Self-help meal ordering and storing and taking system

Abstract

The invention discloses a self-help meal ordering and storing and taking system. The system comprises a meal ordering server and a meal storing and taking self-help terminal. The meal ordering server receives booking information and generates meal storing information or meal taking information, the meal storing information or the meal taking information is sent to the meal storing and taking self-help terminal directly or through a third-party medium, or the meal storing and taking self-help terminal can directly or indirectly inquire the information for use. According to the meal storing information or the meal taking information, the meal storing and taking self-help terminal opens authorization for meal storing or meal taking operation corresponding to a meal storing and taking unit, and according to received meal storing or meal taking instructions, the meal storing and taking self-help terminal checks the authorization for the meal storing or meal taking operation and the meal storing information and meal taking information to control the meal storing or meal taking operation, and when a user needs to store meals or take the meals, the user only needs to input according meal storing or meal taking instructions to the meal storing and taking self-help terminal to store or take corresponding meals. By means of the system, meal ordering, meal storing and meal taking are connected, the purpose that the user can order the meals without going out is achieved, links of meal choosing, meal ordering, paying, meal delivering and the like are eliminated, and a great number of meal delivering staff are not needed to go back and forth among meal delivering places when meals are delivered.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of catering, in particular to a self-service meal ordering and meal access system. Background technique [0002] In modern life and work, the available ways of ordering and picking up meals mainly include the following. One is the most traditional way of ordering and picking up meals, that is, the orderer orders in a dining place such as a restaurant or cafeteria, and then the waiter delivers the order The ordered food is delivered to the orderer manually, and the orderer can pick up the meal; the other is the online ordering and picking up method that is currently emerging, that is, the orderer selects a meal provided by a restaurant through the network platform and makes a reservation, and then the The food delivery personnel will deliver the meals to the orderers face to face according to the reservation information, and the orderers can pick up the meals; there is another way, that is, to realize the process of or...

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Problems solved by technology

There is a problem in the above-mentioned first traditional way of ordering and taking meals and the third way of using automatic meal vending machines to automatically order and take meals. It takes time to choose, order, pay, and deliver meals, which makes the efficiency of meal supply low, and usually leads to a large number of people waiting in line when a large number of people eat together, which seriously affects the dining experience

At the same time, when using the automatic meal vending machine to provide meals for the orderer, generally a fixed type of meal to be sold is loaded into the automatic meal vending machine in advance manually. When the orderer orders the meal through the automatic meal vending machine, he can only In this way, the types of meals selected by the orderer are limited to a certain extent

However, using the second method of online ordering and picking up meals avoids the waste of time in the links of meal selection and ordering when dining, but due to the use of this method, a large number of food delivery personnel are required in the process of ordering meal delivery. A lot of manpower and time were wasted by shuttling between food delivery places

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