KR20220089246A - Cyber food court service device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cyber food court service apparatus, comprising: a menu providing unit for providing a complex food menu composed of heterogeneous types of complex food cooked by different restaurants to a user terminal; an order generating unit for generating a single order by receiving the complex food based on the complex food menu; an order execution unit that searches for a corresponding restaurant based on a specific criterion for each of the compound foods in the single order and provides the corresponding food order to an order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant; and a cooking information processing unit configured to receive cooking information on each of the compound foods through an order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and provide the cooking information to a user.

Description

Cyber Food Court Service Device {CYBER FOOD COURT SERVICE DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a cyber food court service technology, and more particularly, to a cyber food court service device that introduces food made by others to a user and provides purchase and delivery thereof.

Due to the rapid change in the recent mobile environment, the share of delivery apps in the food delivery market is very large. In particular, the tendency of users to order food through delivery apps is increasing despite expensive delivery fees.

While delivery apps provide users with the convenience of ordering food, delivery fees are incurred and users can have limited access to restaurants that have contracts with delivery apps, which can cause a problem in narrowing the user's choice.

In particular, since the delivery app mainly provides menus that are popular with users, there is a difficulty in that the user has to spend a lot of time looking for various restaurant introduction pages in order to order the food they want. In addition, restaurants tend to prepare food based on popular menus, and despite the existence of various restaurants, the food menu is very limited, which is insufficient to satisfy all the various food tastes of users.

Therefore, there is a need to create a market environment that can promote cooperation between various restaurants while satisfying users' various food tastes.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1186819 (2012.09.24)

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a cyber food court service device that introduces food made by others to a user and provides it in lieu of purchase and delivery.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a cyber food court service device capable of providing a delivery service for various complex foods not provided by the existing ordering system by generating and processing various combinations of foods cooked at various restaurants in a single order. would like to provide

In embodiments, the cyber food court service apparatus may include: a menu providing unit for providing a complex food menu composed of heterogeneous types of complex food cooked by different restaurants to a user terminal; an order generating unit for generating a single order by receiving the complex food based on the complex food menu; an order execution unit that searches for a corresponding restaurant based on a specific criterion for each of the compound foods in the single order and provides the corresponding food order to an order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant; and a cooking information processing unit configured to receive cooking information on each of the compound foods through an order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and provide the cooking information to a user.

The menu providing unit may determine a consortium restaurant constituting a consortium among the different restaurants and provide the complex food menu by tying the consortium restaurant together.

The menu providing unit may provide food metadata associated with food in the complex food menu so that the corresponding restaurant can be searched.

The order executor may determine the type of the corresponding restaurant based on food metadata in each of the compound foods, and select at least one candidate restaurant based on the specific criterion.

The order execution unit may change the specific criterion according to the user's selection.

The order executor may determine one of the at least one candidate restaurant as the corresponding restaurant through the user's selection.

The order executor may access the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant to query whether the corresponding food order can be processed.

The cooking information processing unit may receive the cooking completion of the corresponding food order from the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and provide the cooking completion to the mobile terminal of the user.

The disclosed technology may have the following effects. However, this does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of the following effects or only the following effects, so the scope of the disclosed technology should not be understood as being limited thereby.

The cyber food court service device according to an embodiment of the present invention may introduce food made by another person to the user and provide it instead of purchasing and delivering the food.

The cyber food court service device according to an embodiment of the present invention generates and processes various combinations of foods cooked at various restaurants in a single order, thereby providing a delivery service related to various complex foods that cannot be provided by the existing ordering system. It may be possible.

1 is a view for explaining a cyber food court service system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the system configuration of the cyber food court service device in FIG. 1 .
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining the functional configuration of the cyber food court service device in FIG. 1 .
4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the operation of the cyber food court service system according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the operation of the cyber food court service system according to the present invention.

Since the description of the present invention is merely an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiment described in the text. That is, since the embodiment may have various changes and may have various forms, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention includes equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, since the object or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of them or only such effects, it should not be understood that the scope of the present invention is 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 for distinguishing one component from another, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, a first component may be termed a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be termed a first component.

When a component is referred to as being “connected to” another component, it may be directly connected to the other component, but it should be understood that other components may exist in between. On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a certain element is "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that the other element does not exist in the middle. Meanwhile, other expressions describing the relationship between elements, that is, "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to", etc., should be interpreted similarly.

