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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Cynthia A. Vandewall, Snohomish, WA (US);
Blake Lane, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Craig Vogel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Leigh Ann Popik, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kristen McIntyre, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ryan Reese, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alberto De Icaza, Cincinnati, OH (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An aircraft dining system and method are configured to allow a passenger for a scheduled flight of an aircraft to order one or more items from restaurants within an airport. The aircraft dining system includes an order fulfiller including an order fulfillment control unit that is configured to receive an order for an item from a restaurant within the airport from the passenger for the scheduled flight so that the item is delivered to the aircraft or an area proximate to the aircraft prior to the aircraft departing the airport. In at least one embodiment, an ordering device includes an ordering control unit that is configured to allow the passenger to submit the order.