| 7016862 |
Method for enhancing security and providing assistance in the operation of a self-service checkout terminal |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A method of providing security during operation of a self-service checkout terminal includes the step of creating a transaction table which includes a plurality of records corresponding respectively to... |
| 7010499 |
Computer program capable of changing a sales item to another sales item with simple operation |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the... |
| 7010267 |
Arrangement with beacon for providing information service |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A beacon (120) adapted for use in an arrangement (100) for providing an information service, comprising a storage (225) for storing data related to the information service, local communication... |
| 7007014 |
Canonicalization of terms in a keyword-based presentation system |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A presentation system accepts presentations or references to presentations from prospective presenters, some or all of which are stored in a database and referenced by keywords such that presentations... |
| 6980088 |
Restaurant table turn system network |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A restaurant table turn control and display system for providing real-time communication to staff personnel throughout key areas of a restaurant, comprising two or more monitoring consoles, each having... |
| 6978251 |
POS registering system capable of changing a sales item to another sales item with simple operation |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the... |
| 6976004 |
Interactive kitchen control system and method |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A system and method for controlling preparation of a plurality of food items on a cooking apparatus such as a grill. A food order consisting of the plurality of food items is input to a controller which... |
| 6975207 |
Waiter calling apparatus combined with a receptacle for holding various table utensils and combined with a lighted advertising display |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A commercially viable calling apparatus which is placed on all tables of a restaurant, tavern or other establishment which serves food and/or drink so that if someone is waiting for a waiter or if someone... |
| 6973437 |
Computer integrated communication system for restaurants |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A computer integrated communication system for restaurants that includes a central server and a series of table units and staff units. The table and staff units each include a display and wireless communication... |
| 6960988 |
Multi-function customer satisfaction survey device |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A multi-function customer satisfaction survey device, system and method. A plurality of stackable tip trays in a restaurant each include a survey device and a calculator. Survey questions are presented... |
| 6947899 |
POS registering system capable of changing a sales item to another sales item with simple operation |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A POS registering system is disclosed, that comprises a menu having a plurality of menu keys and at least one selection key, at least one sales item being assigned to each of the menu keys, each of the... |
| 6940393 |
System and method for improved queuing, service-time, and capacity in drive-through operations |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A system and method of queuing orders locates data-entry modules relative to a pickup location such that a customer who places an order after a customer who placed an earlier order can be signaled to approach... |
| 6934684 |
Voice-interactive marketplace providing promotion and promotion tracking, loyalty reward and redemption, and other features |
| Aug-23-2005 |
The invention provides a system, method, and business model for an information system and service having business self-promotion, promotion and promotion tracking, loyalty or frequent participant rewards... |
| 6928415 |
Method of delivering groceries purchased over the internet |
| Aug-9-2005 |
Groceries ordered over the Internet by a particular time in the early evening may be delivered by the next morning to a location within a 5-6 hour delivery radius of a warehouse. The grocery order is filled... |
| 6920437 |
Authentication system for identification documents |
| Jul-19-2005 |
An apparatus that authenticates the contents of identification documents provided by different issuers having machine-readable and/or human readable information is disclosed. The contents of the identification... |
| 6920431 |
Remote ordering system and method |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A system and method for enabling patrons at large venues, such as spectator venues, convention halls, or airports, which have identifiable delivery locations, to utilize hand-held, wireless communication... |
| 6895381 |
Method and system for management of a wait list for reserved purchases |
| May-17-2005 |
The present invention provides a system and method for predicting the likelihood of materialization of pending wait-listed reservations for the purchase of perishable commodities. Details pertaining to... |
| 6876973 |
Restaurant directory and marketing system |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A method useful with a computer network for providing a searchable data base of restaurants which can be accessed by prospective patrons, and once having obtained access the patron can then examine the... |
| 6873970 |
Remote ordering system |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A system and method for enabling patrons at large-scale events at confined venues utilizes conventional or special hand-held, wireless communication devices to self-order food, drink and souvenir items... |
| 6871184 |
Method of delivering groceries purchased over the internet |
| Mar-22-2005 |
Groceries ordered over the Internet by a particular time in the early evening may be delivered by the next morning to a location within a 5-6 hour delivery radius of a warehouse. The grocery order is filled... |
| 6865261 |
Method for providing gastronomic information and instruction with an internet server using mobile communications or computing devices and intelligent appliances |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method for making a personal gastronomic decision or receiving instruction involving price, availability, safety and convenience information for food, such as for dining. The method involves sending... |
| 6859215 |
Method, system and program for specifying an electronic food menu on a data processing system |
| Feb-22-2005 |
Multiple food menu items are retrieved from a data storage medium by a data processing system with access to the data storage medium via a communications medium. The multiple food menu items are compared... |
| 6853976 |
Food and drink serving system for eating and drinking place |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A food and drink serving system for an eating and drinking place includes reading units, arranged in customers' tables, respectively, for reading order identifying information of meal tickets of customers,... |
| 6845361 |
Virtual-wait queue for mobile commerce |
| Jan-18-2005 |
A method and a system are provided for maintaining a virtual-wait queue that controls access by customers to a physical resource such as a restaurant table. The method and system are especially adapted... |
| 6844893 |
Restaurant video conferencing system and method |
| Jan-18-2005 |
