Apple granted patent on wireless ordering "in the vicinity of an establishment" (patft.uspto.gov)

Why require that preferences be stored on the local server, rather than the wireless client?

Is it just me or does this patent appear to be describing someone using a mouth to send a verbal order to an ear, which is processed by a brain, with the resulting sequence of actions being held in a thought.

Doesn't NFC technology already cover this?

There's prior art - I ordered drinks by SMS in a cinema several years ago.

I wonder if this is a threat to things like Square's Card Case or even Google Wallet.