Wireless ordering patent from Apple give us some light of what’s next

Dec 28, 2007

Wireless ordering patent from Apple give us some light of what’s next

Apparently Apple liked the relationship they have with Starbuck and want to turn it into a more robust features available to all iphone, ipod customers, just like Apple Stores nationwide operate, not waiting in line to order a cup of coffee.

Forbes described the patent as follow:

In an application with the U.S. Patent Office filed on Dec. 20, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer and gadget company described a wireless system that would allow customers to place an order at a store using a wireless device such as a media player, a wireless personal digital assistant or a cellphone.

Apple’s application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office describes a process for placing an order and then notifying customers when an order is ready to grab at a pick-up station. One goal, the patent application notes, is to avoid an “annoying wait in a long queue if the purchaser arrives before completion of the order.”

U.S. Patent Application #20070291710 describes a device that also would keep tabs on where a user shops and what he or she likes to buy. Computers at participating stores would keep track of regular customers and their favorite orders.

The last september whataboutmac.com blogged about a wireless ordering feature that Apple should incorporate to the ipod touch: Link here

Imagine walking inside any mall and when passing in front of any store your Ipod Touch automatically load a web page that let you know all the offers available, then you can browse, check price send the offers to someone at home to verify size and everything.

Now imagine this, you decide to go inside any X store while passing near any cloth, the ipod touch beams the info related to the cloth, price, sizes and colors availables, then you checkmark it, and continue buy without any hassle, then when arrive at the cashier, put your ipod in front of the cashier and everything is done, you pay with your phone and all the information about your purchase is recorded to the ipod.

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