Method and apparatus for specifying toppings and their placement on a pizza and confirming same
First Claim
1. A method for designating toppings to be assembled on a pizza as well as their respective position on the pizza, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an order entry terminal for a customer to use to specify an order for a pizza, the terminal being connected to a point-of-sale system and including a display screen, voice synthesis generator, microphone, speaker, voice recognition processor capable of detecting the customer'"'"'s spoken words and microprocessor controller;
prompting the customer to enter an order by speaking words in a human voice;
detecting the customer'"'"'s spoken words;
displaying a photo-realistic image of a pizza according to the order specified by the customer;
displaying a graphical user interface to permit the customer to manually alter the order;
confirming the accuracy of the customer'"'"'s order; and
entering the customer'"'"'s order into the point-of-sale system.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for designating toppings to be assembled on a pizza as well as their respective position on the pizza wherein an order entry terminal is provided for a customer to use to specify an order for a pizza, the terminal being connected to a point-of-sale system and includes a display screen, voice synthesis generator, microphone, speaker, voice recognition processor capable of detecting the customer'"'"'s spoken words and microprocessor controller. The customer is prompted to enter an order by speaking words in a human voice and in turn an image of the pizza ordered is displayed to permit the customer to confirm the accuracy and submit the order into a point-of-sale system.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for designating toppings to be assembled on a pizza as well as their respective position on the pizza, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an order entry terminal for a customer to use to specify an order for a pizza, the terminal being connected to a point-of-sale system and including a display screen, voice synthesis generator, microphone, speaker, voice recognition processor capable of detecting the customer'"'"'s spoken words and microprocessor controller;
prompting the customer to enter an order by speaking words in a human voice;
detecting the customer'"'"'s spoken words;
displaying a photo-realistic image of a pizza according to the order specified by the customer;
displaying a graphical user interface to permit the customer to manually alter the order;
confirming the accuracy of the customer'"'"'s order; and
entering the customer'"'"'s order into the point-of-sale system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for designating toppings to be assembled on a pizza as well as their respective position on the pizza, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an order entry terminal for a customer to use to specify an order for a pizza, the terminal being connected to a point-of-sale system and including a display screen, voice synthesis generator, microphone, speaker, voice recognition processor capable of detecting the customer'"'"'s spoken words and microprocessor controller;
prompting the customer to enter an order using spoken words;
detecting the customer'"'"'s spoken words in actual human speech;
providing a video display viewable by the customer capable of displaying a photo-realistic image of a pizza according to the order specified by the customer, a graphical user interface permitting the customer to manually alter an order; and
capable of displaying a menu of food items available for order;
accepting confirmation of the accuracy of the customer'"'"'s order;
and entering the customer'"'"'s order into the point-of-sale system.
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17. A method for ordering food items, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an order entry terminal for a customer to use to specify an order for one or more food items, the terminal being connected to a point-of-sale system and including a display screen, voice synthesis generator, microphone, speaker, voice recognition processor capable of detecting the customer'"'"'s spoken words and microprocessor controller;
prompting the customer to enter an order by speaking words in a normal human voice;
identifying each food item ordered by the customer by detecting the customer'"'"'s spoken words;
displaying a photo-realistic image of each food item according to the order specified by the customer;
displaying a graphical user interface to permit the customer to manually alter the order;
confirming the accuracy of the customer'"'"'s order; and
entering the customer'"'"'s order into the point-of-sale system.
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18. An order entry terminal for use with an computerized point-of-sale order processing system for permitting a customer to order a pizza by designating the toppings to be assembled on a pizza as well as their respective position on the pizza, the order entry terminal comprising:
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a microprocessor based controller including a voice synthesis generator for presenting audible sounds in synthesized human speech;
a touch screen video display;
an audio speaker;
a voice recognition processor connected to the controller;
a microphone;
a power supply; and
a communication circuit for connecting the terminal to computerized point-of-sale order processing system;
whereby a user may define an order for a pizza by speaking in a normal human voice which is recognized by the terminal which in turn causes a visual image of the pizza detected as being ordered to be displayed to the customer toward the customer confirming and submitting the order into a point-of-sale system.
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