Monitoring system and process for the food service industry
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a food service site, said system comprising:
- a) a local processor assembly comprising memory, a display and input facilities, b) said local processor assembly including a monitoring program structured to determine operational performance of the site, c) said monitoring program comprising a plurality of tasks relating to different operational categories, at least some of said plurality of tasks requiring a user response, d) predetermined standards included within said monitoring program and being determinative of acceptable performance of said operational categories, e) result records comprised of data derived from a collection of said user responses and indicative of compliance of said operational categories with said predetermined standards, and f) a control facility including sufficient memory and processing capabilities for storing and processing said result records to define evidence of a pattern of compliance with said predetermined standards.
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Abstract
A system and process for monitoring at least one but preferably a plurality of service outlets of the type commonly existing in the food service industry, comprising utilization of a portable processor assembly at a local site, which incorporates both manual and automatic input facilities, at least one of which is defined by a temperature acquisition module interfaced for direct communication with the processor assembly. A monitoring program is operable by the processor and comprises a task application defining a plurality of user interactive test items requiring the entry of user responses upon their performance of the test items. The test items are determinative of currently existing conditions of a plurality of operational categories which are established based on the required functions of the one or more sites being monitored. Result records are formulated based on the data derived from user response entries and are processed preferably at a central control facility for purposes of establishing evidence, preferably in the form of appropriate documentation, of a pattern of compliance with a predetermined plurality of standards which define acceptable performance parameters of the operational categories.
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1. A system for monitoring a food service site, said system comprising:
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a) a local processor assembly comprising memory, a display and input facilities, b) said local processor assembly including a monitoring program structured to determine operational performance of the site, c) said monitoring program comprising a plurality of tasks relating to different operational categories, at least some of said plurality of tasks requiring a user response, d) predetermined standards included within said monitoring program and being determinative of acceptable performance of said operational categories, e) result records comprised of data derived from a collection of said user responses and indicative of compliance of said operational categories with said predetermined standards, and f) a control facility including sufficient memory and processing capabilities for storing and processing said result records to define evidence of a pattern of compliance with said predetermined standards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for monitoring at least one of a plurality of food service sites, said system comprising:
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a) a portable processor operable at the site and comprising memory, a display and input facilities, b) said portable processor assembly including a monitoring program determinative of compliant operational performance of the site, c) said monitoring program comprising a task application relating to different operational categories, d) said task application including a plurality of test items each requiring a user response indicative of actual conditions associated with said plurality of operational categories, e) a plurality of predetermined standards defining acceptable performance parameters for said operational categories, f) a corrective application comprising a plurality of corrective actions, each being responsive to a user response which is non-compliant with associated ones of said plurality of predetermined standards, g) result records comprised of data derived from a collection of said user responses and indicative of compliance with said predetermined standards, and h) a control facility including a central processor having sufficient capability to process said result records in a manner evidencing a pattern of compliance with said predetermined standards. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A process for monitoring operation of at least one of a plurality of food service sites, said process comprising:
- p1 a) establishing a plurality of categories associated with the functioning of the site,
b) determining a plurality of user interactive tasks relating to the operational categories and being indicative of a degree of performance thereof, c) acknowledging a plurality of standards which define acceptable performance parameters for the operational categories, d) requiring user responses to the tasks which are indicative of actual conditions associated with the plurality of operational categories, e) collecting resulting records comprised of data derived from the user responses and being indicative of compliance with the predetermined standards, and f) processing the result records to establish evidence of a pattern of compliance with said plurality of standards. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
- p1 a) establishing a plurality of categories associated with the functioning of the site,
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