Abstract: A remote beverage ordering system for facilitating remote ordering of a beverage item from a participating food or beverage venue, by a customer not present within the participating venue acting as a remote buyer, with another customer present within the participating venue being a recipient of the beverage item, comprising a plurality of customer devices and a control server operably connected via a data communication network. The remote beverage ordering system obtains location data for the recipient via the customer device and notifies the remote buyer upon the recipient entering the participating venue, further allowing the remote buyer to place a remote beverage order.

Abstract: A self-organizing knowledge collaboration system (100) is shown includes a cloud-based platform (102) that can be accessed by a variety of users (104) to build and share knowledge and to collaborate. The users (104) can exchange information with the platform (102) and each other via a network (108). A front-end user (112) can submit requests concerning management of the asset (106) to the platform 102 together with information concerning the asset (106) in various forms. In response to requests from the front-end user (110) or otherwise, the front-end user (110) and/or other users (104) may receive data, reports, collaborative messages or conversations (e.g., via voice, text, chat, etc.), or other information related to management of the asset (106).