Patent ID: 8397174

Claim:
An order receiving apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive selection of a task other than an order task related to an order of a menu item; a display control unit configured to display an order input screen including an area in which an operation image for operating execution of the order task is displayed and a new area in which an operation image for operating execution of the task other than the order task, the selection of which is received, is displayed, wherein the display control unit reduces the area in which the operation image for the order task is displayed, generates the new area on the order input screen, and displays the operation image for the task other than the order task, the selection of which is received, in the generated area; and an executing unit configured to execute in parallel the order task and the task other than the order task, and the area in which the operation image for operating execution of the order task is displayed and the new area in which the operation image for operating execution of the task other than the order task is displayed are simultaneously operated.