Patent ID: 7328174
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A sales enhancement system comprising: (a) an input mechanism for inputting, into the system, selection information on a plurality of items selected by at least one patron making an order, said selection information including information on a number of units associated with each of said items; (b) a memory for storing said selection information; (c) a processor for processing said information so as to classify each one of said items as belonging to an item type of a plurality of item types, and (d) a multi-dimensional display, associated with said processor, for displaying said selection information, said display having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns so as to form a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix, wherein such that when said particular items in said rows are displayed in said display elements as filled display elements, at least one additional sales opportunity becomes a visually evident sales opportunity, and wherein said visually evident sales opportunity becomes visually evident when at least one unfilled display element, of said plurality of display elements, is disposed in a partially-filled row of said rows.