Wireless electronic menu device and ordering system containing the same device

a technology of electronic menu and ordering system, which is applied in the direction of wireless communication, wireless communication, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of high labor turnover rate, ineffective promotion of customer satisfaction in the solution, and inability to achieve the objective of reducing manpower cost in the solution, so as to improve the skills of restaurant management

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-06-28
ZHANG YING FU
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[0046] 5. The menu of the present invention may have a format for custom...

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However, such a solution has the following problems: 1.
As PDA has a small screen, a complicated operating steps and a high price and is easy to drop, wireless PDA meal-ordering devices are not operated by customers but by waitpersons.
Consequently, the objective of reducing manpower cost is not achieved in the solution.
Thus, customers' satisfaction is not effectively promoted in the so...

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[0061] In cooperation with the attached drawings, the preferred embodiments are used to demonstrate the technical schemes of the present invention below. However, the preferred embodiments are not to limit the scope of the present invention but only to exemplify the present invention.

[0062] Refer to FIG. 1. In the first embodiment, the wireless electronic menu device 100 of the present invention comprises a menu body 102 and a menu base 104, and the menu body 102 is detachable from the menu base 104. The menu body 102 and the menu base 104 respectively have a first communication device and a second communication device for the wireless communication therebetween, which are a wireless transceiver 110a and a wireless transceiver 110b respectively. Either of the wireless transceiver 110a and the wireless transceiver 110b is a wireless Bluetooth device or an infrared communication device. The first communication device and the second communication device may alternatively be wired comm...

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The present invention discloses a wireless electronic menu device, which comprises a menu body and a menu base, wherein a plurality of menus is placed on the menu body; a photo-sensor is used to automatically detect the menu the customer is reading; an induction stylus is pointed to the menu and emits a signal to indicate the coordinates of the position it is pointed to; the menu body collects the related data and transfers the data to the menu base with a wired communication device or a wireless communication device; the menu base retrieves the data corresponding to the coordinates, such as voice, audio, text, image and video data, from its storage device or an external storage device; the menu base presents the multimedia data to aid the customers to acquire meal information and order meals. The present invention also discloses an ordering system containing the abovementioned wireless electronic menu device. The present invention can provide more detailed and consistent meal information for customers to help customers order meals by themselves. Thereby, the present invention can reduce the manpower cost of the food-service industry.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a wireless electronic menu device and an ordering system containing the same device. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] With the population of wireless networks, all the various professions zealously utilize information technology and wireless communication to reduce manpower cost and promote customers' satisfaction. [0005] In the food-service industry, the general e-business solution is that a waitperson takes a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), which is cooperated with a computer management system, to order meals for customers; thereby, the time of waiting for meals to be served is shortened, and the utilization rate of dining tables is increased. [0006] However, such a solution has the following problems: [0007] 1. As PDA has a small screen, a complicated operating steps and a high price and is easy to drop, wireless PDA meal-ordering devices are not operated by custo...

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IPC IPC(8): E04H3/04
CPCG06F3/046G06F3/04886H04M1/72583H04W4/00H04W88/02H04M1/72469
Inventor ZHANG, YING-FU
Owner ZHANG YING FU
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