System and method for creating a food order sales receipt identifying nutritional information of a customized meal
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1. A method for reporting nutritional information of food items served to a customer of a restaurant, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a service order from the customer requesting a meal including a first meal item and a second meal item wherein each said meal item includes a standard set of meal components and wherein said service order specifies a modified set of meal components different than said standard set;
thereafterfilling said service order by assembling said meal items specified by said modified set of meal components from a plurality of standardized meal components;
retrieving from a database a nutritional information component for each of said plurality of standardized meal components used in said modified set of meal components;
aggregating, for each meal item, said nutritional information components for each of said plurality of standardized meal components included in each respective meal item to form a first aggregated nutritional component and a second aggregated nutritional component;
printing an itemized list of said meal items and said aggregated nutritional components to produce a nutritional report, said nutritional report including said meal items and said aggregated nutritional components in an encoded computer-readable format; and
providing said nutritional report to the customer.
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Abstract
Food order content information that is presented to customers of food preparation establishments to report individualized nutritional information of meal items prepared and served. A system and method of receiving a service order having one or more meals, each meal made up of one or more meal items prepared using standardized meal components. A report listing the specific nutritional content of the standardized and customized meal items is provided to the customer in electronic or printed forms. The report includes information encoded in a computer-readable format for electronic storing and access.
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1. A method for reporting nutritional information of food items served to a customer of a restaurant, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a service order from the customer requesting a meal including a first meal item and a second meal item wherein each said meal item includes a standard set of meal components and wherein said service order specifies a modified set of meal components different than said standard set;
thereafterfilling said service order by assembling said meal items specified by said modified set of meal components from a plurality of standardized meal components; retrieving from a database a nutritional information component for each of said plurality of standardized meal components used in said modified set of meal components; aggregating, for each meal item, said nutritional information components for each of said plurality of standardized meal components included in each respective meal item to form a first aggregated nutritional component and a second aggregated nutritional component; printing an itemized list of said meal items and said aggregated nutritional components to produce a nutritional report, said nutritional report including said meal items and said aggregated nutritional components in an encoded computer-readable format; and providing said nutritional report to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. The reporting method of claim I wherein said nutritional report includes said meal items and said aggregated nutritional components in two distinct formats:
- said encoded format and a human readable format.
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11. A method for reporting nutritional information of food items served to a customer of a restaurant, comprising the steps of:
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assembling a plurality of meal items from a plurality of standardized meal components; receiving a service order from the customer requesting a meal including a first meal item from said plurality of meal items wherein each said meal item includes a standard set of meal components and wherein said service order specifies a modified set of meal components different than said standard set; filling said service order by retrieving said first meal item specified by said modified set of meal components; retrieving from a database a nutritional information component for each of said plurality of standardized meal components used in said modified set of meal components; aggregating, for said first meal item, said nutritional information components for each of said plurality of standardized meal components included in said first meal item to form a first aggregated nutritional component; processing an itemized list of said first meal item and said first aggregated nutritional component to produce a nutritional report including said itemized list in an encoded, computer-readable format; and providing said nutritional report to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method for reporting nutritional information of a food item served to a customer of a restaurant, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a service order from the customer requesting a meal including a plurality of meal items wherein each said meal item includes a standard set of meal components and wherein said service order specifies a modified set of meal components different than said standard set;
thereafterretrieving from a database a nutritional information component for each of said plurality of standardized meal components used in said modified set of meal components; aggregating, for said meal item, said nutritional information components for each of said plurality of standardized meal components included in said meal item to form an aggregated nutritional component; processing an itemized list of said meal item and said aggregated nutritional component to produce a nutritional report having said itemized list in an encoded, machine readable format; and providing said nutritional report to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for reporting nutritional information of a food item served to a customer of a food preparation establishment, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a service order from the customer requesting a meal including a first meal item and a second meal item wherein each said meal item includes a standard set of meal components and wherein said service order specifies a modified set of meal components different than said standard set;
thereafterretrieving from a database a nutritional information component for each of a plurality of standardized meal components to be used in said modified set of meal components; aggregating, for each said meal item, said nutritional information components for each of said plurality of standardized meal components included in said meal items to form a first and a second aggregated nutritional component corresponding to respective ones of said meal items; processing an itemized list associating said meal item with a first aggregated nutritional component and said second meal item with a second aggregated nutritional component to produce a nutritional report having said aggregated nutritional information encoded in a machine readable format;
thereafterfilling said service order by assembling said meal items specified by said modified set of meal components from said plurality of standardized meal components; and providing said nutritional report to the customer.
