Smart tray system and method for restaurant inventory management
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1. A smart tray system comprising:
- a plurality of information tags, each information tag adapted to be disposed on a food tray and include information about the food tray and a food product contained therein; and
a plurality of communication devices, each communication device adapted to communicate with the information tags when each information tag is located in proximity of each communication device.
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Abstract
A smart tray system includes a plurality of information tags and a plurality of communication devices, which can communicate with each of the information tags when the information tags are located in the proximity of the communication devices. Each information tag is attached to a food tray and contains information about the food tray and the food product contained therein. The information tags and the communication devices provide for tracking and updating the information about the food product contained in the food trays.
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1. A smart tray system comprising:
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a plurality of information tags, each information tag adapted to be disposed on a food tray and include information about the food tray and a food product contained therein; and a plurality of communication devices, each communication device adapted to communicate with the information tags when each information tag is located in proximity of each communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A restaurant inventory management system comprising:
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a plurality of information tags, each information tag adapted to be disposed on a food tray and include information about the food tray and a food product contained therein; a plurality of communication devices, each communication device adapted to communicate with the information tags when each information tag is located in proximity of each communication device; and at least one computing device operatively coupled to the communication devices and adapted to manage the communication of each of the communication devices with each of the information tags. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of restaurant inventory management comprising:
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storing information about a food product contained in a plurality food trays on information tags, each food tray having at least one information tag disposed thereon; tracking the information about the food product contained in the food trays during one or more processes on the food product contained in the food trays with a plurality of communication devices adapted to communicate with each information tag when each information tag is located in proximity of each communication device; and updating the information about the food product contained in the food trays responsive to the tracking of the information during the one or more processes on the food product contained in the food trays. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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