Patent ID: 11935144
Assignee: TILLSTER, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A cloud-accessible data center operable with a point of sale (POS) system associated with a plurality of restaurants, the cloud-accessible data center comprising:
a network interface controller configured to communicate with a wireless mobile computing device via a network and the POS via a separately addressable interface configured to communicate with the POS; and
a hardware processor configured to:
receive, via the network interface controller, a request from the wireless mobile computing device for a specific customer to check in,
in response to the request, automatically identify one of the plurality of restaurants with which to create an open ticket for adding food items,
provide instructions to the POS via the interface to automatically create the open ticket in the POS system for the identified restaurant,
query a remote database for information associated with the specific customer,
send, via the interface, the specific customer information to the POS system to be added to the open ticket so that the open ticket is uniquely associated with the specific customer, and
cause at least a portion of the specific customer information to be displayed at the identified one of the plurality of restaurants before the wireless mobile computing device arrives at the identified one of the plurality of restaurants.