Patent ID: 9514427
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for a graphical user interface (GUI) for defining one or more accounts for invoicing goods or services comprising: generating, on a touch-screen display of an electronic apparatus installed at a hospitality establishment, said GUI including a first icon in association with a graphical representation of at least one seating layout of said hospitality establishment, wherein said first icon represents a first seat of said at least one seating layout; defining, in a computer memory, a first account respective to said first icon; generating, on said touch-screen display, a second icon, wherein said second icon represents a second seat of said at least one seating layout; defining, in said computer memory, a second account respective to said second icon; receiving, via said GUI on said touch-screen display, input assigning one or more shared chargeable items to one or more tables of said at least one seating layout; receiving a swipe gesture at said GUI on said touch-screen display, receiving said swipe gesture including receiving an initial touch on said touch-screen display at a location of said first icon and receiving an end touch on said touch-screen display at a location of said second icon along a line between said first icon and said second icon; merging, in said computer memory, in response to said swipe gesture, said first account and said second account into a single account, said merging including accounting for said one or more shared chargeable items assigned to one or more tables of said at least one seating layout.