Method for operating a restaurant having an electronically changeable, geographically oriented visual environment
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1. A method of operating a restaurant comprising;
- providing a dining area including a room having at least one wall;
providing at least one virtual window on said at least one wall, said virtual window including at least one display screen providing projection means for generating an image on said display screen;
providing a file server capable of storing a digital library of extended real time visual recordings, the server connected to said projection means to allow recordings to be displayed on said at least one display screen;
collecting a plurality of visual recordings, said recordings generated using a recorder placed at a geographic location different from the location of the restaurant;
storing said collected recordings in said file server; and
, selecting a single visual recording from the library and playing that recording such that the stored visual image is displayed onto said at least one display screen.
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Abstract
A method of operating a restaurant or a chain or restaurants is described whereby the geographic theme at each restaurant location is visually changeable electronically, day by day, along with the menu offered at that location, to be reflective of the foods of the geographic location selected. The visual environment is enhanced by projections of real time images of the chosen location onto display screens, positioned behind virtual windows, through which the patrons of the restaurant are exposed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a restaurant comprising;
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providing a dining area including a room having at least one wall;
providing at least one virtual window on said at least one wall, said virtual window including at least one display screen providing projection means for generating an image on said display screen;
providing a file server capable of storing a digital library of extended real time visual recordings, the server connected to said projection means to allow recordings to be displayed on said at least one display screen;
collecting a plurality of visual recordings, said recordings generated using a recorder placed at a geographic location different from the location of the restaurant;
storing said collected recordings in said file server; and
,selecting a single visual recording from the library and playing that recording such that the stored visual image is displayed onto said at least one display screen. - 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 providing an electronically changeable visual setting for a dining room, the method comprising:
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providing a dining room having a least one wall, said wall having a front side and a backside, the front side of said wall disposed so as to be facing into the interior of the said dining room;
providing at least one virtual window in said at least one wall, said virtual window including at least one display screen, whereby the image displayed on said screen is viewable by a patron located within said dining room;
providing a storage medium for storing at least one digital video program;
storing a digital video program in said storage medium, said stored digital video program recorded at a location remote from the location of said dining room; and
,displaying on said display screen said stored video image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for providing an electronically changeable visual setting for a dining room, the method comprising:
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providing of a dining room having a least one wall, said wall having a front side and a backside, the front side of said wall disposed so as to be facing into the interior of the said dining room;
providing of at least one window in said at least one wall;
providing at least one display screen behind said window, whereby the image displayed onto said screen is viewable by a patron located within said dining room;
providing a source of video programming; and
,displaying a video image on the said at least one display screen, based on said provided video programming.
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20. A system for providing an electronically changeable virtual dining experience including:
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a dining room having one or more virtual windows, said windows including at least one video screen;
a computer for controlling the delivery of stored video recordings to projecting means for creating images on said screens; and
,a file server for electronically storing a plurality of video recordings to be delivered by said computer to said at least one screen.
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