The singular expression is to be understood as including the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and terms such as "comprises" or "have" refer to the embodied feature, number, step, action, component, part or these It is intended to indicate that a combination exists, and it should be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of the existence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

In each step, identification numbers (eg, a, b, c, etc.) are used for convenience of description, and identification numbers do not describe the order of each step, and each step clearly indicates a specific order in context. Unless otherwise specified, it may occur in a different order from the specified order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

The present invention can be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording devices in which data readable by a computer system is stored. . Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like. In addition, the computer-readable recording medium is distributed in a computer system connected to a network, so that the computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Terms defined in the dictionary should be interpreted as being consistent with the meaning of the context of the related art, and cannot be interpreted as having an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.

The cyber food court service may correspond to an Internet service that provides a virtual restaurant where food can be ordered. The cyber food court service may be basically provided through the web, may be provided as a mobile service operated on the user's smartphone, and is not necessarily limited thereto, and may be provided through various channels. By selecting food sold at various restaurants in one space, the cyber food court can execute combinations of foods sold at different restaurants through one single order. That is, the user can complete the order based on only the information about the food selected by the user, and can conveniently execute the food order in that the restaurant that actually cooks each food is not specifically designated.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 .

1 is a view for explaining a cyber food court service system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the cyber food court service system 100 may include a user terminal 110 , a cyber food court service device 130 , a database 150 , and an order processing terminal 170 .

The user terminal 110 may correspond to a computing device that can select and order food that the user wants by using the cyber food court service. The user terminal 110 may be implemented as a smartphone, a notebook computer, or a computer, but is not limited thereto, and may be implemented in various devices such as a tablet PC. The user terminal 110 may be connected to the cyber food court service apparatus 130 through a network, and a plurality of user terminals 110 may be simultaneously connected to the cyber food court service apparatus 130 .

In addition, the user terminal 110 may include a camera module capable of capturing an image, and may install and execute a dedicated program or application for using the cyber food court service. In one embodiment, the user terminal 110 may include a restaurant terminal operated in a restaurant, a delivery man terminal that performs food delivery, and the like, and is used as a term distinct from an order processing terminal used for receiving an order in a restaurant do.

The cyber food court service device 130 may be implemented as a server corresponding to a computer or program capable of providing a virtual restaurant service defined online. That is, the cyber food court service device 130 introduces various combinations of foods through the virtual restaurant space, creates a single order for the combinations of foods determined by the user's selection, and integrates reception, payment and delivery. can To this end, the cyber food court service device 130 may register related information as service contents through a prior contract with various restaurants, and the registered restaurant and food information is exposed to users and provided as information available for actual service. can be

In addition, the cyber food court service device 130 may be connected to the user terminal 110 and the order processing terminal 170 through a wired network or a wireless network such as Bluetooth or WiFi, and the user terminal 110 and order processing through the network. Communication with the terminal 170 may be performed. In addition, the cyber food court service device 130 may operate in connection with an external system (not shown in FIG. 1 ), for example, a transportation system, a community system, an authentication system, and a payment system associated with restaurant operation. It can operate in conjunction with various external systems.

The database 150 may correspond to a storage device that stores various information required in the operation process of the cyber food court service device 130 . The database 150 may store various restaurants and food information, and may store information for order reception, payment, and delivery, and is not necessarily limited thereto, and the cyber food court service device 130 performs the cyber food court online. In the process of providing services, information collected or processed in various forms may be stored.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the system configuration of the cyber food court service device in FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 2 , the cyber food court service device 130 may be implemented to include a processor 210 , a memory 230 , a user input/output unit 250 , and a network input/output unit 270 .

The processor 210 may execute a procedure for processing each step in the process in which the cyber food court service device 130 operates, and manage the memory 230 that is read or written throughout the process, the memory A synchronization time between the volatile memory and the non-volatile memory in 230 may be scheduled. The processor 210 may control the overall operation of the cyber food court service device 130 , and is electrically connected to the memory 230 , the user input/output unit 250 , and the network input/output unit 270 to control the data flow between them. can be controlled The processor 210 may be implemented as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the cyber food court service device 130 .

The memory 230 is implemented as a non-volatile memory, such as a solid state drive (SSD) or a hard disk drive (HDD), and may include an auxiliary storage device used to store overall data required for the cyber food court service device 130 . and may include a main memory implemented as a volatile memory such as random access memory (RAM).

