KR20190141412A - Apparatus for takeout order service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a takeout order service apparatus. The takeout order service apparatus includes: a product order receiving part receiving a product order based on a user position; a product order preparation part calculating time for the preparation of a product in accordance with the product order and determining a product preparation sequence based on the product preparation time in contrast to the user position, and updating the production preparation sequence by periodically tracking the user position; and a product order completion part sending a request for the receipt of the product to a user terminal when the preparation of the product according to the product order is completed in accordance with the product preparation sequence. Therefore, the takeout order service apparatus provides a takeout order service.

Description

Takeout Order Service Unit {APPARATUS FOR TAKEOUT ORDER SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a takeout order service technology, and more particularly, to a takeout order service device capable of ordering a takeout product through a smartphone, determining a product preparation order, and receiving the same at a scheduled time.

Recently, as the use of the mobile communication terminal is indispensable, services provided through the Internet have been provided through the mobile communication terminal. As a result, users can receive a variety of information through the wireless Internet of the mobile communication terminal, it is possible to use a variety of services, such as wireless purchase, wireless payment. In addition, as the location tracking of the mobile communication terminal becomes possible, users can use the location guidance service, that is, the navigation service, using the mobile communication terminal. However, there are disadvantages in that take-out stores generally take a long time in ordering and receiving goods. Accordingly, there is a disadvantage that does not satisfy the busy modern people in pursuit of convenience and speed in everyday life.

With the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, an ubiquitous era is being opened in which information is transmitted remotely and many devices and terminals are connected. Therefore, the work that is carried out by information exchange and material exchange through the dialogue between person and man is no longer being changed to the work that is carried out by person and device or information transfer between device and device.

These changes reduce the need for employees in their work, which can be expected to generate profits by reducing labor costs, and have the expected effect of meeting the needs of consumers with the use of advanced technology.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2014-0109162 (2014.09.15) relates to a smart order system and method for collectively processing an order and payment of an item using a portable terminal. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a portable terminal is used. By collectively processing the order and payment of the goods there is an effect that the user can use the e-commerce more convenient.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1007285 (2011.01.04) discloses a turn-by-wait service method using a smartphone applied to take-out stores such as coffee shops, restaurants, banks, hospitals, public institutions, etc., and a smartphone that performs the same. . A smartphone having a cellular phone function and a computing function includes a wireless circuit portion and a control unit. The radio circuit unit establishes a communication channel with a mobile communication network. The control unit activates the stored smartphone application according to the user's operation, accesses the head office server that manages one or more sales store systems through the wireless circuit unit, and receives location information of the store close to the current location to receive the user's current location and received information. Control the location of sales outlets on the map. The controller displays a menu provided by the sales store as the sales store displayed on the map is selected by the user's operation, requests and pays for the goods to be purchased in response to the user's selection, Receives and stores the mobile turn table generated according to the payment, and receives the goods receipt call signal from the sales store system, the goods receipt alarm for the user to recognize.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0109162 (2014.09.15) Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1007285 (2011.01.04)

One embodiment of the present invention is to provide a takeout order service device that can be ordered and received at the scheduled time to order the takeout product and determine the product preparation order through a smartphone.

 An embodiment of the present invention orders a takeout product through a smartphone and determines the product preparation order based on the product preparation time relative to the user's location, and periodically updated to receive the product at a variable reservation time To provide a takeout order service device that can be.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the preparation of the goods is completed, the user receives a request for receiving a product and communicates through the beacon system with the user terminal according to the arrival of the received user's store. An order service device is provided.

In one or more exemplary embodiments, the takeout order service device may include a product order receiving unit that receives a product order based on a user location, calculates a product preparation time of a product according to the product order, and prepares a product based on the product preparation time relative to the user location. A product order preparation unit for determining an order and periodically tracking the user's position and updating the product preparation order, and notifying the user terminal of a request for receiving a product when the preparation of the product according to the product order is completed according to the product preparation order It includes a product order completion part.

The product order receiving unit requests payment at the same time as the product order, and when the payment is completed, receives the product order and determines whether to cancel the payment and the penalty according to the cancellation.

The product order preparation unit periodically provides the product preparation information to the user terminal when the product preparation order has been reached.

The product order preparation unit provides a preparation notice of receipt of goods to a user terminal based on the product preparation order and the user's real-time location.

The product order preparation unit determines the product preparation order based on the product preparation time when the positions are the same between at least one user.

