing the orderer to confirm the food menus and the fare information of each food menu on the food court, Displaying; Displaying the food menu and the charge information of each food menu; Selecting the specific menu among the food menus displayed on the unmanned order terminal by the orderer; The method comprising: paying a food ratio corresponding to a menu selected by the unattended order terminal by an operation of the ordering person; Receiving the telephone number of the orderer's portable terminal by the orderer's operation; And transmitting the selected menu, food non-settlement information, and portable terminal phone number of the purchaser to the order management server by the unattended order terminal.

According to the food ordering method using the food ordering system according to the embodiment of the present invention,

First, the portable terminal provides information on the food menus of the food court before the request of the purchaser, and the purchaser can order food using his / her portable terminal.

Secondly, it is possible to actively and positively promote the food menu of the food court to the user of the food court, and minimize the movement of the purchaser, thereby improving the convenience of the user.

Third, since the orderer informs that the ordered food is delivered in real time through the portable terminal of the orderer, the orderer can take out the food as soon as the food comes out, and the orderer can display the order number and there is no need to watch the billboard You can see other work.

Fourth, according to the purchaser's choice, the user can order food using either the portable terminal or the unmanned order terminal, thereby satisfying various demands of the purchaser and improving the convenience of the purchaser.

1 is a schematic diagram of a food ordering system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of the unattended order terminal shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a main body unit of the unmanned ordering terminal shown in FIG. 2. FIG.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of ordering food according to an embodiment of the present invention using the food ordering system shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of ordering food by activating a food order content in the portable terminal shown in FIG.
6 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a food ordering method using the food ordering system shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, in the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible. Further, the detailed description of known functions and configurations that may obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted. For the same reason, some of the components in the drawings are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated.

1 is a schematic diagram of a food ordering system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the food ordering system 500 of the present invention is a system for ordering food by a customer in a food court in which a plurality of restaurants are gathered so that a customer directly orders and removes food, A beacon terminal 100, and an order management server 200. [

Specifically, the beacon terminal 100 is a wireless communication terminal that transmits a certain signal with a specific frequency, and is installed in a food court and incorporates its beacon ID (Iidentifier). Here, the beacon ID is an identifier individually assigned to each beacon terminal. The beacon terminal 100 senses the portable terminal 10 that has entered the region where the wireless signal arrives, i.e., the signal arrival distance thereof, and transmits the beacon ID of the beacon to the portable terminal 10. Hereinafter, the food court user is referred to as an orderer for ordering food sold on the food court.

Here, the portable terminal 10 is a wireless communication terminal, and is a food court user, that is, a portable terminal 10 of a purchaser. The portable terminal 10 has an application capable of recognizing the beacon ID. The portable terminal 10 transmits the beacon ID received from the beacon terminal 100 to the order management server 200 using the wireless communication network. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal 10 may be any one of a smart phone and a tablet PC.

On the other hand, the order management server 200 is a server for managing food orders made in the food court, and incorporates food order contents for ordering food in the food court. The order management server 200 receives the beacon ID from the portable terminal 10 and transmits the food order content corresponding to the received beacon ID to the corresponding portable terminal 10 using wireless communication do. Also, the order management server 200 receives and stores food non-settlement information, which is obtained by paying the food price of the selected menu and the menu selected by the purchaser, among the food menus of the food court through the food order contents. When the food is not paid using the portable terminal, the payment method of the mobile phone or the card payment method using the portable terminal can be used.

In this embodiment, the food order contents stored in the order management server 200 may include food menus sold in the food court, detailed information on each of the food menus, and charge information of each food menu. Detailed information on each of the food menus may include photographs and material information of each menu, calorie information, and the like.

The ordering system 500 of the present invention detects the purchaser's portable terminal 10 before requesting information on the food menus of the food court and provides the food order contents to the purchaser's portable terminal 10 do. Accordingly, the purchaser can obtain information on the food menus of the food court without any additional operation, and can order food directly using his / her portable terminal 10, so that the food ordering system 500 is active Actively promote the food menu of the food court, and minimize the movement of the orderer.

