Patent ID: 8650504

Claim:
An order receiving apparatus comprising: a display unit comprising at least one processor and configured to display an order input screen including a menu item space in which operation images configured to receive order input representing orders of menu items are allocated according to definition information for defining the operation images, and to display, in response to selection of a designated key on the order input screen, a list of menu items for which the operation images can be allocated to the menu item space, wherein selection of the designated key causes the list of menu items to be displayed simultaneously with the menu item space on a common display screen; a first selecting unit configured to select a menu item, of the list of menu items, for which an operation image, of the operation images, is to be allocated to the menu item space; a second selecting unit configured to select an allocation position within the menu item space to which the operation image of the menu item selected by the first selecting unit is to be allocated; and an updating unit configured to update the definition information according to the menu item selected by the first selecting unit and the allocation position selected by the second selecting unit.