Graphical user interface for a restaurant management system including a status indicator
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1. A system for managing a restaurant, comprising:
- a restaurant server, wherein the restaurant server comprises;
a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface comprises;
a display, wherein the display displays reservation information for the restaurant, wherein the reservation information includes a colored indicator of a status and a duration the status has been maintained, wherein the colored indicator of the status and the duration the status has been maintained are changed to a next status by selecting a status button on the graphical user interface, wherein the next status is associated with a next state in a sequence of states that the status button cycles through, wherein the sequence of states comprises at least four states; and
an input interface, wherein the input interface receives an indication to display the reservation information for the restaurant, wherein the reservation information includes waiting list information, the waiting list information including a wait list entry, the wait list entry including a desired table, wherein the input interface further;
receives a selection of the status button which changes;
the status to the next status, the colored indicator of the status to a colored indicator of the next status, and the duration the status has been maintained to the duration the next status has been maintained;
receives a selection of a multiple table button which changes a table suggestion interface to a multiple table suggestion interface, the multiple table suggestion interface including a list of multiple table combinations and a next multiple table suggestion button, the list of multiple table combinations including an available multiple table suggestion, the next multiple table suggestion button providing another multiple table suggestion from the list of multiple table combinations, the multiple table suggestion indicating a plurality of adjacent available tables for a single party, wherein the other multiple table suggestion is determined based on leaving the largest possible number of combinations of tables available, maximizing availability, maximizing turnover, maximizing utilization of a server, maximizing utilization of a view area, maximizing utilization of a window area, minimizing wait time, or any combination thereof;
determines whether a change to a reservation or a seated party affects at least one wait list entry of the waiting list information; and
in response a determination that the change to the reservation or the seated party affects the at least one wait list entry of the waiting list information, causes a reassignment of an unseated party to optimize table usage, increase yield, or a combination thereof.
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Abstract
A system for managing a restaurant comprises a restaurant server including a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface comprises a display and an input interface. The display displays reservation information for the restaurant. The reservation information includes a colored indicator of a status. The input interface receives an indication to display the reservation information for the restaurant.
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1. A system for managing a restaurant, comprising:
a restaurant server, wherein the restaurant server comprises; a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface comprises; a display, wherein the display displays reservation information for the restaurant, wherein the reservation information includes a colored indicator of a status and a duration the status has been maintained, wherein the colored indicator of the status and the duration the status has been maintained are changed to a next status by selecting a status button on the graphical user interface, wherein the next status is associated with a next state in a sequence of states that the status button cycles through, wherein the sequence of states comprises at least four states; and an input interface, wherein the input interface receives an indication to display the reservation information for the restaurant, wherein the reservation information includes waiting list information, the waiting list information including a wait list entry, the wait list entry including a desired table, wherein the input interface further; receives a selection of the status button which changes;
the status to the next status, the colored indicator of the status to a colored indicator of the next status, and the duration the status has been maintained to the duration the next status has been maintained;receives a selection of a multiple table button which changes a table suggestion interface to a multiple table suggestion interface, the multiple table suggestion interface including a list of multiple table combinations and a next multiple table suggestion button, the list of multiple table combinations including an available multiple table suggestion, the next multiple table suggestion button providing another multiple table suggestion from the list of multiple table combinations, the multiple table suggestion indicating a plurality of adjacent available tables for a single party, wherein the other multiple table suggestion is determined based on leaving the largest possible number of combinations of tables available, maximizing availability, maximizing turnover, maximizing utilization of a server, maximizing utilization of a view area, maximizing utilization of a window area, minimizing wait time, or any combination thereof; determines whether a change to a reservation or a seated party affects at least one wait list entry of the waiting list information; and in response a determination that the change to the reservation or the seated party affects the at least one wait list entry of the waiting list information, causes a reassignment of an unseated party to optimize table usage, increase yield, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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16. A method for managing a restaurant, comprising:
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receiving an indication to view reservation information for a restaurant, wherein the reservation information includes waiting list information, the waiting list information including a wait list entry, the wait list entry including a desired table, wherein the receiving uses a graphical user interface of a restaurant server comprising a display and an input interface; displaying the reservation information for the restaurant, wherein displaying uses the graphical user interface, wherein the reservation information includes a colored indicator of a status and a duration the status has been maintained, wherein the colored indicator of the status and the duration the status has been maintained are changed to a next status by selecting a status button on the graphical user interface, wherein the next status is associated with a next state in a sequence of states that the status button cycles through, wherein the sequence of states comprises at least four states; receiving a selection, through the input interface, of the status button which changes;
the status to the next status, the colored indicator of the status to a colored indicator of the next status, and the duration the status has been maintained to the duration the next status has been maintained;receiving a selection, through the input interface, of a multiple table button which changes a table suggestion interface to a multiple table suggestion interface, the multiple table suggestion interface including a list of multiple table combinations and a next multiple table suggestion button, the list of multiple table combinations including an available multiple table suggestion, the next multiple table suggestion button providing another multiple table suggestion from the list of multiple table combinations, the multiple table suggestion indicating a plurality of adjacent available tables for a single party, wherein the other multiple table suggestion is determined based on leaving the largest possible number of combinations of tables available, maximizing availability, maximizing turnover, maximizing utilization of a server, maximizing utilization of a view area, maximizing utilization of a window area, minimizing wait time, or any combination thereof; determining whether a change to a reservation or a seated party affects at least one wait list entry of the waiting list information; and in response a determination that the change to the reservation or the seated party affects the at least one wait list entry of the waiting list information, causing a reassignment of an unseated party to optimize table usage, increase yield, or a combination thereof.
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17. A computer program product for managing a restaurant, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
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receiving an indication to view reservation information for a restaurant, wherein the reservation information includes waiting list information, the waiting list information including a wait list entry, the wait list entry including a desired table, wherein the receiving uses a graphical user interface of a restaurant server comprising a display and an input interface; displaying the reservation information for the restaurant, wherein displaying uses the graphical user interface, wherein the reservation information includes a colored indicator of a status and a duration the status has been maintained, wherein the colored indicator of the status and the duration the status has been maintained are changed to a next status by selecting a status button on the graphical user interface, wherein the next status is associated with a next state in a sequence of states that the status button cycles through, wherein the sequence of states comprises at least four states; receiving a selection, through the input interface, of the status button which changes;
the status to the next status, the colored indicator of the status to a colored indicator of the next status, and the duration the status has been maintained to the duration the next status has been maintained;receiving, through the input interface, a selection of a multiple table button which changes a table suggestion interface to a multiple table suggestion interface, the multiple table suggestion interface including a list of multiple table combinations and a next multiple table suggestion button, the list of multiple table combinations including an available multiple table suggestion, the next multiple table suggestion button providing another multiple table suggestion from the list of multiple table combinations, the multiple table suggestion indicating a plurality of adjacent available tables for a single party, wherein the other multiple table suggestion is determined based on leaving the largest possible number of combinations of tables available, maximizing availability, maximizing turnover, maximizing utilization of a server, maximizing utilization of a view area, maximizing utilization of a window area, minimizing wait time, or any combination thereof; determining whether a change to a reservation or a seated party affects at least one wait list entry of the waiting list information; and in response a determination that the change to the reservation or the seated party affects the at least one wait list entry of the waiting list information, causing a reassignment of an unseated party to optimize table usage, increase yield, or a combination thereof.
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