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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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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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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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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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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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7464047 |
Method of processing customer's orders and a customer's order processing apparatus
In a customer's order processing apparatus and method, the CPU stores setting data for every article, inputs and stores order data of ordered articles, predicts quantities of the ordered articles...
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7461125 |
Enterprise system having a smart distance among artifacts, and apparatus and method for providing the smart distance among the artifacts
An enterprise system includes a plurality of artifacts (e.g., persons, objects, databases, autonomous elements, intelligent agents, information systems, etc), and a smart distance (e.g., a distance...
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7454370 |
Electronic menu apparatus and method of ordering using electronic menu apparatus
A remote ordering system is provided using an electronic menu having a series of input devices corresponding to various menu items aligned with the input devices, and a wireless transmitter to send...
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7440749 |
Displaying advertisement on rear display and calculating communication costs to bill users and advertisers
A mobile terminal acquires an advertising display program with advertising information from an advertising agency server by issuing an advertising display program acquisition request and displays...
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7430411 |
Transmission of service availability information
Methods and apparatuses for providing service availability information to a waiting customer using the customer's wireless device are generally introduced herein.
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7418413 |
System and method for synchronizing restaurant menu display with progress through a meal
A system and method monitor the progress of a meal and provide course menus in synchronization with the monitored progress of the meal. The system includes a menu application for retrieving course...
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7415375 |
Systems and methods for food waste monitoring
A food waste monitoring system and related methods are disclosed. The food waste monitoring system may include a local food waste monitoring device that is coupled to an electronic scale for...
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7389919 |
Products and processes for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, products and processes are...
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7385479 |
Service personnel communication system
A data processing system for analyzing customer and employee interactions in a service establishment is disclosed. The data processing system, comprises a plurality of remote customer, employee...
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7372361 |
Restaurant service management system
A restaurant service management system, for facilitating efficient communication between a customer and service staff in an establishment such as a restaurant. The service staff is equipped with a...
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7366512 |
Notification method and device for service providers
A customer is alerted to the availability or completion of service by a service provider through communication with a wireless terminal of the customer. The terminal has an assigned identification...
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7359867 |
Computer system, server, and method for supporting cooking, and computer program generator
An information providing unit of a server reads a menu table in accordance with a request sent from a customer terminal. The customer terminal presents menu items together with their nutritive...
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7343174 |
Wireless electronic drive-thru system and method
In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a system including a customer authentication and payment server, a merchant data server, a merchant network, and a merchant station. The...
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7340431 |
Systems and methods for determining the value of assets
Systems and methods are provided for analyzing a set of assets. Generally, a distribution is computed for a characteristic of assets, setting a range in a tail of the distribution and partitioning...
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7324958 |
Information administering system for an eating house
A customer of an eating house orders refreshments by pressing a first touch panel provided at a customer's seat, watching a liquid-crystal monitor on which a menu of the refreshment and an average...
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7321866 |
Dish-providing assisting system, dish-providing assisting application providing system, dish-providing assisting software and recording medium
A dish provider provides a user with dishes, through a dish-providing assisting server, in cooperation with one or a plurality of dish makers. An ingredient information DB stores date information...
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7274481 |
Print order system and method
A user orders prints of pictures in a relatively easy manner. In a place such as a convenience store, a print order device and a print order receiver are installed with a one-to-one correspondence...
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7257547 |
Service managing system
A service managing system comprises: order terminals for enabling customers to view contents of service items and to order desired items, and being portable and driven by a battery; order-receiving...
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7232062 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the status and transfer of food products
A system and method is provided for monitoring a status of a plurality of products, such as prepared food, located in product locations within stations throughout a restaurant. The status of each...
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7184990 |
Method and apparatus for selling an aging food product
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...
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7177824 |
Efficiency metric system for a quick-service restaurant
A system for automatically gathering efficiency metrics in a quick-service establishment that makes use of certain data signals already generated in a great number of such establishments. A...
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7174312 |
User-personalized media sampling, recommendation and purchasing system using real-time inventory database
A user-personalized product sampling, recommendation and purchasing system uses customer identification numbers and associated customer profile data to tailor specific product recommendations to a...
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7110964 |
Order processing
In one aspect, orders for goods or services are enabled to be received from electronic devices situated at multiple points at which orders are to be placed, and the orders are received...
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7110963 |
Point-of-sale customer order system utilizing an unobtrusive transmitter/receiver and voice recognition software
A point-of-sale order system utilizes a relatively non-obtrusive transmitter-receiver device which includes a microphone for receiving order information and a speaker for receiving confirmation of...
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7016862 |
Method for enhancing security and providing assistance in the operation of a self-service checkout terminal
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...
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7010499 |
Computer program capable of changing a sales item to another sales item with simple operation
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...
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7010267 |
Arrangement with beacon for providing information service
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...
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6980088 |
Restaurant table turn system network
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...
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6978251 |
POS registering system capable of changing a sales item to another sales item with simple operation
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...
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6976004 |
Interactive kitchen control system and method
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...
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6975207 |
Waiter calling apparatus combined with a receptacle for holding various table utensils and combined with a lighted advertising display
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...
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6973437 |
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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6960988 |
Multi-function customer satisfaction survey device
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...
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6940393 |
System and method for improved queuing, service-time, and capacity in drive-through operations
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...
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6934684 |
Voice-interactive marketplace providing promotion and promotion tracking, loyalty reward and redemption, and other features
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...
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