KR102621974B1 - Cyber food court service device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cyber food court service device, comprising: a menu providing unit that provides a composite food menu composed of heterogeneous types of composite foods prepared by different restaurants to a user terminal; an order creation unit that receives the complex food based on the complex food menu and generates a single order; an order execution unit that searches a corresponding restaurant based on specific criteria for each complex food in the single order and provides the corresponding food order to the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant; and a cooking information processing unit that receives cooking information about each of the complex foods through the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and provides the cooking information to the user.

Description

Cyber food court service device {CYBER FOOD COURT SERVICE DEVICE}

The present invention relates to cyber food court service technology, and more specifically, to a cyber food court service device that introduces food prepared by others to users and provides purchase and delivery of it.

Due to recent rapid changes in the mobile environment, delivery apps account for a very large portion of the food delivery market. In particular, there is a growing tendency for users to order food through delivery apps despite expensive delivery fees.

While delivery apps provide users with the convenience of ordering food, they may incur delivery fees and have limited access to restaurants that have signed a contract with the delivery app, narrowing the user's options.

In particular, given that delivery apps mainly provide menus that are popular with users, users have the difficulty of having to spend a considerable amount of time searching through various restaurant introduction pages in order to order the food they want. In addition, restaurants tend to prepare food based on popular menus, so although there are a variety of restaurants, the food menu is very limited and is insufficient to satisfy all of the users' diverse food tastes.

Therefore, there is a need to create a market environment that can promote cooperation between various restaurants while satisfying users' diverse food tastes.

Korean Patent No. 10-1186819 (2012.09.24)

One embodiment of the present invention seeks to provide a cyber food court service device that introduces food prepared by others to users and provides purchase and delivery on their behalf.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a cyber food court service device that enables delivery services for various complex foods that cannot be provided in existing ordering systems by generating and processing various combinations of foods prepared in various restaurants as a single order. We would like to provide

Among embodiments, a cyber food court service device includes a menu providing unit that provides a composite food menu composed of heterogeneous types of composite foods prepared by different restaurants to a user terminal; an order creation unit that receives the complex food based on the complex food menu and generates a single order; an order execution unit that searches a corresponding restaurant based on specific criteria for each composite food in the single order and provides the corresponding food order to the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant; and a cooking information processing unit that receives cooking information about each of the complex foods through the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and provides the cooking information to the user.

The menu providing unit may determine a consortium restaurant that forms a consortium among the different restaurants and provide the composite food menu by grouping the consortium restaurants.

The menu provider may provide food metadata associated with the food in the complex food menu so that the corresponding restaurant can be searched.

The order execution unit may determine the type of the corresponding restaurant based on food metadata in each of the composite foods and select at least one candidate restaurant based on the specific criteria.

The order execution unit may allow the specific criteria to be changed according to the user's selection.

The order execution unit may determine one of the at least one candidate restaurant as the corresponding restaurant through selection by the user.

The order execution unit may access the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and inquire whether the corresponding food order can be processed.

The cooking information processing unit may receive the cooking completion of the food order from the order processing terminal of the restaurant and provide the cooking completion to the user's mobile terminal.

The disclosed technology can have the following effects. However, since it does not mean that a specific embodiment must include all of the following effects or only the following effects, the scope of rights of the disclosed technology should not be understood as being limited thereby.

The cyber food court service device according to an embodiment of the present invention can introduce food prepared by others to the user and provide purchase and delivery of the food on their behalf.

The cyber food court service device according to an embodiment of the present invention generates and processes various combinations of foods prepared at various restaurants as a single order, thereby providing a delivery service for various complex foods that cannot be provided by the existing ordering system. It may be possible.

1 is a diagram explaining a cyber food court service system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the system configuration of the cyber food court service device in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the functional configuration of the cyber food court service device in FIG. 1.
Figure 4 is a flowchart explaining an embodiment of the operation of the cyber food court service system according to the present invention.
Figure 5 is a flowchart explaining an embodiment of the operation of the cyber food court service system according to the present invention.

Since the description of the present invention is only an example for structural or functional explanation, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as limited by the examples described in the text. In other words, since the embodiments can be modified in various ways and can have various forms, the scope of rights of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents that can realize the technical idea. In addition, the purpose or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment must include all or only such effects, so the scope of the present invention should not be understood as limited thereby.

Meanwhile, the meaning of the terms described in this application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as “first” and “second” are used to distinguish one component from another component, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, a first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component.