The invention is a system and a method which combines restaurant services with video-conferencing and multi-media access for diverse customer appeal. The system and method employ a number of booths in... |
| 6842719 |
Real-time prediction and management of food product demand |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A real-time buffer manager system that calculates optimal food buffer levels, for both completed products and product components, based on real-time counts of restaurant patrons throughout a restaurant's... |
| 6829583 |
Method and apparatus to determine mean time to service |
| Dec-7-2004 |
Expected service delays are determined from actual service data captured during service at an establishment. For each party seeking service at an establishment, the time at which the party seeks service... |
| 6826461 |
Dynamic maintenance production system |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A dynamic maintenance production system for planning a maintenance check includes means for obtaining any routine tasks that may exist and which are required to be performed, means for obtaining any non-routine... |
| 6789067 |
Multiple recipe merge with feedback |
| Sep-7-2004 |
An electronic recipe manager capable of merging two or more electronic recipes into a task list that can be executed to prepare a multiple dishes or food items of a complete a meal is described. Electronic... |
| 6745200 |
Facility management services defining, scheduling, executing series of tasks performed by service staff |
| Jun-1-2004 |
The facility management system automatically generates information that is used to manage both a facility and the staff employed at the facility, with a high degree of integration and cross-correlation... |
| 6741969 |
System and method for reducing excess capacity for restaurants and other industries during off-peak or other times |
| May-25-2004 |
A system and method for reducing excess capacity for restaurants and other industries during off-peak hours is provided. Customers or potential customers may bid on gift certificates redeemable at restaurants... |
| 6681109 |
Server call system |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A server call system that enables the customer to be in direct contact with the server at all times. A keypad is disposed at customer locations and adapted to receive item requests from the customer. The... |
| 6658389 |
System, method, and business model for speech-interactive information system having business self-promotion, audio coupon and rating features |
| Dec-2-2003 |
The invention provides a system, method, and business model for an information system and service having business self-promotion, audio coupon, ratings, and other features. A business or organization in... |
| 6658390 |
System and method for reselling a previously sold product |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A seller, having previously sold a product to an original purchaser subject to a buyout-provision condition, determines if the buyout-provision condition is satisfied. If the buy-out provision condition... |
| 6646659 |
Method, system and program for specifying an electronic food menu with food preferences from a universally accessible database |
| Nov-11-2003 |
Food preferences for a particular customer are requested from a universally accessible database, wherein a key for the particular customer is required to access the food preferences for the particular... |
| 6636835 |
Wireless maitre d' system for restaurants |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A wireless maitre d' system and method for providing interactive two-way communication between patrons and restaurant service personnel who have direct interaction with the patrons during restaurant encounters.... |
| 6527192 |
Order selection debit card and method |
| Mar-4-2003 |
A method and an order debit card enable the compilation of an order for items and quantities selected from a plurality of items and quantities available in the card and the transfer of information pertaining... |
| 6473739 |
Remote ordering system |
| Oct-29-2002 |
A system and method for enabling patrons at large-scale spectator events at confined venues having identifiable seats utilizes conventional or special hand-held, wireless communication devices to self-order... |
| 6384348 |
Packing error detecting system |
| May-7-2002 |
The information of sales items is transmitted from a cash register 1 to a sensing device 2 and stored in a sales items memory 26. In the sensing device 2, a commodities information memory 25 stores the... |
| 6374240 |
Method and apparatus for maintaining a customer database using license plate scanning |
| Apr-16-2002 |
An apparatus is provided for generating an image of a license plate and determining license plate characters from the image. Then, a database is searched to determine if there is a customer record that... |
| 6374154 |
Device for managing dish stocks |
| Apr-16-2002 |
Device for managing dish (1) stocks in a restaurant, in particular a fast-service restaurant, characterized in that it contains a storage room (2) with a number of positions for rows of dishes (1), whereby... |
| 6370513 |
Method and apparatus for automated selection, organization, and recommendation of items |
| Apr-9-2002 |
An automated recommendation system keeps track of the needs and preferences of the user through a user preference vector. Each field of the user preference vector represents the user's preference for a... |
| 6366196 |
Restaurant waiter paging system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A waiter paging system is provided for use in a restaurant. The system includes a plurality of table transmitters (there being one transmitter at each table) which transmit a "waiter call" signal and a... |
| 6341268 |
System and method providing a restaurant menu dynamically generated based on revenue management information |
| Jan-22-2002 |
A price associated with a menu item is automatically determined based at least partly on revenue management information. A request for a menu is received and a menu, including the automatically determined... |
| 6301564 |
Dimensional dining restaurant management system |
| Oct-9-2001 |
Apparatus and method for mass producing a unique dining experience for each individual diner within a group of patrons includes computers, applications software, models and databases. Through various alternative... |
| 6298331 |
Method and apparatus for selling an aging food product |
| Oct-2-2001 |
An automated kitchen apparatus determines a time until expiration of a food product. In one embodiment, the kitchen apparatus determines the time until expiration by receiving a start signal indicating... |
| 6263255 |
Advanced process control for semiconductor manufacturing |
| Jul-17-2001 |
An Advanced Process Control (APC) Framework performs automatic process control operations through the design and development of a software framework that integrates factory, process, and equipment control... |
| 6253090 |
Communication apparatus |
| Jun-26-2001 |
A communication apparatus comprises a network of transmitters and receivers communicating with each other by means of UHF radio frequency signals. Each transmitter is linked to one or more associated receivers... |
| 6208976 |
Order management system with automatic menu updating |
| Mar-27-2001 |
An order management system enables a customer to use a terminal device to order food, but can respond rapidly to changes and additions to the menu. When this system starts up, it transmits an operating... |
| 6191780 |
Customizable multimedia segment structures |
| Feb-20-2001 |
An electronic devices executes from memory an advertising multimedia segment structure that includes a command segment storing multimedia commands that in turn invoke multimedia effects and that is supported... |
