US Patent:
20100211436, Aug 19, 2010
Inventors:
Nathaniel L. Checketts - Lehi UT, US
M. Blake Ferguson - Spanish Fork UT, US
Harold F. Widlansky - Salt Lake City UT, US
David B. McNamee - Farmington UT, US
Dallas J. Earl - Cedar Hills UT, US
Richard J. Bertlesen - Springville UT, US
Assignee:
Mangia Technologies, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT
International Classification:
G06Q 30/00
G06Q 99/00
G06Q 10/00
G06Q 40/00
G06F 17/30
G06Q 20/00
H04M 3/42
US Classification:
705 10, 705 26, 705 28, 705 40, 4554141, 707E17044, 705 11
Abstract:
An apparatus , and system may be embodied as an article or method implementing transactions between a central or “core” application , a fulfillment application at a venue, and a wireless communication application hosted on a computing device , such as a cell phone, of an attendee at an event at that venue. Customers may sign up online, through a various types of web applications or dedicated applications , to receive information, such as menus, catalogs, or the like of available products to be at the event. The core application may manage a database of records of customers, products, and fulfillment locations. The core application may send to fulfillment applications hosted by other computers at fulfillment locations instructions to dispatch “runners” to deliver products to seat locations of customers who may order products (e.g., food, merchandise, etc.) over cell phones or other internet-connected, wireless computer devices at a venue.