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Apple Seeks to Patent Order-Processing System

Posted by Susan Hall Dec 28, 2007 11:51:45 AM

Apple is seeking a patent that would allow users to place an order on a wireless device when approaching a restaurant to avoid waiting and standing in line, reports Forbes. A device such as an iPhone also would alert the customer when the order was ready.

 

Though not a new idea, the patent filed Dec. 20 could make the company a middleman between various kinds of businesses and their customers. And customers could do more at Starbucks than just download music, reports InformationWeek.

 

The system would allow businesses to track what customers buy.

 

Apple applied for 12 patents in December, and was granted eight others, most for mundane technologies.

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