The user input/output unit 250 may include an environment for receiving a user input and an environment for outputting specific information to the user. For example, the user input/output unit 250 may include an input device including an adapter such as a touch pad, a touch screen, an on-screen keyboard, or a pointing device, and an output device including an adapter such as a monitor or a touch screen. In an embodiment, the user input/output unit 250 may correspond to a computing device accessed through remote access, and in such a case, the cyber food court service device 130 may be implemented as an independent server.

The network input/output unit 270 includes an environment for connecting with an external device or system through a network, for example, a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a VAN (Wide Area Network) (VAN). It may include an adapter for communication such as Value Added Network).

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining the functional configuration of the cyber food court service device in FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 3 , the cyber food court service device 130 may include a menu providing unit 310 , an order generating unit 330 , an order executing unit 350 , a cooking information processing unit 370 , and a control unit 390 . can

The menu providing unit 310 may provide the user terminal 110 with a complex food menu composed of heterogeneous types of complex food cooked by different restaurants. That is, the compound food may be defined as a combination of different types of food prepared in different restaurants. For example, when food 1 corresponds to jjajangmyeon at a Chinese restaurant and food 2 corresponds to pizza at a pizzeria, the food combination including foods 1 and 2 may correspond to a complex food. The menu providing unit 310 may create a menu related to complex food and provide it to the user terminal 110, through which the user selects various combinations of individual foods cooked at different restaurants to suit his or her taste. You can ask to order food.

In an embodiment, the menu providing unit 310 may determine a consortium restaurant constituting a consortium among different restaurants, and provide a complex food menu by tying the consortium restaurant together. In other words, if there is a cooperative relationship between the restaurants, a consortium restaurant may be created when an agreement regarding the consortium restaurant is established between the corresponding restaurants under mutual agreement, and the menu providing unit 310 provides the food of the restaurant belonging to the consortium restaurant. It is possible to create a complex food menu in which only the participants participate and provide it to the user terminal 110 . In other words, since the complex food ordered by the user is composed of food cooked by the consortium restaurant, the restaurants can form a single economic community unit as a cooperative relationship that simultaneously generates profits.

On the other hand, the menu providing unit 310 may provide each restaurant account with a function for creating a consortium restaurant, and a restaurant that wants a consortium requests a consortium from the target restaurant, and when the target restaurant approves the request, the consortium A restaurant may be created. In addition, an integrated management function for requesting participation of another restaurant or leaving an existing restaurant in a state in which the consortium restaurant is created may be provided.

In an embodiment, the menu providing unit 310 may provide food metadata associated with food in the complex food menu to search for a corresponding restaurant. That is, the user may check information on foods related to each complex food menu through the complex food menu, and in particular, may search for specific information about a restaurant where the corresponding food is prepared for a specific food. To this end, the menu providing unit 310 may include food metadata associated with each food while configuring the complex food menu. Here, the food metadata is data about each food, and may include information about a restaurant name and location, food ingredients and quantity and price, average cooking time, average delivery time, rating, and the like.

The order generating unit 330 may generate a single order by receiving a complex food based on the complex food menu. The user may directly select a compound food menu through the shopping cart function and add it to the shopping cart, and may finally decide to complete the order while a plurality of compound food menus are included. In this case, the order generating unit 330 may generate a single order for a plurality of compound food menus contained in the shopping cart. In this case, the order generating unit 330 may manage information about a single order by classifying the foods included in the complex food menus by type and then subdividing them into food units.

The order execution unit 350 may search for a corresponding restaurant based on a specific criterion for each of the compound foods in a single order, and provide the corresponding food order to the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant. Since the food included in the complex food does not have a designated restaurant for cooking the food, the order execution unit 350 may designate a restaurant for cooking each food in units of the complex food. To this end, the order execution unit 350 may search for a restaurant for each food according to a predetermined allocation rule, and may process an order reception for the corresponding food by interworking with the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant. As a result, according to the operation of the order execution unit 350 , each food included in the compound food may be automatically received through the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant.