On the other hand, the food ordering system 500 may further include the kitchen terminal 300. The kitchen terminal 300 is installed in each restaurant in the food court and is capable of wired / wireless communication. The order management server 200 receives the menu selected by the orderer and registers the menu, and transmits a food export request message to the order management server 200 informing that the orderer has ordered the food. The order management server 200 transmits the food takeout request message received from the kitchen terminal 300 to the orderer's portable terminal 10 that ordered the food. In this embodiment, the kitchen terminal 300 transmits the food takeout request message to the portable terminal 10 through the order management server 200, but sends the food takeout request message to the portable terminal 10 without going through the order management server 200 (10).

In this way, since the food ordering system 500 informs the orderer through the portable terminal 10 that the ordered food has arrived, the ordering number is displayed to reduce the trouble that the orderer has to keep watching the electric signboard indicating that the food has come out You can give it out as soon as the food comes out.

In addition, the food ordering system 500 may further include an unattended ordering terminal 400 that can order food in an unattended ordering manner. The unmanned order terminal 400 is installed in the food court and is capable of wired / wireless communication with the order management server 200. The unmanned order terminal 400 receives the menu selected by the orderer among the food menus sold in the food court by the operation of the purchaser, and receives the food non-settlement information corresponding to the menu selected by the orderer. In addition, the unmanned order terminal 400 receives the telephone number of the purchaser's portable terminal 10 by the operation of the purchaser. The unmanned order terminal 400 transmits the input phone number of the purchaser's portable terminal 10 and the menu and food non-payment information selected by the orderer to the order management server 200.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the unmanned order terminal 500 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the unattended order terminal shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a main body unit of the unattended order terminal shown in FIG.

1 to 3, the unmanned ordering terminal 400 is a kind of kiosk terminal, which includes a main body unit 410 capable of ordering food directly by a customer and a support unit 420 supporting the main body unit 410 Respectively.

Specifically, the main body unit 410 includes a screen input / output unit 412, a credit card reader 413, a cash input unit 414, a data storage unit 415, a communication unit 416, and a control unit 417 .

The screen input / output unit 412 functions as a kind of touch panel, and is exposed to the outside through an opening formed in the case 411 of the main unit 410, and displays an image. The screen input / output unit 412 displays food menus to be sold in the food court, and receives a command for operating the unmanned order terminal 400 by the touch of the purchaser. In particular, the screen input / output unit 412 receives the menu selected by the customer and the phone number of the portable terminal 10 of the purchaser on the food menus by touching the orderer.

The credit card reader 413 and the cash input unit 414 are charge settlement units for paying the food expenses according to the menu selected by the purchaser. The credit card reader 413 reads the information of the credit card, The cash input unit 414 is a device that allows cash payment of food expenses to be made by receiving cash from the purchaser. Here, the support unit 420 may include a change outlet 421 for making a change in cash payment of food expenses.

The data storage unit 415 stores menu information indicating the type of food sold in the food court and the price of each food, and stores the menu selected by the orderer input through the screen input / output unit 412, And the telephone number of the portable terminal 10 are stored.

The communication unit 416 incorporates a communication protocol and enables wired / wireless communication between the unattended order terminal 400 and the order management server 200.

The control unit 417 controls the driving of the screen input / output unit 412, the credit card reader 413, the cash input unit 414 and the data storage unit 415, 10 to the order management server 200 through the communication unit 416. The order management server 200 receives the order information from the order management server 200,

In addition, the main body unit 410 may further include a speaker 418 and a keyboard 419. The speaker 418 outputs the voice data generated by the unattended order terminal 400, and the voice data output from the unattended order terminal 400 may include an order guide message. The order input unit 412 and the key boat 419 are connected to the keyboard 419. The keyboard 419 is provided to facilitate menu selection or data input by the operation of the purchaser, (400).

As described above, the food ordering system 500 according to the present invention can order food using one of the portable terminal 10 and the unattended order terminal 400 according to the choice of the purchaser, The convenience of the purchaser can be improved.

Hereinafter, a process for ordering food using the food ordering system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of ordering food according to an embodiment of the present invention using the food ordering system shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the purchaser's mobile terminal 10 enters the signal arriving area of the beacon terminal 100 by movement of the purchaser, the beacon terminal 100 transmits the beacon signal to the portable terminal 100, (Step S110).

Then, the beacon terminal 100 transmits its beacon ID to the portable terminal 10 (step S120), and the portable terminal 10 transmits the received beacon ID to the order management server 200 (step S130) .

