Application for automatic ordering of food items

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016379293-A1
Application number	US-201514753392-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 29, 2015
Priority date	Jun 29, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for automatic ordering of food from a restaurant. In one aspect, the method includes determining at least one suggested restaurant from a plurality of restaurants based on a history of the user, at least one recent activity of the user, and information about the plurality of restaurants.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer implemented method for automatic ordering of food from a restaurant, the method comprising:
determining at least one suggested restaurant for a user from a plurality of restaurants based on a history of the user, at least one recent activity of the user, and information about the plurality of restaurants.

2 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting an order for food to a selected restaurant from the at least one suggested restaurant based on an indication from the user accepting the order for food from the selected restaurant.

3 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the history of the user includes one or more of: a contact list of the user; a phone log of the user; a history of browser activity of the user; a history of social media activity of the user; a history of biometric response of the user; and a calendar of the user.

4 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein information about the plurality of restaurants include one or more of the following: a travel time for the user to each of the plurality of restaurants; hours of operation of each of the plurality of restaurants; and social media activity of each of the plurality of restaurants.

5 . The computer implemented method of claim 4 , wherein social media activity of each of the plurality of restaurants comprises: ratings for each of the plurality of restaurants; reviews for each of the plurality of restaurants; and social media activity about each of the plurality of restaurants by at least one user associated with the user.

6 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining at least one alternate suggested restaurant based on receiving an indication from the user rejecting the plurality of restaurants.

7 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing an order for food from a selected restaurant based on at least one advertisement from the plurality of restaurants and an indication from the user of the selected restaurant from the plurality of restaurants; and transmitting the order for food to the selected restaurant based on receiving an indication from the user accepting the order for food from the selected restaurant.

8 . A computer program product for automatic ordering of food from a restaurant, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media; and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine at least one suggested restaurant for a user from a plurality of restaurants based on a history of the user, at least one recent activity of the user, and information about the plurality of restaurants.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
transmit an order for food to a selected restaurant from the at least one suggested restaurant based on an indication from the user accepting the order for food from the selected restaurant.

10 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the history of the user includes one or more of: a contact list of the user; a phone log of the user; a history of browser activity of the user; a history of social media activity of the user; a history of biometric response of the user; and a calendar of the user.

11 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein information about the plurality of restaurants include one or more of the following: a travel time for the user to each of the plurality of restaurants; hours of operation of each of the plurality of restaurants; and social media activity of each of the plurality of restaurants.

12 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein social media activity of each of the plurality of restaurants comprises: ratings for each of the plurality of restaurants; reviews for each of the plurality of restaurants; and social media activity about each of the plurality of restaurants by at least one user associated with the user.

13 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
determine at least one alternate suggested restaurant based on receiving an indication from the user rejecting the plurality of restaurants.

14 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
provide an order for food from a selected restaurant based on at least one advertisement from the plurality of restaurants and an indication from the user of the selected restaurant from the plurality of restaurants; and transmit the order for food to the selected restaurant based on receiving an indication from the user accepting the order for food from the selected restaurant.

15 . A computer system for automatic ordering of food from a restaurant, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors; one or more computer readable storage media; and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine at least one suggested restaurant for a user from a plurality of restaurants based on a history of the user, at least one recent activity of the user, and information about the plurality of restaurants.

16 . The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, to:
transmit an order for food to a selected restaurant from the at least one suggested restaurant based on an indication from the user accepting the order for food from the selected restaurant.

17 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the history of the user includes one or more of: a contact list of the user; a phone log of the user; a history of browser activity of the user; a history of social media activity of the user; a history of biometric response of the user; and a calendar of the user.

18 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein information about the plurality of restaurants include one or more of the following: a travel time for the user to each of the plurality of restaurants; hours of operation of each of the plurality of restaurants; and social media activity of each of the plurality of restaurants.

19 . The computer system of claim 18 , wherein social media activity of each of the plurality of restaurants comprises: ratings for each of the plurality of restaurants; reviews for each of the plurality of restaurants; and social media activity about each of the plurality of restaurants by at least one user associated with the user.

20 . The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, to:
determine at least one alternate suggested restaurant based on receiving an indication from the user rejecting the plurality of restaurants.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Barajas Gonzalez Emmanuel
• Harrington Shaun E
• Reed David C
• Smith Max D

Classifications

• G06Q30/0631 Primary

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q50/12

  Hotels or restaurants · CPC title