The product order preparation unit determines the product preparation order according to whether or not the product order is received when the location and the product preparation time are the same between at least one user.

The product order completion unit provides a product receipt notification to the user terminal through a beacon (Beacon) system when the user location corresponds to the product destination.

The commodity order completion unit provides the commodity receipt notification on the basis of the prosecution of the commodity preparation order.

The disclosed technique can have the following effects. However, since a specific embodiment does not mean to include all of the following effects or only the following effects, it should not be understood that the scope of the disclosed technology is limited by this.

The takeout order service device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may order a takeout product through a smartphone, determine a product preparation order, and receive the product at a scheduled time.

 The takeout order service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention orders a takeout product through a smartphone, determines a product preparation order based on a product preparation time relative to a user's location, and periodically updates a user's reservation time. It can be determined variably.

The takeout order service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention notifies the receipt of the goods to the user terminal when the preparation of the goods is completed and informs the receipt of the goods by communication through the beacon system with the user terminal according to the arrival of the notified user. Providing user convenience.

1 is a diagram illustrating a takeout order service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the takeout order service apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a takeout order service in the takeout order service device of FIG. 1.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a product receipt notification providing process of a product order completion unit in a takeout order service device.

Description of the present invention is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, since the embodiments may be variously modified and may have various forms, the scope of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, the objects or effects presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effects, the scope of the present invention should not be understood as being limited thereby.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as "first" and "second" are intended to distinguish one component from another component, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it should be understood that there may be other components in between, although it may be directly connected to the other component. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between. On the other hand, other expressions describing the relationship between the components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring to" and "directly neighboring to", should be interpreted as well.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and terms such as "comprise" or "have" refer to a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or feature thereof. It is to be understood that the combination is intended to be present and does not exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Generally, the terms defined in the dictionary used are to be interpreted to coincide with the meanings in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted as having ideal or excessively formal meanings unless clearly defined in the present application.

1 is a diagram illustrating a takeout order service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the takeout order service system 100 may include a user terminal 110, a takeout order service device 120, and a database 130, which may be connected through a network.

The user terminal 110 may be connected to the takeout order service device 120 to receive a user interface (UI) for ordering and receiving takeout goods. In one embodiment, the user terminal 110 may correspond to a user's smartphone, tablet PC or a display device (not shown) of a store.

The takeout order service device 120 may correspond to a server (ie, a computing device) that may interwork with the user terminal 110 through a network. In an embodiment, the takeout order service device 120 may receive a selected product order from the user terminal 110 through the UI and prepare an ordered product according to a request of the user terminal 110. More specifically, the takeout order service device 120 may receive a product order based on a user location, calculate a product preparation time, and prepare a product through a product preparation order determined in comparison with a user location. In addition, the takeout order service device 120 may notify the user terminal 110 of the request for receiving the goods when the preparation of the goods is completed according to the goods preparation order. The takeout order service device 120 may receive an order based on a user's location and prepare a product through a product preparation order determined in preparation for a product preparation time and notify completion, thereby maximizing convenience in terms of time management of the user who ordered the product. Can be. In one embodiment, the takeout order service device 120 may be connected to a beacon device in a store and communicate with the user terminal 110 through a beacon system. Here, the store may correspond to a merchandise destination.

The takeout order service device 120 may include a database 130 and may be implemented independently of the database 130. When implemented independently of the database 130, the takeout order service device 120 may be connected to the database 130 by wire or wirelessly to exchange data.

The database 130 may store various information necessary for providing a takeout order service, and store GPS (Global Positioning System) information for tracking a user's location, productized product preparation time and product preparation order according to the ordered product, and the like. have. In one embodiment, the product preparation time may correspond to a numerical value of the average value of the preparation time according to the goods ordered by the user and the product preparation order is at least one calculated by comparing the product preparation time and the user's location information It may mean that the decision of product preparation is decided between users. In an embodiment, the database 130 may store location information of the user of the takeout order service device 120 and information of goods required for calculating the product preparation time. In addition, the present invention is not limited thereto, and information collected or processed in various forms may be stored in a process of providing a takeout order service.

The database 130 may be composed of at least one independent sub-databases that store information belonging to a specific range, and may be configured as an integrated database in which at least one independent sub-databases are integrated into one. When composed of at least one independent sub-database, each sub-database may be wirelessly connected through Bluetooth, WiFi, and the like, and may exchange data with each other through a network. When the database 130 is configured as an integrated database, the database 130 may include a control unit for integrating respective sub-databases into one and managing data exchange and control flow between them.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the takeout order service apparatus shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the takeout order service device 120 may include a product order receiving unit 210, a product order preparing unit 220, a product order completing unit 230, and a controller 240.