The order management server 200 transmits the food order content corresponding to the received beacon ID to the portable terminal 10 (step S140).

The portable terminal 10 activates the received food order contents so that the purchaser can order food through the portable terminal 10 (step S150).

Hereinafter, the process of ordering food by the purchaser through the portable terminal 10 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of ordering food by activating a food order content in the portable terminal shown in FIG.

1 and 5, the portable terminal 10 activates the food order contents received from the order management server 200 and displays the food menus currently sold in the restaurants of the food court (step S151).

Then, a specific menu among the food menus displayed by the operation of the purchaser is selected (step S152).

Next, the food ratio corresponding to the menu selected by the operation of the purchaser is paid (step S153). At this time, the purchaser can use a mobile phone payment method using the portable terminal 10 or a credit card payment method using the portable terminal 10.

Referring again to Figure 4,

The portable terminal 10 transmits the selected menu and the food non-payment information to the order management server 200 through the wireless communication network (step S160).

The order management server 200 receiving the menu selected by the purchaser from the portable terminal 10 and the food non-payment information registers the food order information using the menu (Step S170), and stores the menu selected by the orderer in the restaurants To the kitchen terminal 300 of the restaurant corresponding to the selected menu (step S180).

Then, the kitchen terminal 10 registers a menu for recognizing that the menu received from the order management server 200 is ordered (step S190).

When the ordered food is completed, the manager of the restaurant operates the kitchen terminal 300 to input a food completion command indicating that the ordered food is completed (step S210).

When the food completion command is input, the kitchen terminal 300 transmits a food export request message to the order management server 200 informing that the orderer has ordered food (step S220).

The order management server 200 transmits the received food export request message to the portable terminal 10 (step S230). Accordingly, the purchaser can recognize that the ordered food comes out through the food takeout request message received by his / her portable terminal 10, and can go to the restaurant and fetch his / her ordered food.

In this way, the food ordering method of the present invention notifies the orderer of the completion of food through the portable terminal of the purchaser in real time, so that the convenience of the user of the food court can be improved.

Although the process of ordering food using the portable terminal 10 of the purchaser has been described above, the process of ordering food using the unattended order terminal 300 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

6 is a flowchart illustrating another example of a food ordering method using the food ordering system shown in FIG.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of ordering food according to another embodiment of the present invention. The order management server 200 receives food order contents from the beacon terminal 100 through the portable terminal 10, (S110 to S150) is the same as that of the food order process using the portable terminal shown in FIG. 4, and therefore, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. .

4, the purchaser confirms information on the food menus to be sold on the food court through the food order contents activated in the portable terminal 10, and orders the food through the unmanned order terminal 400. The process of ordering food using the literacy order terminal 400 is as follows.

First, the unattended order terminal 400 displays the food menus sold in the food court and the charge information of each food menu (step S310)

The unmanned order terminal 400 selects a specific menu among the displayed food menus by the operation of the purchaser and makes payment according to the settlement method determined by the choice of the orderer corresponding to the selected menu, And receives the telephone number of the portable terminal 10 (step S320). As a result, the food order is completed, and the purchaser can pay for food by selecting either the cash payment method or the credit card payment method.

The unattended order terminal 400 transmits the selected menu, the food non-settlement information, and the portable terminal phone number of the purchaser to the order management server 200 (step S330).

The order management server 200 receiving the menu selected by the orderer, the non-payment information of the order received from the unattended order terminal 400, and the telephone number of the purchaser's portable terminal 10 registers the food order information using the selected order, ).

In this embodiment, the process from the step of registering the food order information to the step of transmitting the food takeout request message to the portable terminal 10 (steps S170 to S230) registers the food order information shown in FIG. 4 The process of transmitting the food export request message to the portable terminal 10 is the same as the process of transmitting the food export request message to the portable terminal 10, so that the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only illustrative of the present invention in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

100: Beacon terminal 200: Order management server
300: kitchen terminal 400: unattended order terminal
500: Food Ordering System 10: Portable Terminal

Claims (10)

