Patent ID: 8936192
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A scanning and ordering system, comprising: a wireless communication device having a non-volatile memory that persistently stores a product ordering software program and a scanner configured to scan a plurality of information sources and in response to said scan to wirelessly transmit data indicative of a product order corresponding with one of the plurality of the information sources to an automated processing subsystem, wherein the device is further configured to obtain data from the one of the plurality of scanned information sources representative of an electronic communication address embedded therein for accessing the automated processing subsystem, and wherein the device has a data storage storing data corresponding to a plurality of products associated with the plurality of information sources, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to determine geographic information associated with the information source and the electronic communication address for a transportation entity based on a barcode associated with the information source, and to contact the transportation entity based on the electronic communication address and the geographic information to facilitate a transportation pickup.