Computer system for maintaining current and predicting future food needs
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1. A computer system for determining and transmitting cooking commencement instruction for selected food items at time intervals to supply future needs of the selected food items, comprising:
- programmable memory;
a cooking station monitor;
a table of selected food items stored on said programmable memory;
a table of desired quantities of the selected food items at desired time intervals relating to said table of selected food items, said table of desired quantities at desired time intervals being stored on said programmable memory;
a table of cooking time to prepare intervals relating to said table of selected food items, said table of cooking time to prepare intervals being stored on said programmable memory;
a variable quantity of processed selected food items stored on said programmable memory;
clock means for establishing a current time;
control means for initiating a cooking instruction to said cooking station monitor in response to a selected relation between the current time and said table of desired quantities of the selected food items at desired time intervals and said table of cooking time to prepare intervals, and a selected relation between the variable quantity of selected food items and said table of desired quantities of selected food items at desired time intervals, wherein the variable quantity of processed selected food items is updated by a wasted food registration means for any waste food items.
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Abstract
A computer system (10) is provided which includes an electronic cash registers (11) electronically coupled to a cooking station monitor (12) and input (13), and a manager'"'"'s station monitor (15), input (16), and printer (17). The system instructs the cook to initiate a cooking process in response to the number of items on hand and items currently being cooked in view of the number of items typically desired to have on hand at a particular time of the day.
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1. A computer system for determining and transmitting cooking commencement instruction for selected food items at time intervals to supply future needs of the selected food items, comprising:
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programmable memory;
a cooking station monitor;
a table of selected food items stored on said programmable memory;
a table of desired quantities of the selected food items at desired time intervals relating to said table of selected food items, said table of desired quantities at desired time intervals being stored on said programmable memory;
a table of cooking time to prepare intervals relating to said table of selected food items, said table of cooking time to prepare intervals being stored on said programmable memory;
a variable quantity of processed selected food items stored on said programmable memory;
clock means for establishing a current time;
control means for initiating a cooking instruction to said cooking station monitor in response to a selected relation between the current time and said table of desired quantities of the selected food items at desired time intervals and said table of cooking time to prepare intervals, and a selected relation between the variable quantity of selected food items and said table of desired quantities of selected food items at desired time intervals, wherein the variable quantity of processed selected food items is updated by a wasted food registration means for any waste food items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer system for determining and transmitting cooking times for selected food items at time intervals to predict future needs of the selected food items, comprising:
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programmable memory;
a table of selected food items stored on said programmable memory;
a table of desired quantities of the selected food items at desired time intervals relating to said table of selected food items, said table of desired quantities at desired time intervals being stored on said programmable memory;
a variable quantity of processed selected food items stored on said programmable memory;
clock means for establishing a current time;
control means for initiating a cooking instruction in response to a selected relationship between the current time and said table of desired quantities of the selected food items at desired time intervals, and a selected relationship between the variable quantity of processed selected food items and said table of desired quantity of processed selected food items at desired time intervals, wherein the variable quantity of processed selected food items is updated by a wasted food registration means for any waste food items. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A food preparation scheduling system for predicting future food needs comprising:
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a processor;
a programmable memory coupled to the processor for storing tables of information about food items, the tables of information including desired quantities of selected food items at desired time intervals, cooking times for selected food items, and variable quantities of selected food items;
a table of selected food items stored on said programmable memory;
a table of desired quantities of the selected food items at desired time intervals relating to the table of selected food items, the table of desired quantities at desired time intervals being stored on said programmable memory;
a table of cooking time to prepare intervals relating to the table of selected food items, the table of cooking time to prepare intervals being stored on said programmable memory;
a first user interface operationally coupled to the processor and the programmable memory, the first user interface including a controller adapted to initiate cooking instructions to a cooking station monitor in response to a selected relation between a current time and the table of desired quantities of the selected food items at desired time intervals and the table of cooking time to prepare intervals, and a selected relation between the variable quantities of selected food items and the table of desired quantities of selected food items at desired time intervals;
a second user interface operationally coupled to the processor and the programmable memory and adapted to receive a cooking commencement command; and
a clock for establishing the current time, wherein the variable quantity of processed selected food items is updated by a wasted food registration means for any waste food items. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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