It covers an automated food service ordering system comprising non-transitory computer - readable media storing executable instructions to obtain historical context data
indicating past statuses associated with one or more customers; obtain historical menu item ordering data
indicating past times during which customers ordered menu items from each of
multiple food services; obtain context data from a personal electronic device that
indicates current, recent or scheduled statuses of a
user, including caloric intake or exercise activity; determining a future time for delivery of a menu item based on the obtained data; selecting a future food service from the
multiple food services; determining a lead time for an order for the menu item; and initiating the order for the future food service
by at least the lead time.
Meanwhile, Amazon has reinstated the database connections needed
by Lendle, a startup company that allows Kindle ebook
users to loan books to one another,
indicating that Amazon is opening up the Kindle on
multiple fronts to be an e-reader that can borrow and share ebooks.