Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Restaurant or bar
Patent
1996-06-12
2000-04-11
MacDonald, Allen R.
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Restaurant or bar
348150, 348156, 235 7R, 705 16, 705 21, 705 24, 345962, G06F 1524, H04Q 100, H04N 714, H04N 718
Patent
active
060497807
ABSTRACT:
A register terminal is connected through a communications link to a kitchen video controller. The register terminal receives setting data for display control functions, and picture formats for the kitchen video controller display. The register terminal provides setting destination information related to the product item selected by a purchaser, and sets a display number on the kitchen video controller in response to the destination information. A customer's order is searched at the register terminal, for product items related to the destination information. Display data is forwarded to the kitchen video controller which displays the information to personnel servicing the order, following which the customer's orders can be erased. In one particular display mode, the controller can display the average sales numbers for specified product items, and for a given time range which includes a present time as well as immediately preceding and immediately time ranges for the day.
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Kanof Pedro R.
MacDonald Allen R.
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
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