The product order receiving unit 210 may receive a product order based on a user location. In one embodiment, the product order receiving unit 210 may receive the location information of the user and receive the product order to the nearest store based on the location of the user. More specifically, the product order receiving unit 210 may detect a store closest to the user providing the user order product and receive the user's product order to prepare the product at the detected store.

The product order receiving unit 210 may perform payment at the same time as the product order. In one embodiment, the product order receiving unit 210 may request a payment according to the user's product order and receive the order of the product when the payment is completed. More specifically, the product order receiving unit 210 may determine a product preparation order by receiving a product order based on the user's location based on the user's payment. In one embodiment, the product order receiving unit 210 may determine whether to cancel the payment based on the product preparation order and determine the degree of penalty according to the cancellation. More specifically, the product order receiving unit 210 may not allow the user to cancel the payment when the product preparation order is reached and the preparation of the product of the user starts, and in this case, a penalty may be imposed on the user. For example, the product order receiving unit 210 may determine that the user charges 50% of the payment amount when canceling payment 3 minutes after the user's product order order is reached.

The product order preparation unit 220 may calculate a product preparation time of a product according to the product order. In one embodiment, the product order preparation unit 220 is prepared by adding up the preparation time according to the type of at least one product stored in the take-out order service device 120 or the database 130 according to the at least one product order Time data can be calculated. More specifically, the product order preparation unit 220 may calculate the product preparation time according to the following equation with the calculated product preparation time data and the received product order quantity information.

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는 A상품 내지 Z상품들 각각에 대한 주문량을, tr(Y)는 Y에 대한 트레이스 행렬값을, k는 설계자에 의해 변경 가능한 임의변수를, Tp는 주문에 대한 상품준비시간을 의미한다.Here, A to Z are goods A to Z, respectively, a to z are goods preparation time data of each of A to Z products

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Denotes an order quantity for each of the A to Z products, tr (Y) denotes a trace matrix value for Y, k denotes an arbitrary variable changeable by the designer, and Tp denotes a product preparation time for an order.

The product order preparation unit 220 may determine a product preparation order in preparation for the product preparation time and the location of the user, and update the product preparation order by periodically tracking the user position. In one embodiment, the product order preparation unit 220 may receive the user location information through the Global Positioning System (GPS), and if the user's location appears far from the calculated product preparation time, the product preparation order is at a predetermined level You can slow it down. For example, when the user's location is 30 minutes from the store and the product preparation time corresponds to 20 minutes, the user's product order preparation unit 220 may delay the user's product preparation order by 10 minutes. More specifically, the product order preparation unit 220 may update the product preparation order in preparation for the product preparation time and periodically updated user position. In one embodiment, the product order preparation unit 220 may determine the predetermined product preparation order by delaying a predetermined level when the updated user's position appears farther than the existing one. For example, when the location of the product main user is updated and is 10 minutes away from the existing location, the product order preparation unit 220 may delay the user's product preparation order by 10 minutes.

The product order preparation unit 220 may periodically provide product preparation information to the user terminal 110 when the product preparation order is reached. In one embodiment, the product order preparation unit 220 step-by-step the first preparation information to inform the user of the preparation of the goods and the second preparation information to inform the start of the packaging of the goods and the third preparation information to inform the completion of the goods It may be provided to the terminal 110.

The product order preparation unit 220 may provide a preparation notice of receipt of goods to the user terminal 110 based on the product preparation order and the location of the user. In one embodiment, the product order preparation unit 220 may provide a notification for recommending the preparation of the user's receipt of the product to the user terminal 110 when the user's position compared to the product preparation order appears in the distance. For example, the product order preparation unit 220 prepares the user until the product preparation order arrives in preparation for the time until the product preparation order arrives and the arrival time to the product receiving place according to the user's current location information. If it is determined that the arrival does not reach the destination may provide a user terminal 110 ready for receipt of goods.

The product order preparation unit 220 may determine a product preparation order based on a product preparation time when at least one user location is the same. In one embodiment, the product order preparation unit 220 may determine a product preparation order of a user having a longer product preparation time in a plurality of users of the same position than the product preparation order of a user having a short product preparation time. .

