Patent ID: 6980088

Claim:
A networked restaurant table turn control and display system comprising: two or more monitoring consoles, each monitoring console comprising: means for displaying a restaurant layout having indicia, the indicia being representative of tables available for seating in the restaurant and being for communicating to the staff working in the restaurant, one of a dinner wait of a pre-set number of patrons or less, a dinner wait of a pre-set number of patrons or more, a need to call the manager on duty to the front desk, a table reservation and hold mode and combinations thereof; touch screen means for activating desired status changes on the system such that when the restaurant layout is touched on a selected indicia, the desired status change on the networked system for the selected indicia is activated; means for illuminating the selected indicia; a controller circuit in electronic operative communication with the touch screen means and the means for illuminating the selected indicia, the controller circuit further including programmable circuitry means for operating and controlling the networked system, including providing status changes and communicating such status changes simultaneously to other monitoring consoles electrically and operatively connected to said monitoring console; the status changes including table status changes and communications to the staff working in the restaurant of one of the dinner wait of the pre-set number of patrons or less, the dinner wait of the pre-set number of patrons or more, the need to call the manager on duty to the front desk, the table reservation and hold mode and the combination thereof; and means for providing electrical power to each monitoring console.