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21. A system for reporting nutritional information of a meal served to a customer of a food preparation establishment, comprising:
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a database for storing nutritional information components of standardized food components used by the food preparation establishment; and a point-of-sale system, coupled to said database, for receiving a service order from the customer requesting a particular meal including a first meal item and a second meal item wherein each said meal item includes a standard set of meal components and wherein said service order specifies a modified set of meal components different than said standard set, said point-of-sale system retrieving from said database a plurality of specific nutritional information components for each of a plurality of standardized meal components to be used in said modified set of meal components, said point-of-sale system for aggregating, for each said meal item, said specific nutritional information components for each of said plurality of standardized meal components included in said meal items to form a first and a second aggregated nutritional component corresponding to respective ones of said meal items, said point-of-sale system for processing an itemized list associating said meal item with a first aggregated nutritional component and said second meal item with a second aggregated nutritional component to produce a nutritional report in an encoded, machine readable format.
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22. A method for reporting nutritional information of food items served to a customer of a restaurant, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a service order from the customer requesting a meal including a first meal item and a second meal item wherein each said meal item includes a standard set of meal components and wherein said service order specifies a modified set of meal components different than said standard set;
thereafterretrieving a nutritional information component for each of said plurality of standardized meal components used in said modified set of meal components; aggregating, for each meal item, said nutritional information components for each of said plurality of standardized meal components included in each respective meal item to form a first aggregated nutritional component and a second aggregated nutritional component; developing an itemized list of said meal items and said aggregated nutritional components for a nutritional report, said nutritional report including said meal items and said aggregated nutritional components; and associating said nutritional report with a reference; providing said reference to the customer; and
thereafterpresenting, using a display system accessible by the customer and responsive to the reference, said nutritional report. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for reporting nutritional information of food items,
served to a customer of a restaurant, comprising the steps of: -
receiving a service order from the customer requesting a meal including a first meal item and a second meal item wherein each said meal item includes a standard set of meal components and wherein said service order specifies a modified set of meal components different than said standard set;
thereafterfilling said service order by assembling said meal items specified by said modified set of meal components from a plurality of standardized meal components; associating said modified set of meal components with a reference; providing said reference to the customer; and
thereafterretrieving from a database accessed by the customer and responsive to said reference, a nutritional information component for each of said plurality of standardized meal components used in said modified set of meal components; aggregating, for each meal item, said nutritional information components for each of said plurality of standardized meal components included in each respective meal item to form a first aggregated nutritional component and a second aggregated nutritional component; and
thereafterprocessing an itemized list of said meal items and said aggregated nutritional components to produce a nutritional report, said nutritional report including said meal items and said aggregated nutritional components.
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26. A method for reporting nutritional information of food items served to a customer of a restaurant, comprising the steps of:
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assembling a plurality of meal items from a plurality of standardized meal components; receiving a service order from the customer requesting a meal including a first meal item from said plurality of meal items wherein each said meal item includes a standard set of meal components and wherein said service order specifies a modified set of meal components different than said standard set; filling said service order by retrieving said first meal item specified by said modified set of meal components; and
thereafterretrieving, from a database accessible by the customer and established by the restaurant, a nutritional information component for each of said plurality of standardized meal components used in said modified set of meal components; aggregating, for said first meal item, said nutritional information components for each of said plurality of standardized meal components included in said first meal item to form a first aggregated nutritional component; and presenting, on a display system accessible to the customer and operated by the restaurant, an itemized list of said first meal item and said first aggregated nutritional component to produce a nutritional report including said itemized list in an encoded, computer-readable format.
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