Restaurant video display system

US4388689A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• OCR Marketing Associates, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Richard W. Hayman · New York, US
• Burton G Goldstein · Tampa, US
• Joe J. Lynn · Gaithersburg, US
• Robert J. Brown, Jr. · Boca Raton, US
• Robert S. Bugash · Wheaton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 28, 1981
• Grant date: Jun 14, 1983
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of data entry terminals is connected to a microprocessor system which analyzes terminal data for display on a production CRT, intended to be located in a restaurant kitchen. Food items entered on the terminal are displayed with a corresponding symbol denoting a work station where such food item is to be prepared. As each item is prepared, the food preparer enters a display symbol to signify its completion. Upon completion of all items in a food order, the microprocessor system erases the order from the CRT. A separate CRT may be connected to the microprocessor system for use by a food expediter. As each order is completed by the food preparers, the order is visually displayed on the expediter CRT thereby alerting the food expediter to collect the items of an order in the kitchen so that they may be picked up by a waiter.