Appeal 2007-0647
Application 10/421,366
THE INVENTION
Appellants invented a wireless drive-thru system and a method for
facilitating an order (Specification 1).
Independent claims 1 and 53 are illustrative:
1. A system comprising:
a customer authentication and payment server;
a merchant data server, the merchant data server
coupled to a public data network, the public data
network coupled to the customer authentication
and payment server;
a merchant network coupled to the merchant data
server; and
a merchant station coupled to the merchant
network, the merchant station including a
communication interface to provide for adhoc
wireless communication between the merchant
data server and wireless communication devices of
customers located within a wireless coverage area,
the merchant station adapted to provide an order
selection menu to the wireless communication
devices to facilitate a transaction, the order
selection menu comprising a text description and
an image associated with at least one item on the
order selection menu.
53. A method of processing a wireless data reservation
request at a restaurant, the method comprising:
receiving a notification at a data server that a
telematics control unit is detected within a
wireless coverage area;
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