Portable timer system for restaurant inventory management
First Claim
1. A portable timer system comprising:
- a plurality of portable timers, each portable timer adapted to include information about a food product, and each portable timer being operatively connectable to a food device operating on the food product and operatively disconnectable from the food device operating on the food product; and
a timer programmer adapted to program each portable timer.
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Abstract
A portable timer system and method for restaurant inventory management includes a plurality of portable timers that connect to one or more food preparation, processing, and/or storage devices typically used in restaurants. The portable timer system may include at least one timer programming station, a computing device, and a handheld computing device. Each portable timer can updated include updated information about the food products being operated on in the food devices, and such information can be transferred with the portable timer as the food product is transferred from one food device to another. A restaurant can utilize the portable timer system and method to manage the food inventory therein by having current information about food products that are being processed, prepared, and stored in the restaurant.
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1. A portable timer system comprising:
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a plurality of portable timers, each portable timer adapted to include information about a food product, and each portable timer being operatively connectable to a food device operating on the food product and operatively disconnectable from the food device operating on the food product; and
a timer programmer adapted to program each portable timer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A portable timer system for restaurant inventory management, the portable timer system comprising:
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a plurality of portable timers, each portable timer operatively connectable to food devices in the restaurant and operatively disconnectable from the food devices in the restaurant, each portable timer adapted to include information about at least one food product of a plurality of food products operated on by the food devices; and
a computing device adapted to receive from the portable timers information about the plurality of food products and manage the information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of restaurant inventory management comprising:
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storing information about a food product on a portable timer;
connecting the portable timer to a first food device, the first food device adapted to operate on the food product; and
tracking information about the food product responsive to the first food device operating on the food product. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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