In an embodiment, the order executor 350 may determine a type of a corresponding restaurant based on food metadata in each of the compound foods, and select at least one candidate restaurant based on a specific criterion. For example, in relation to a specific food, the order execution unit 350 may determine the type of the corresponding restaurant based on the type of restaurant, food ingredients, etc. included in the corresponding food metadata. In addition, the order execution unit 350 selectively applies criteria such as popularity, rating, delivery distance, delivery fee, chef, average delivery time, and number of orders to the restaurants belonging to the type of restaurant, and is located at the top of each criterion. Candidate restaurants can be selected.

In an embodiment, the order execution unit 350 may change a specific criterion according to a user's selection. That is, the user may change the criteria for determining a candidate restaurant so that a specific dish can be cooked at a restaurant desired by the user. For example, if the user wants food to arrive as quickly as possible, the user may change the delivery distance as the top priority so that the restaurant can be determined according to the delivery distance. In addition, when the user desires to cook food at a restaurant with a low delivery fee, the user may change the delivery fee to the highest priority so that the restaurant can be determined according to the delivery fee.

In an embodiment, the order executor 350 may determine one of the at least one candidate restaurant as the corresponding restaurant through the user's selection. The order executor 350 may determine a candidate restaurant according to a set criterion and provide it to the user through the user terminal 110 , and the user may determine a restaurant for each dish from among the candidate restaurants.

In an embodiment, the order execution unit 350 may access the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant to query whether the corresponding food order can be processed. The order execution unit 350 may query the order processing terminal 170 whether it is possible to process the order before processing the reception of the cooking order through the order processing terminal 170 , and from the order processing terminal 170 . By receiving the corresponding response, it is possible to determine whether to accept the final order. If, upon receiving a response that the order cannot be accepted from the order processing terminal 170, the order execution unit 350 may access the order processing terminal 170 of the next-order restaurant to perform order acceptance processing.

In one embodiment, the order executor 350 processes the order reception through the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant for each of the foods belonging to the compound food, and then monitors the order processing status of the other restaurant in real time to create a complex It may provide an update of the order receipt status regarding food. For example, in the case where the compound food consists of food a and food b, food a is ordered at restaurant A, and food b is ordered at restaurant B, respectively, the order execution unit 350 orders the restaurants A and B. The processing status can be monitored.

If the cooking of the food a at the restaurant A is completed and there is no additional order, the cooking of the food b at the restaurant B is still waiting, the order execution unit 350 cancels the order reception for the food b at the restaurant B and , by processing the order reception for the food b through the order processing terminal 170 of the restaurant A, it is possible to update the order reception status for the complex food. Through this, the order execution unit 350 may operate so that the cooking of the compound food can be completed in the shortest possible time.

In an embodiment, the order execution unit 350 determines a restaurant with a high priority according to a criterion selected by the user when there are at least two restaurants that can accept an order in a situation where the update of the order reception status is required, and the order reception status of the update operation can be performed. For example, if there are two or more other restaurants in the process of canceling an existing order reception and processing an order reception to another restaurant, if the user selects based on the delivery fee, the restaurant with the lowest delivery fee is accepted may be provided, and the order receipt status may be updated.

The cooking information processing unit 370 may receive cooking information about each compound food through the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant and provide the cooking information to the user. The cooking information processing unit 370 may receive information on the cooking waiting time and the expected cooking time at the corresponding restaurant in the process of processing the order reception to the order processing terminal 170, and integrating the information on the cooking information on the compound food may be provided to the user terminal 110 .

In an embodiment, the cooking information processing unit 370 may receive the cooking completion of the corresponding food order from the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant and provide the cooking completion to the user's mobile terminal. The cooking information processing unit 370 may receive a notification regarding completion of cooking from the order processing terminal 170 , and may provide a corresponding notification to the user terminal 110 . Through this, the user can check the current status of the complex food ordered by the user in real time.

The control unit 390 controls the overall operation of the cyber food court service device 130 , and a control flow between the menu providing unit 310 , the order generating unit 330 , the order executing unit 350 , and the cooking information processing unit 370 . Or you can manage the data flow.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the operation of the cyber food court service system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the cyber food court service device 130 provides the user terminal 110 with a complex food menu composed of different types of complex food cooked by different restaurants through the menu providing unit 310 . can be (step S410). The cyber food court service device 130 may generate a single order by receiving a complex food based on the complex food menu through the order generating unit 330 (step S430).

