System and method for displaying menu
First Claim
1. A menu displaying system comprises an ordering terminal;
- a display terminal installed at a customer table;
a server; and
a communication line for interconnecting said ordering terminal, said display terminal, and said server;
said ordering terminal including;
input means for inputting order information about an order from a customer and customer information about a feature of said customer; and
transmission means for transmitting the order information and the customer information input by said input means, to said server;
said server including;
a storage for storing article information about articles and order management information representing the order quantity of articles classified according to customer'"'"'s features, in one-to-one correspondence; and
a controller for updating the order quantity of said order management information based on order information and customer information transmitted from said order terminal, creating menu information representing sales of articles according to a customer'"'"'s feature based on the article information and the order management information stored in said storage, and then transmitting said menu information to said display terminal;
said server including a display for manifesting menu information transmitted from said server.
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Abstract
A menu displaying system and method is provided that can display timely information about articles recommended to customers by the shop side and quickly information about articles required by the customer. In the input terminal 10, when the input section 12 receives article information, the controller 13 transmits an update request, which requests updating the reference information database 32A in the server 30, and the article information, to the server 30. In response to the update request and the article information, the controller 33 in the server 30 updates the reference information database 32A in the storage 32, based on the article information, according to the reference information data creation program 32B. In the ordering terminal 20, the controller 23 transmits the order information and the customer information input to the input section 22, to the server 30. In the server 30, the controller 33 updates the reference information database 32A in the storage 32, based on the order information and the customer information, according to the reference information data creation program 32B. The controller 33 creates the menu information according to the reference information data creation program 32B and then transmits it to the display terminal 40. In the display terminal 40, the controller 43 displays the menu information from the server 30 on the display 42.
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8 Claims
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1. A menu displaying system comprises
an ordering terminal; -
a display terminal installed at a customer table;
a server; and
a communication line for interconnecting said ordering terminal, said display terminal, and said server;
said ordering terminal including;
input means for inputting order information about an order from a customer and customer information about a feature of said customer; and
transmission means for transmitting the order information and the customer information input by said input means, to said server;
said server including;
a storage for storing article information about articles and order management information representing the order quantity of articles classified according to customer'"'"'s features, in one-to-one correspondence; and
a controller for updating the order quantity of said order management information based on order information and customer information transmitted from said order terminal, creating menu information representing sales of articles according to a customer'"'"'s feature based on the article information and the order management information stored in said storage, and then transmitting said menu information to said display terminal;
said server including a display for manifesting menu information transmitted from said server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4)
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3. A menu displaying system comprises
an ordering terminal; -
a server; and
a communication line for interconnecting said ordering terminal and said server;
said ordering terminal including;
input means for inputting order information about an order from a customer and customer information about a feature of said customer;
a display for manifesting menu information; and
transmission means for transmitting the order information and the customer information input by said input means, to said server and manifesting menu information transmitted from said server;
said server including;
a storage for storing article information about articles and order management information representing the order quantity of articles classified according to customer'"'"'s features, in one-to-one correspondence; and
a controller for updating the order quantity of said order management information stored in said storage based on order information and customer information transmitted from said order terminal, creating menu information representing sales of articles according to a customer'"'"'s feature based on the article information and the order management information stored in said storage, and then transmitting said menu information to said ordering terminal.
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5. A menu displaying method suitable for a system including an ordering terminal, a server, and a display terminal installed at a customer table, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing article information about articles and order management information into said server in one-to-one correspondence, said order management information representing the order quantity of articles according to customer'"'"'s features;
transmitting order information about orders and customer information about customer'"'"'s features, input in said ordering terminal, to said server;
updating said order management information stored in said server, based on the order information and the customer information from said ordering terminal;
creating menu information, based on said article information and said order management information stored in said server, said menu information representing article sales according to customer'"'"'s features;
transmitting said menu information created in said server to said display terminal; and
manifesting the menu information from said server on said display terminal. - View Dependent Claims (6, 8)
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7. A menu displaying method suitable for a system including an ordering terminal and a server;
- said method comprising the steps of;
storing article information about articles and order management information into said server in one-to-one correspondence, said order management information representing the order quantity of articles according to customer'"'"'s features;
transmitting order information about orders input in said ordering terminal and customer information about customer'"'"'s features to said server;
updating order management information stored in said server, based on the order information and the customer information from said ordering terminal;
creating menu information based on the article information and the order management information stored in said server, said menu information representing article sales according to customer'"'"'s features;
transmitting said menu information created in said server, to said ordering terminal; and
manifesting the menu information from said server, in said ordering terminal.
- said method comprising the steps of;
Specification