When a component is referred to as being “connected” to another component, it should be understood that it may be directly connected to the other component, but that other components may also exist in between. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being “directly connected” to another component, it should be understood that there are no other components in between. Meanwhile, other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring" and "directly neighboring" should be interpreted similarly.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and terms such as “comprise” or “have” refer to implemented features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or them. It is intended to specify the existence of a combination, and should be understood as not excluding in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

For each step, identification codes (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) are used for convenience of explanation. The identification codes do not explain the order of each step, and each step clearly follows a specific order in context. Unless specified, events may occur differently from the specified order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the opposite order.

The present invention can be implemented as computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording devices that store data that can be read by a computer system. . Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, and optical data storage devices. Additionally, the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed across computer systems connected to a network, so that computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

All terms used herein, unless otherwise defined, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the field to which the present invention pertains. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as consistent with the meaning they have in the context of the related technology, and cannot be interpreted as having an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless clearly defined in the present application.

A cyber food court service may correspond to an Internet service that provides a virtual restaurant where food can be ordered. The cyber food court service can be basically provided through the web or as a mobile service that operates on the user's smartphone, but is not necessarily limited to this and can be provided through various channels. Cyber food court allows you to select food from various restaurants in one space and place a single order for a combination of food from different restaurants. In other words, the user can complete the order based only on information about the food he or she has selected, and can conveniently place the food order in that the user does not specifically specify the restaurant that actually prepares each food.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

1 is a diagram explaining a cyber food court service system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the cyber food court service system 100 may include a user terminal 110, a cyber food court service device 130, a database 150, and an order processing terminal 170.

The user terminal 110 may correspond to a computing device that allows the user to select and order the food he or she wants using a cyber food court service. The user terminal 110 may be implemented as a smartphone, a laptop, or a computer, but is not necessarily limited thereto, and may also be implemented as a variety of devices such as a tablet PC. The user terminal 110 may be connected to the cyber food court service device 130 through a network, and a plurality of user terminals 110 may be connected to the cyber food court service device 130 at the same time.

Additionally, the user terminal 110 may include a camera module capable of capturing images, and may install and execute a dedicated program or application for using the cyber food court service. In one embodiment, the user terminal 110 may include a restaurant terminal operated by a restaurant, a delivery worker terminal that performs food delivery, etc., and herein is used as a term distinct from an order processing terminal used by a restaurant to receive orders. do.

The cyber food court service device 130 may be implemented as a server corresponding to a computer or program that can provide virtual restaurant services defined online. In other words, the cyber food court service device 130 introduces various combinations of foods through a virtual restaurant space, creates a single order for the combination of foods determined by the user's selection, and processes reception, payment, and delivery in an integrated manner. You can. To this end, the cyber food court service device 130 can register related information as service content through prior agreements with various restaurants, and the registered restaurant and food information is exposed to users and provided as information that can actually use the service. It can be.

In addition, the cyber food court service device 130 may be connected to the user terminal 110 and the order processing terminal 170 through a wired network or a wireless network such as Bluetooth or WiFi, and may be connected to the user terminal 110 and the order processing terminal 170 through the network. Communication can be performed with the terminal 170. In addition, the cyber food court service device 130 may operate in connection with an external system (not shown in FIG. 1), for example, a transportation system, a community system, an authentication system, and a payment system related to restaurant operation. It can operate in conjunction with various external systems.

The database 150 may correspond to a storage device that stores various information required during the operation of the cyber food court service device 130. The database 150 can store various restaurant and food information, and can store information for order reception, payment, and delivery, but is not necessarily limited thereto, and the cyber food court service device 130 can store information about a variety of restaurants and food, and can store information for order reception, payment, and delivery. In the process of providing services, information collected or processed can be stored in various forms.

FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the system configuration of the cyber food court service device in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the cyber food court service device 130 may be implemented including a processor 210, a memory 230, a user input/output unit 250, and a network input/output unit 270.

The processor 210 can execute a procedure that processes each step in the process of operating the cyber food court service device 130, and can manage the memory 230 that is read or written throughout the process. The synchronization time between the volatile memory and the non-volatile memory at 230 can be scheduled. The processor 210 can control the overall operation of the cyber food court service device 130 and is electrically connected to the memory 230, the user input/output unit 250, and the network input/output unit 270 to facilitate data flow between them. You can control it. The processor 210 may be implemented as a central processing unit (CPU) of the cyber food court service device 130.