In addition, the cyber food court service device 130 searches for a corresponding restaurant based on a specific criterion for each compound food in a single order through the order execution unit 350 and sends the corresponding food to the order processing terminal 170 of the restaurant. An order may be provided (step S450). The cyber food court service device 130 may receive cooking information regarding each compound food through the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant through the cooking information processing unit 370 and provide the cooking information to the user (step S470). ).

In one embodiment, the cyber food court service device 130 may generate a delivery route for the complex food ordered by the user and provide it to the delivery man terminal. Specifically, the cyber food court service device 130 may collect information on the delivery location and the cooking completion time for each food of the complex food, and may estimate the corresponding food receipt time based on the cooking completion time, and delivery It is possible to create a delivery route for a complex food in consideration of the location and food pickup time. The delivery man can complete the food delivery to the final delivery destination after receiving each food belonging to the complex food in turn while following the delivery route.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the operation of the cyber food court service system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the cyber food court service device 130 may register information on food cooked in a restaurant through a contract with the restaurants in advance. The cyber food court service device 130 may provide various complex food menus to the user terminal 110 , and the user may select and order a complex food related to a combination of foods desired by the user.

The cyber food court service device 130 may generate and process a compound food according to the user's selection as a single order. The cyber food court service device 130 may determine a restaurant for cooking for each food of the complex food and process the order reception. In FIG. 5 , with respect to the compound food composed of food a and b, an order may be received for food a to restaurant A and food b to restaurant B. To this end, the cyber food court service device 130 may operate in conjunction with the order processing terminal 170 of each restaurant.

In an embodiment, the cyber food court service device 130 may monitor the order processing status of each restaurant by interworking with the order processing terminal 170 . In FIG. 5 , when cooking at restaurant A for food a is completed, the cyber food court service device 130 may receive a message regarding completion of cooking of food a from the order processing terminal 1 . In this case, the cyber food court service device 130 may query the order processing terminal 2 of the restaurant B for the cooking status of the other food b and receive a response thereof. If the food b is still waiting to be cooked at the restaurant B, the cyber food court service device 130 may cancel the order reception for the food b, and a new restaurant A waiting for the order reception for the food b. can provide

As a result, cooking for food b can be processed faster through restaurant A than when it is cooked at restaurant B. The cyber food court service device 130 can increase user satisfaction by enabling quick processing of cooking and delivery of complex foods through real-time monitoring of order processing status and update of order reception.

Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can variously modify and change the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that it can be done.

100: cyber food court service system
110: user terminal 130: cyber food court service device
150: database 170: order processing terminal
210: processor 230: memory
250: user input/output unit 270: network input/output unit
310: menu providing unit 330: order generating unit
350: order execution unit 370: cooking information processing unit
390: control unit

Claims (8)

a menu providing unit for providing a complex food menu composed of heterogeneous types of complex food cooked by different restaurants to a user terminal;
an order generating unit receiving the complex food based on the complex food menu and generating a single order;
an order execution unit that searches for a corresponding restaurant based on a specific criterion for each of the compound foods in the single order and provides the corresponding food order to an order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant; and
and a cooking information processing unit configured to receive cooking information on each of the compound foods through an order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and provide the cooking information to a user.
The method of claim 1, wherein the menu providing unit
A cyber food court service device, characterized in that, among the different restaurants, a consortium restaurant constituting a consortium is determined, and the consortium restaurant is bundled to provide the complex food menu.
The method of claim 1, wherein the menu providing unit
The cyber food court service device, characterized in that it provides food metadata related to the food in the complex food menu so that the corresponding restaurant can be searched.
According to claim 1, wherein the order execution unit
The cyber food court service device, characterized in that determining the type of the corresponding restaurant based on the food metadata in each of the compound foods, and selecting at least one candidate restaurant based on the specific criterion.
According to claim 4, wherein the order execution unit
A cyber food court service device, characterized in that the specific standard can be changed according to the user's selection.
According to claim 4, wherein the order execution unit
The cyber food court service apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the at least one candidate restaurant is determined as the corresponding restaurant through the user's selection.
The method of claim 6, wherein the order execution unit
The cyber food court service device, characterized in that by accessing the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and querying whether the corresponding food order can be processed.
The method of claim 1, wherein the cooking information processing unit
The cyber food court service device, characterized in that receiving completion of cooking of the corresponding food order from the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and providing the completion of cooking to the user's mobile terminal.

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