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RE42759 |
Computer integrated communication system for restaurants
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...
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8015088 |
Methods for implementing a loyalty program
A method of rewarding loyalty of a user may include providing a personal terminal to the user, detecting whether the personal terminal is within proximity of an interaction terminal, and based at...
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8014761 |
Mobile device that uses removable medium for playback of content
A service that provides playback of media content, that may include advertising content, to a user. The system comprises device, that may be a portable wireless device, where the wireless device...
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7979353 |
Electronic transaction method using an electronic coupon
In an electronic transaction on the Internet, an electronic coupon having pecuniary value information usable in the electronic transaction and owner identification information based on information...
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7974881 |
Method and system for assessing, scoring, grouping and presenting nutritional value information of food products
A method and system for presenting nutritional information about food products. The method involves gathering nutritional data about food products, analyzing that data to determine a nutritional...
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7971782 |
Multi-point transaction system
Computer implemented systems and methods for conducting transactions are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving transaction information corresponding to a transaction...
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7953632 |
Method and apparatus for managing food products in quick serve restaurants
A product management system for quick serve restaurants that displays to the staff what to cook on a main control unit 1 is programmed with a sales forecast through the office computer 14. The main...
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7953873 |
Network-based service for menu filtering based on user information
In various embodiments, a menu item identification service may provide a system user with information on acceptable restaurant menu items based on ingredients the system user prefers or is trying...
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7945477 |
Patron service system and method
A patron service system and method is described herein with reference to several exemplary implementations. For example, in one described implementation, portable patron units are provided to...
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7930212 |
Electronic menu system with audio output for the visually impaired
An electronic talking menu system for the visually impaired includes a battery powered portable electronic, audio output device having large back-lighted buttons corresponding to menu items. Each...
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7921377 |
Method for generating an interactive menu
A method for generating an interactive electronic menu on a display, the menu comprising menu items, wherein a menu item may be in a deselected, selected or activated state, and the menu being...
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7908182 |
Personal advisor service and mechanisms for advice and interactions
Methods, systems and business models are provided for an effective personal advisor service. According to one embodiment, a personal advisor service performs a method of identifying and notifying a...
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7904334 |
System and method for reducing excess capacity for restaurants and other industries during off-peak or other times
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...
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7899891 |
Network adapted for mobile devices
A network mobility server, which includes a target device inventory module, a data collection module, a data management module and a distribution module. The data management module, includes at...
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7875813 |
Programmable weighing scale that tracks completion time for a process step for multiple concurrent processes
Food service workers prepare a number of items throughout the day at a food counter, so the workers may need to track process steps for entirely different processes that are running concurrently....
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7877300 |
System and method for processing orders involving full truck shipments
A system and method of processing an order comprises receiving an order for desired items, and calculating a collective physical parameter(s) of the items such as a total weight of the items, a...
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RE42077 |
Computer system for maintaining current and predicting future food needs
A computer system (10) is provided which includes an electronic cash registers (11) electronically coupled to a cooking station monitor (12) and input (13), and a manager's station monitor (15),...
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7877291 |
Diagnostic data interchange
The present invention provides a bi-directional communication network which provides monitoring, data collection, and control of food service industry operations. The system includes a computer and...
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7873539 |
Sales slip processor using sales slip processing method, and storage medium used for sales slip processing method
In response to inputting order, a sales slip processor issues a sales slip with a slip code and a table code of a table at which the order is accepted, and stores order data in a sales holding...
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7870166 |
Method and apparatus for menu generation
Methods and Apparatus related to generating representations of information. The information may include menu information for merchants such as restaurants. Referring to menus, methods may include...
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7844507 |
Handling household tasks
In an embodiment, articles are left in storage areas, such as lockers or other receptacles, which may be associated with a household services company. In an embodiment, after depositing the...
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7822783 |
Programmable method and apparatus for real-time adaptation of presentations to individuals
The present invention is a method of obtaining information regarding an individual's environment using a programmable device. The first step of the method is sensing a psychomotor behavioral...
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7779104 |
Framework and programming model for efficient sense-and-respond system
A sense-and-response system that may include a server with a rules-engine where the server may receive sensor values for rules-engine operation from a plurality of sensors. The system may further...
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7779069 |
Network adapted for mobile devices
A network mobility server, which includes a target device inventory module, a data collection module, a data management module and a distribution module. The data management module, includes at...
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7776372 |
Custom food product preparation methods and apparatus
Custom food product methods and apparatus are provided that allow customers to participate in the preparation of food products as a part of the dining experience. A method of preparing a custom...
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7774236 |
Drive-through order management method
A system and method for drive-through product order management. The system comprises a display and a processor. The display displays first customer product order information representative of a...