A food ordering system for a customer to order food in a food court in which a plurality of restaurants are gathered,
A beacon terminal installed in the food court and having a beacon ID of its beacon and transmitting the beacon ID to the portable terminal of the purchaser who has entered the signal arrival distance of the beacon terminal; And
The beacon ID is received from the portable terminal, and the food order content corresponding to the received beacon ID is received by using wireless communication And an order management server for receiving from the portable terminal, food non-settlement information transmitted from the portable terminal through the food order content, the food non-settlement information including a menu selected by the orderer and a food ratio of the selected menu, Lt; / RTI >
Wherein the food order content includes food menus sold in the food court, detailed information about each of the food menus, and charge information of each food menu. The method according to claim 1,
A kitchen terminal installed in the restaurant, capable of wired / wireless communication, receiving a menu selected by the orderer from the order management server, registering the menu, and transmitting a food takeout request message informing that the ordered food is delivered to the portable terminal Further comprising: < / RTI > 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the kitchen terminal transmits the food takeout request message to the portable terminal through the order management server. 3. The method of claim 2,
The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a menu selected by the orderer from among food menus sold in the food court by operation of the orderer, installed in the food court, An orderless terminal for receiving the telephone number of the portable terminal by the operation of the orderer and transmitting the menu selected by the orderer, the non-payment information of the order, and the telephone number of the portable terminal to the order management server, Wherein the food ordering system further comprises: 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the unmanned order terminal comprises:
A screen input / output unit that displays food menus sold in the food court, and receives menus selected by the orderer and phone numbers of the portable terminals by the orderer;
A fee payment unit for paying a food fee corresponding to the selected menu;
A data storage unit for storing menu information indicating a type of food sold in the food court and a price of each food, a menu selected by the orderer, food non-settlement information of the purchaser, and a telephone number of the portable terminal;
A communication unit capable of wired / wireless communication by incorporating a communication protocol;
And a controller for controlling the operation of the screen input / output unit, the fee payment unit, and the data storage unit, and transmitting the phone number of the portable terminal, the menu selected by the orderer and the food non-settlement information of the orderer stored in the data storage unit, To the management server when the request is received from the management server. 6. The method of claim 5,
The fee payment unit,
A cash input for receiving cash; And
And a credit card reader for reading the information of the credit card for non-payment of food. A method of ordering food for a customer to order food at a food court where a plurality of restaurants are gathered and the customer orders and removes food directly,
Transmitting a beacon ID of the beacon terminal installed in the food court to a purchaser's portable terminal that has entered the signal arrival distance of the beacon terminal;
Transmitting the beacon ID received by the portable terminal to the order management server;
Transmitting the food order content corresponding to the beacon ID to the portable terminal by the order management server;
Activating the received food order content to order the food sold in the food court; And
The order management server receiving food non-settlement information for paying a food price of the menu selected by the orderer and the selected menu among the food menus of the food court from an unattended order terminal installed in the portable terminal or the food court in real time Lt; / RTI >
Wherein the food order contents include food menus sold in the food court, detailed information about each food menu, and charge information of each food menu. 8. The method of claim 7,
After the order management server receives the selected menu and food non-payment information,
The order management server transmitting the selected menu to a kitchen terminal installed in a restaurant corresponding to the selected menu among the restaurants;
Transmitting to the order management server a food export request message informing the kitchen terminal that the food ordered by the purchaser has come out by the operation of the manager of the restaurant; And
Further comprising the step of the order management server sending the food takeout request message to the portable terminal so that the orderer takes the ordered food from the restaurant. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein activating the food order content comprises:
Displaying the food menus sold in the food court and the charge information of each food menu by the portable terminal;
The portable terminal selecting a specific menu among the food menus by operation of the purchaser;
A step for the portable terminal to settle the food ratio corresponding to the selected menu by the operation of the purchaser; And
And the portable terminal transmits the selected menu and non-payment information to the order management server. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein activating the food order content comprises:
Displaying the food menu and the charge information of each food menu so that the orderer confirms the food menu and the charge information of each food menu on the food court;
Displaying the food menu and the charge information of each food menu;
Selecting the specific menu among the food menus displayed on the unmanned order terminal by the orderer;
The method comprising: paying a food ratio corresponding to a menu selected by the unattended order terminal by an operation of the ordering person;
Receiving the telephone number of the orderer's portable terminal by the orderer's operation; And
And transmitting the selected menu, food non-settlement information, and the portable telephone number of the purchaser to the order management server.

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