The product order preparation unit 220 may determine the product preparation order according to the proposition of receiving the product order when the location and the product preparation time are the same between at least one user. For example, the product order preparation unit 220 may preferentially determine the product preparation order of the first user when the reception of the product order of the first user precedes the reception of the product order of the second user.

The product order completion unit 230 may notify the user terminal 110 of a request for receiving a product when the product preparation is completed according to the product preparation order. More specifically, the product order completion unit 230 may provide a product receipt request message requesting the receipt of the prepared product to the user terminal 110 when the product preparation is completed and the product preparation is completed.

In one embodiment, the product order completion unit 230 may provide a goods receipt notification to the user terminal 110 through the beacon (beacon) system when the user's location corresponds to the goods receiving destination. Here, the beacon system may refer to a system for connecting to an information communication device such as a smart phone by using a beacon (beacon) that is a Bluetooth-based short-range wireless communication device. In one embodiment, the product order completion unit 230 may be connected to the beacon device of the goods receiving place and when the user arrives at the goods receiving place may communicate with the user's smartphone to provide a goods receipt notification message. In another exemplary embodiment, the product order completion unit 230 may provide a product receipt notification to the user terminal 110 and at the same time, display a product preparation order of a user through a display device (not shown) of the product receipt request. can do.

The commodity order completion unit 230 may provide a commodity receipt notification based on the prosecution of the commodity preparation order. In one embodiment, when the at least one user arrives at the destination of the goods, the product order completion unit 230 may first provide a goods receipt notification to the user that the product preparation order first reached between the users.

The controller 240 may control the overall operation of the takeout order service apparatus 120 and may manage a control flow between the product order receiving unit 210, the product order preparing unit 220, and the product order completing unit 230. .

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a takeout order service in the takeout order service device of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 3, the takeout order service device 120 may receive a product order based on the location of the user (S310). More specifically, the product order receiving unit 210 may receive a product order in the adjacent stores according to the location of the user. The takeout order service device 120 may calculate a product preparation time, determine a product preparation order in comparison with a user location, and periodically update the product preparation order by tracking the user location. The takeout order service device 120 may request receipt of a product from the user terminal 110 when the preparation of the product is completed according to the product preparation order (S330).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a product receipt notification providing process of a product order completion unit in a takeout order service device.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the user's location is identified as a product receiving place through GPS, the takeout order service device 120 may be connected to the beacon device to communicate with the user terminal 110 (S410). Take-out order service device 120 may provide a product receipt notification to the user terminal through the beacon system (S420). In one embodiment, the takeout order service device 120 may provide a goods receipt notification to a display device of a store corresponding to a goods receipt. The takeout order service device 120 may provide a goods receipt notification according to a goods preparation order when at least one user arrives at a goods receipt.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

100: Takeout Order Service System
110: user terminal
120: takeout order service device
130: database
210: product order receiving unit 220: product order preparation unit
230: product order completion unit 240: control unit

Claims (8)

A commodity order receiving unit which receives a commodity order based on a user location;
A product order preparation unit for calculating a product preparation time of a product according to the product order, determining a product preparation order based on the product preparation time relative to the user position, and periodically tracking the user position to update the product preparation order. ; And
And a product order completion unit to notify a user terminal of a request for receiving a product when the preparation of the product according to the product order is completed according to the product preparation order.
The method of claim 1, wherein the product order receiving unit
A request for payment at the same time as the product order, and when the payment is completed, the product order is received, and the takeout order service device, characterized in that determining the penalty of cancellation or cancellation of payment based on the product preparation order.
According to claim 1, wherein the product order preparation unit
And taking the product preparation information periodically to the user terminal when the product preparation order has been reached.
According to claim 1, wherein the product order preparation unit
The takeout order service device, characterized in that to provide a preparation notification of the receipt of goods to the user terminal based on the product preparation order and the user's real-time location.
According to claim 1, wherein the product order preparation unit
And taking out the product preparation order based on the product preparation time when the positions are the same between the at least one user.
According to claim 1, wherein the product order preparation unit
And the goods preparation order is determined according to the prosecution of the goods order reception when the location and the goods preparation time are the same between the at least one user.
According to claim 1, wherein the product order completion unit
And take-out order service device, characterized in that to provide a product receipt notification to the user terminal through a beacon (Beacon) system when the user location corresponds to the product receiving destination.
The method of claim 7, wherein the product order completion unit
The takeout order service device, characterized in that to provide the goods receipt notification based on the prosecution of the goods preparation order.

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