The memory 230 may be implemented as a non-volatile memory such as a solid state drive (SSD) or a hard disk drive (HDD) and may include an auxiliary memory used to store all data required for the cyber food court service device 130. and may include a main memory implemented as volatile memory such as RAM (Random Access Memory).

The user input/output unit 250 may include an environment for receiving user input and an environment for outputting specific information to the user. For example, the user input/output unit 250 may include an input device including an adapter such as a touch pad, touch screen, on-screen keyboard, or pointing device, and an output device including an adapter such as a monitor or touch screen. In one embodiment, the user input/output unit 250 may correspond to a computing device connected through a remote connection, and in such case, the cyber food court service device 130 may be performed as an independent server.

The network input/output unit 270 includes an environment for connecting with external devices or systems through a network, for example, Local Area Network (LAN), Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), and VAN ( It may include an adapter for communication such as a Value Added Network).

FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the functional configuration of the cyber food court service device in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 3, the cyber food court service device 130 may include a menu provision unit 310, an order creation unit 330, an order execution unit 350, a cooking information processing unit 370, and a control unit 390. You can.

The menu provider 310 may provide the user terminal 110 with a composite food menu composed of heterogeneous types of composite foods prepared by different restaurants. In other words, complex food can be defined as a combination of different types of food prepared in different restaurants. For example, if food 1 corresponds to black bean noodles from a Chinese restaurant and food 2 corresponds to pizza from a pizzeria, the food combination consisting of foods 1 and 2 may correspond to a composite food. The menu provider 310 can create a menu about complex foods and provide it to the user terminal 110, through which the user can select various combinations of individual foods prepared at different restaurants to suit his or her taste. You can request to order food.

In one embodiment, the menu providing unit 310 may determine a consortium restaurant that forms a consortium among different restaurants and provide a composite food menu by grouping the consortium restaurants. That is, if a cooperative relationship between restaurants exists and an agreement on the consortium restaurant is established between the restaurants under mutual agreement, the consortium restaurant may be created, and the menu provision unit 310 may provide food from restaurants belonging to the consortium restaurant. A complex food menu in which only those participating can be created and provided to the user terminal 110. In other words, since the complex food ordered by the user through this consists of food cooked at the consortium restaurants, the restaurants can form an economic community unit through a cooperative relationship that generates profits at the same time.

Meanwhile, the menu providing unit 310 can provide each restaurant account with the ability to create a consortium restaurant, and a restaurant that wants to form a consortium requests a consortium from the target restaurant, and if the target restaurant accepts the request, the consortium is formed. Cooking points can be created. Additionally, when a consortium restaurant is created, an integrated management function may be provided to request participation from another restaurant or to withdraw an existing restaurant.

In one embodiment, the menu provider 310 may provide food metadata associated with foods in a complex food menu so that the corresponding restaurant can be searched. That is, the user can check information on foods related to each composite food menu through the composite food menu, and in particular, can search for specific information about the restaurant where the food is prepared for a specific food. To this end, the menu providing unit 310 may include food metadata associated with each food while constructing a complex food menu. Here, food metadata is data about each food and may include information about the restaurant name and location, food ingredients, quantity, price, average cooking time, average delivery time, and rating.

The order creation unit 330 may receive a complex food input based on the complex food menu and create a single order. The user can directly select a complex food menu and add it to the shopping cart through the shopping cart function, and make the final decision to complete the order with multiple complex food menus included. In this case, the order creation unit 330 may create a single order for a plurality of complex food menus contained in the shopping cart. At this time, the order creation unit 330 can manage information about a single order by classifying the foods included in the complex food menus by type and subdividing them into food units.

The order execution unit 350 may search the restaurant based on specific criteria for each complex food in a single order and provide the corresponding food order to the order processing terminal 170 of the restaurant. Since the food included in the composite food does not have a designated restaurant to cook the food, the order execution unit 350 can designate a restaurant to cook each food on a composite food basis. To this end, the order execution unit 350 can search for a restaurant for each food according to a predetermined allocation rule, and process the receipt of orders for the food in conjunction with the order processing terminal 170 of the restaurant. As a result, according to the operation of the order execution unit 350, each food included in the complex food can be automatically received through the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant.

In one embodiment, the order execution unit 350 may determine the type of restaurant based on food metadata in each composite food and select at least one candidate restaurant based on a specific criterion. For example, the order execution unit 350 may determine the type of restaurant based on the restaurant type, food ingredients, etc. included in the food metadata in relation to a specific food. In addition, the order execution unit 350 selectively applies criteria such as popularity, rating, delivery distance, delivery fee, chef, average delivery time, and number of orders to restaurants belonging to the corresponding type of restaurant, and places them at the top for each criterion. You can select candidate restaurants.

