PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16378263
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["705", "015000"]

Abstract:
The present invention includes methods and apparatus for the automated provision of goods through the use of scanning systems. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for automatically conveying which goods are being ordered, where the goods will be picked up, an associated method of payment, kitchen fulfillment, item tracking, and automatic delivery by a dispenser apparatus. In preferred embodiments, the present invention is applied to the automated ordering and pick-up of food items at a fast food restaurant and delivery to a food dispenser at a customer location.

Claim (Index 12):
An automated food dispenser dispensing food prepared for consumption by a human, the dispenser comprising:\n a) a container comprising multiple disparate bins, each bin suitable for storing prepared food and comprising thermal insulation from atmospheric temperature ambient to the respective bins; b) a digital input device for receiving a unique order identifier associated with a customer comprising:\n i) an automated barcode, QR Code, image associated with a package label, or other unique order identifier recognition device; and \n ii) a computer capable of transmitting information relayed by unique identifier and verified by a verification means to the automated food dispenser for further processing; \n c) a receiver for receiving digital information via a distributed network; d) a processor in communication with a storage device storing executable code for causing the processor to:\n i) receive an order comprising food items; \n ii) associate the order with a customer, a delivery entity, and the unique order identifier; \n iii) verify payment status associated with a customer order; \n iv) display on a graphical interface the food items; \n v) associate the container to receive food items comprising the order; \n vi) register placement of the food items comprising the order into the container; \n vii) receive into a digital input device a user input into the digital input device, the user input comprising the unique order identifier; and \n viii) transmit a command to make contents of the container available to the user; and \n e) automation for delivering the bins containing the ordered food items to a proper delivery entity upon recognition of a unique customer identifier following confirmation of customer payment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63934
- Patent Class: 705.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15969640', '15799331', '15901393', '11540945', '11603321']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.1332651248829625
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5908397627928524
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.1790225886739515
- Mean Citation Score: 364.737064
- Max Citation Score: 535.8054
- Similarity Product: 435.1243999994516

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test