Patent ID: 6712278
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
An on-premises restaurant communication system for communicating an identifier for a customer's table to a central service counter, said system comprising:means in the central service counter for encoding a data token that is provided to the customer when the customer places a food order, said encoding means encoding the token with a customer identifier number; data input means in a communication device mounted on the customer's table for inputting the data token and extracting the customer number therefrom; a data memory in the communication device that stores the table identifier; a communication transmitter in the communication device that transmits a message containing the extracted customer number and the table identifier; a communication receiver in the central service counter that receives the message and extracts the customer number and the table identifier therefrom; and a user interface in the central service counter that receives the extracted customer number and table identifier from the communication receiver and informs a food server of the table identifier for the customer's table.