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7774231 |
Electronic payment methods for a mobile device
A system for facilitating electronic payments in a food service setting using a mobile device is provided. The mobile device interacts with a proximity reader to verify user upon entry into a food...
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7769635 |
Weight management system with simple data input
A weight management system comprises a cash register (CRS), a user client (UC) and a weight management module (WM), coupled via a wide area network (WAN). A user has a personal card (PC) with a...
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7756746 |
Method and apparatus for selling an aging food product
Some embodiments provide methods and apparatus for determining a food product and determining a price range defining a maximum price and a minimum price. An indication is stored that the food...
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7756745 |
Method for accurately quoting wait time for a restaurant table
The inventive method uses data received concerning the status of various tables in the establishment, the criteria provided by the customer as well as the status of the meals being prepared in a...
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7752075 |
Method and system for auction or sales of deliverable prepared food via the internet
A method and system for auctioning items via the Internet permit customers to bid on items and others to bid after delivery has been scheduled, and optionally commenced, to a previous bidder. A bid...
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7680690 |
Intelligent menu ordering system
A methodology for customers seeking to purchase a meal from a food service vendor such as a restaurant, a cafeteria, or a vending machine, by ordering a food preparation based upon menu-selections....
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7669757 |
Cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method
Automated transaction machines dispense currency notes and enable the conduct of transactions. In some cases a user is enabled to dispense merchandise from a self-service dispensing machine and is...
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7652558 |
Multi-function customer satisfaction survey device
A multi-function customer satisfaction survey device, system, and method. A restaurant management system includes a plurality of electronic tip trays and a base unit. Each of the tip trays...
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7606732 |
Distributed meter networks and systems for monitoring same
A system for monitoring one or more nodes of a distributed meter network. The system includes at least one meter device at each node for metering a product and for generating a signal...
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7603287 |
Point of purchase display accessory
A display accessory for use with a video monitor capable of displaying representations of portions of pizzas of different size which may be ordered by a customer where the representation is...
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7593863 |
System for measuring and testing a product using artificial olfactometry and analytical data
The present invention relates to systems and methods for measuring and testing a product using artificial olfactometry and analytical data sensory to identify preferences. The system accurately...
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7587333 |
Method and apparatus for vending products
A method and apparatus is disclosed for advancing the sale of vending machine products. The invention enables selling products without revealing the identity of the product. By concealing the...
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7584119 |
Restaurant system
A restaurant system includes an electronic kiosk having opposed first and second sides. A first display is situated on the first side for use by the customer and a second display is situated on the...
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7580028 |
Apparatus and method for selecting and outputting character by teeth-clenching
An apparatus and method for selecting and outputting characters by making a teeth clenching motion for disabled person are disclosed. The apparatus includes: an electromyogram signal obtaining unit...
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7577610 |
POS terminal for easy split-the-bill settlement
A POS terminal is capable of calculating and charging the shares of a plurality of customers easily and accurately on a split-the-bill settlement basis. A RAM stores information as to items ordered...
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7536361 |
Web-based solution for managing information traditionally managed within private electronic environments
One or more aspects of managing information that were previously performed within a private electronic environment are now performed within a public electronic environment off-line from the private...
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7533039 |
Bulk ordering
A program product, system and method for a computer-implemented product ordering process for a plurality of buyers, with each buyer ordering for at least one store, the program product comprising...
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7523302 |
Electronic recipe management
In accordance with the present invention, ingredients for a particular electronic recipe accessible at a particular web site are encrypted, wherein the encrypted ingredients may be decrypted by a...
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7505924 |
Service subscription service business
A service subscription service business is a service provided to individuals and businesses that finds a lowest-cost provider or providers for subscription products and services as well as for...
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7505474 |
System for interactive queuing through public communication networks
The invention pertains to a system and method of interactive queue management through public communication networks. Interactive queue management allows business or automated systems to easily and...
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7505929 |
Method, system and computer product for auction of deliverable prepared food via the internet
A method and system for auctioning or sales of deliverable prepared food via the Internet permit customers to purchase or bid on prepared food items. A food preparation and delivery portion of the...
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7482927 |
Surveillance and alerting system and method
A combination surveillance and alerting system and method in a restaurant that serves take-out customers. A video camera monitors a parking space for take-out customers, and sends video to an image...
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7478089 |
System and method for real-time web page context analysis for the real-time insertion of textual markup objects and dynamic content
A technique is described for delivering contextual information to end users of a data network which includes at least one client system associated with an end user. According to a specific...
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7469300 |
System and method for storage and retrieval of arbitrary content and application data
Systems and methods for improving the performance of a data storage and retrieval system by enabling dynamic switching from one internal data structure to another in response to detecting...
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