In one embodiment, the order execution unit 350 may allow specific criteria to be changed according to the user's selection. That is, the user can change the criteria for determining a candidate restaurant so that a specific dish can be cooked at the restaurant desired by the user. For example, if a user wants food to arrive as quickly as possible, they can change the delivery distance to the top priority so that the restaurant can be determined based on the delivery distance. Additionally, if the user wants food to be cooked at a restaurant with a low delivery fee, the user can change the delivery fee as the top priority so that the restaurant can be determined based on the delivery fee.

In one embodiment, the order execution unit 350 may determine one of at least one candidate restaurant as the corresponding restaurant through the user's selection. The order execution unit 350 may determine a candidate restaurant according to set standards and provide the candidate restaurant to the user through the user terminal 110, and the user may determine a restaurant for each dish among the candidate restaurants.

In one embodiment, the order execution unit 350 may access the order processing terminal 170 of the restaurant and inquire whether the food order can be processed. The order execution unit 350 may inquire whether an order can be processed to the corresponding order processing terminal 170 at a stage before processing the reception of a dish order through the order processing terminal 170. By receiving the response, you can decide whether or not to accept the final order. If a response that order cannot be accepted is received from the order processing terminal 170, the order execution unit 350 may access the order processing terminal 170 of the next-highest priority restaurant and perform order processing.

In one embodiment, the order execution unit 350 processes the order reception through the order processing terminal 170 of the restaurant for each of the foods belonging to the composite food, and then monitors the order processing status of the other restaurant in real time to create the composite food. May provide updates on order receipt status for food. For example, in the case where a complex food consists of food a and food b, and food a is ordered at restaurant A and food b is ordered at restaurant B, the order execution unit 350 orders the restaurants A and B. You can monitor the processing status.

If cooking of food a is completed at restaurant A and cooking of food b is still waiting at restaurant B while there are no additional orders, the order execution unit 350 cancels receipt of the order for food b at restaurant B and , the order reception status for the complex food can be updated by processing the order reception for food b through the order processing terminal 170 of restaurant A. Through this, the order execution unit 350 can operate so that cooking of the complex food can be completed as quickly as possible.

In one embodiment, when the order execution unit 350 needs to update the order reception status and there are at least two restaurants that can accept the order, the order execution unit 350 determines the restaurant with the highest priority according to the criteria selected by the user to state the order reception status. The update operation can be performed. For example, in the process of canceling an existing order and processing the order to another restaurant, if there are two or more other restaurants, if the user selects based on the delivery fee, the order will be accepted from the restaurant with the lowest delivery fee. may be provided, and the order receipt status may be updated.

The cooking information processing unit 370 may receive cooking information for each complex food through the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant and provide the cooking information to the user. The cooking information processing unit 370 may receive information about the waiting time for cooking and the expected cooking time at the corresponding restaurant in the process of processing the order reception to the order processing terminal 170, and integrate the information to provide cooking information about the complex food. Can be provided to the user terminal 110.

In one embodiment, the cooking information processing unit 370 may receive the cooking completion of the food order from the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant and provide the cooking completion to the user's mobile terminal. The cooking information processing unit 370 can receive a notification regarding the completion of cooking from the order processing terminal 170 and provide the corresponding notification to the user terminal 110. Through this, users can check the current status of the complex food they ordered in real time.

The control unit 390 controls the overall operation of the cyber food court service device 130 and controls the control flow between the menu provision unit 310, the order creation unit 330, the order execution unit 350, and the cooking information processing unit 370. Or you can manage the data flow.

Figure 4 is a flowchart explaining an embodiment of the operation of the cyber food court service system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the cyber food court service device 130 provides a composite food menu composed of heterogeneous types of composite foods cooked by different restaurants to the user terminal 110 through the menu provider 310. (step S410). The cyber food court service device 130 may receive a complex food based on the complex food menu through the order creation unit 330 and create a single order (step S430).

In addition, the cyber food court service device 130 searches the restaurant based on specific criteria for each complex food in a single order through the order execution unit 350 and sends the corresponding food to the order processing terminal 170 of the restaurant. An order may be provided (step S450). The cyber food court service device 130 may receive cooking information for each complex food through the order processing terminal 170 of the corresponding restaurant through the cooking information processing unit 370 and provide the cooking information to the user (step S470 ).

