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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Stefano Alexander Scotto, Chicago, IL (US);
Rhiannon Sterling Zivin, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Stefano Alexander Scotto, Chicago, IL (US);
Rhiannon Sterling Zivin, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
GrubHub, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A utility for determining the competitors of a subject restaurant accesses a database that contains information about other, nearby restaurants. The utility assigns a competitor score to each restaurant within the maximum radius based on the distance from the subject restaurant, as well as the cuisine types, menus, and order histories of the subject and competitor restaurants.