ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,870, issued on April 22, was assigned to CFPH LLC (New York).
"Receiving a request to reserve a service" was invented by Howard W. Lutnick (New York) and Dean P. Alderucci (Westport, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and corresponding system are provided herewith that, in at least one embodiment, include the act or acts of: receiving a request to reserve a service that is provided by a restaurant. The request to reserve is for a particular time and a particular date and the service comprises at least one of: (i) preparing a consumable good that is consumed at the restaurant's location; (ii) preparing a consumable good that ...