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Systems and methods for analyzing restaurant operations

  • US 9,965,734 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2017
  • Issued: 05/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for use in analyzing deployment of employees in a restaurant, the system comprising:

  • at least one employee location data source;

    at least one recording device configured to capture video recordings of occurrences in the restaurant;

    at least one computer-readable storage medium having instructions recorded thereon; and

    at least one processor, programmed via the instructions to;

    determine, based at least in part on data from the at least one employee location data source, that an employee vacated a station in the restaurant to which the employee is assigned during a particular time period;

    determine whether the employee improperly vacated the station based at least in part on an analysis of a video recording captured by the at least one recording device, the analysis relating to identifying whether one or more predefined conditions existed in the restaurant at a time when the employee vacated the station;

    if it is determined that the employee improperly vacated the station, cause the employee to be redirected back to the station, wherein causing the employee to be redirected back to the station comprises at least one of sending an electronic notification to a device operated by the employee, sending an electronic notification to a device operated by a supervisor associated with the employee, and ceasing to present tasks on a monitor at a location in the restaurant to which the employee has moved.

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