Automatic ordering, billing and accounting system and method for ordering items listed in a restaurant menu

摘要

57 An information entry, processing and retrieval system communicates bi-directionally over a portable hand-held terminal (21), to a radio base station (24), then over a local area network to a central computer (22). The computer also receives order-ready information from kitchen terminals, (29), controls information storage and updating functions, routes verification and other information to the hand-held terminal, (21), or the appropriate peripheral unit, and controls printing (28), of guest checks. Other applications of the system include to inventory control, and to various health care information entry, processing and retrieval systems.