Patents by Inventor John Eric Harrity

John Eric Harrity has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Advance order system
    Patent number: 8577727
    Abstract: A system includes a master device and a slave device. The slave device is configured to provide a customer waiting to be seated at a restaurant with menu information for the restaurant, receive at least one of a drink order or a food order from the customer while the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant, and transmit the at least one of a drink order or a food order. The master device is configured to receive the at least one of a drink order or a food order from the slave device, and cause the at least one of a drink order or a food order to be forwarded to a kitchen of the restaurant based on at least one of a position of the customer on a waiting list or an estimated amount of time until the customer will be seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Wait List Ordering, LLC
    Inventor: John Eric Harrity
  • Advance order system
    Patent number: 8041605
    Abstract: A system includes a master device and a slave device. The slave device is configured to provide a customer waiting to be seated at a restaurant with menu information for the restaurant, receive at least one of a drink order or a food order from the customer while the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant, and transmit the at least one of a drink order or a food order. The master device is configured to receive the at least one of a drink order or a food order from the slave device, and cause the at least one of a drink order or a food order to be forwarded to a kitchen of the restaurant based on at least one of a position of the customer on a waiting list or an estimated amount of time until the customer will be seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Inventor: John Eric Harrity
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHANGING SYMBOL SEQUENCES IN DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20100100555
    Abstract: A computer-readable medium includes instructions for causing at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include receiving a symbol sequence into a document, identifying another symbol sequence in the document whose probability of matching the received symbol sequence is above a threshold, and replacing the received symbol sequence with the other symbol sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: John Eric Harrity
  • Systems and methods for changing symbol sequences in documents
    Patent number: 7664748
    Abstract: A computer-readable medium includes instructions for causing at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include receiving a symbol sequence into a document, identifying another symbol sequence in the document whose probability of matching the received symbol sequence is above a threshold, and replacing the received symbol sequence with the other symbol sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: John Eric Harrity