In one embodiment, the cyber food court service device 130 may create a delivery route for the complex food ordered by the user and provide the delivery route to the delivery person terminal. Specifically, the cyber food court service device 130 can collect information about the delivery location and cooking completion time for each food of the complex food, and can predict the food receipt time based on the cooking completion time. You can create a delivery route for complex foods by considering location and food pickup time. The delivery person can follow the delivery route, receive each food in the complex food in turn, and then complete the food delivery to the final delivery destination.

Figure 5 is a flowchart explaining an embodiment of the operation of the cyber food court service system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the cyber food court service device 130 may register information on food prepared at restaurants through prior agreements with restaurants. The cyber food court service device 130 can provide a variety of composite food menus to the user terminal 110, and the user can select and order a composite food related to the combination of foods desired by the user.

The cyber food court service device 130 can generate and process complex foods according to the user's selection as a single order. The cyber food court service device 130 can process order reception by determining a restaurant for cooking for each food in the complex food. In Figure 5, for a composite food consisting of foods a and b, an order may be received for food a at restaurant A and for food b at restaurant B. To this end, the cyber food court service device 130 may operate in conjunction with the order processing terminal 170 of each restaurant.

In one embodiment, the cyber food court service device 130 may monitor the order processing status of each restaurant in conjunction with the order processing terminal 170. In FIG. 5 , when the cooking of food a at restaurant A is completed, the cyber food court service device 130 may receive a message about the completion of cooking of food a from order processing terminal 1. In this case, the cyber food court service device 130 may query the order processing terminal 2 of restaurant B about the cooking status of other food B and receive a response. If food b is still waiting to be cooked at restaurant B, the cyber food court service device 130 can cancel the order reception for food b and send a new order to another restaurant A that is currently waiting to receive the order for food b. can be provided.

As a result, cooking of food b through cooking point A can be processed more quickly than when cooking at cooking point B. The cyber food court service device 130 can increase user satisfaction by quickly processing the cooking and delivery of complex foods through real-time monitoring of order processing status and update of order reception.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that you can do it.

100: Cyber food court service system
110: User terminal 130: Cyber food court service device
150: Database 170: Order processing terminal
210: Processor 230: Memory
250: user input/output unit 270: network input/output unit
310: Menu provision unit 330: Order creation unit
350: Order execution unit 370: Cooking information processing unit
390: Control unit

Claims (8)

A consortium that provides a composite food menu consisting of heterogeneous types of composite foods cooked by different restaurants to the user terminal, and forms a consortium that forms an economic community unit as a cooperative relationship for profit generation among the different restaurants. When a restaurant is created, a menu providing unit that generates the composite food menu in which only foods from restaurants belonging to the consortium restaurant participate;
an order creation unit that receives the complex food based on the complex food menu and generates a single order;
In the process of searching for a corresponding restaurant based on specific criteria for each composite food in the single order and providing the corresponding food order to the order processing terminal of the restaurant, the corresponding food is based on the food metadata in each composite food. Determine the type of restaurant, select at least one candidate restaurant based on the specific criteria - the specific criteria can be changed according to the user's selection - and select one of the at least one candidate restaurant through the user's selection. An order to determine whether to accept the final order by deciding on the restaurant, accessing the restaurant's order processing terminal to inquire whether the food order can be processed, and then receiving the corresponding response from the order processing terminal. executive department; and
It includes a cooking information processing unit that receives cooking information about each of the complex foods through the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant and provides the cooking information to the user,
The menu provider provides each restaurant account with a function to create the consortium restaurant according to the consortium request of a specific restaurant and the approval of the target restaurant's request, and requests participation of other restaurants or withdrawal of the existing restaurant while the consortium restaurant is created. Provides integrated management functions to handle
The order execution unit monitors the order processing status of other restaurants in real time after processing the order reception through the order processing terminal of the corresponding restaurant for each of the composite foods, and provides an update of the order reception status for the composite food,
The update of the order reception status is performed when the cooking of the first food is completed at the first restaurant and the cooking of the second food is waiting at the second restaurant without any additional orders. A cyber food court service device comprising cancellation of order reception and processing of order reception for the second food from the first restaurant.
delete The method of claim 1, wherein the menu providing unit
A cyber food court service device characterized in that it provides food metadata associated with the food in the complex food menu so that the corresponding restaurant can be searched.
delete delete delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the cooking information processing unit
A cyber food court service device, characterized in that it receives the cooking completion of the food order from the order processing terminal of the restaurant and provides the cooking completion to the user's mobile terminal.