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Digital menu board system with cash register and kitchen interface

  • US 9,064,227 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2010
  • Issued: 06/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A product management and sales system for managing food product preparation and sales, said system comprising:

  • a kitchen display and input device displaying a plurality of perishable food items of different varieties to be produced and receiving a production indication signal indicating said plurality of perishable food items that have been prepared;

    a digital menu board displaying the variety of said plurality of perishable food items that have been prepared and are available for immediate sale;

    a sales counter terminal for completing a sale of at least one of said plurality of perishable food items and outputting a sold indication signal of said at least one perishable food items; and

    a controller receiving said sold indication signal, said controller comparing said sold indication signal to a predetermined saleable product inventory level for said at least one perishable food items and outputting an item-to-be-produced signal to said kitchen display and input device, wherein said controller maintains historic information relating to sale of said plurality of perishable food items in connection with a predetermined time frame, said historic information being used to predict future sale needs for said plurality of perishable food items.

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