PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969640
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
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.

Claim (Index 11):
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) at least one cup holder within at least one bin, said cup holder shaped to maintain cup containing fluid in an upright position while the cup is in the cup holder; c) a digital input device for receiving a unique order identifier from a customer; d) a receiver for receiving digital information via a distributed network; e) a processor in communication with a storage device storing executable code for causing the processor to:\n i) receive an order comprising food items and food preparation; \n ii) associate the order with a customer and the unique order identifier; \n iii) verify payment status associated with a customer order; \n iv) display on a user interface the food items and food preparation; \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 identifier; and \n viii) transmit a command to make contents of the container available to the user; and \n f) automation for providing bin movement within the dispenser to facilitate loading of the ordered food items into the bins and pickup of the ordered food items based upon input of the unique order identifier.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.52542
- Patent Class: 705.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15901393', '15799331', '11540945', '11603321', '14831858']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.1162034883779342
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5514122300451768
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.1597243625446585
- Mean Citation Score: 292.627026
- Max Citation Score: 419.41342
- Similarity Product: 299.91270799991366

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 0
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

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