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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Grubhub Holdings, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Maloney, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
GrubHub Holdings, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0834 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0835 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08355 (2013.01); G06Q 30/016 (2013.01);
Abstract
An order server operated by a restaurant service communicates with a restaurant server and a driver to retrieve incentive based food preparation and delivery time frames for an order. Using the time frames, the order server formulate a list of incentive based delivery plans, and provides the list to a diner device. From the diner device, the order server receives a selected incentive based delivery plan for the order from the list.