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 1):
A method of dispensing food items prepared for consumption by a customer, the method comprising the steps of:\n a) receiving programmable code for execution on a customer smart device; b) entering into the customer smart device an identification of the customer; c) receiving a desired delivery destination from the customer smart device; d) displaying on the customer smart device a preferred restaurant based on a restaurant criterion, wherein the restaurant criterion comprises at least one of: one or more preferred restaurants; a first predetermined distance from the customer to restaurants located within the first predetermined distance; and a second predetermined distance from the desired delivery destination to restaurants located within the second predetermined distance. e) receiving from the customer smart device a selected preferred restaurant; f) generating an order comprising food items into a customer interface on the customer smart device; g) transmitting the order comprising food items to the selected preferred restaurant; h) transmitting payment information for an amount based upon at least one of: the food items and a delivery fee; i) displaying a unique identifier associated with the order for food items; j) conveying a customer identification associated with the order for food items to at least one of: the selected preferred restaurant and a delivery driver; l) selecting a delivery driver based on a delivery driver criterion, wherein the delivery driver criterion comprises at least one: position of the delivery driver relative to the customer; position of the delivery driver relative to the preferred restaurant; association of delivery driver with a delivery driver service; and approximated cost of delivery driver. m) using global positioning system coordinates, generating a desired route from the restaurant to a first automated food dispenser located proximate to the desired delivery location; n) based upon conveyance of a delivery identifier to the first automated dispenser, causing the first automated food dispenser to receive the food items, wherein the delivery identifier comprises at least one of: the unique identifier, a barcode, a package label, a name, input from an image capture device, or input from a keypad; and o) based upon conveyance of a receipt identifier, causing the first automated food dispenser to dispense the food items, wherein the receipt identifier comprises at least one of: the delivery identifier, the unique identifier, a barcode, a package label, a name, input from an image capture device, or input from a keypad.

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): 0.1325586910648383
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5945234296478297
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.1787551649231374
- Mean Citation Score: 364.737064
- Max Citation Score: 535.8054
- Similarity Product: 451.1770534118057

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