Patent ID: 6783066
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
An on-premises restaurant paging system for paging a customer in a restaurant, said paging system comprising:a data token that is provided to the customer, said token having a customer identifier for the customer encoded thereon; a paging transmitter that is programmable to broadcast a paging message in the restaurant, said message including a broadcast customer identifier; and a plurality of paging receivers mounted in a plurality of locations in the restaurant, said paging receivers including: a data input device for reading the customer identifier from the data token when the customer presents the data token to the data input device; a database for storing the customer identifier read from the data token; a receiver for receiving the broadcast paging message and extracting the broadcast customer identifier therefrom; a processor for comparing the broadcast customer identifier with the customer identifier stored in the database; and means for alerting the customer when the broadcast customer identifier matches the customer identifier stored in the database.