Patent ID: 7990267

Claim:
A restroom service requesting system, said system comprising: a restroom attending apparatus located in a restroom, said restroom attending apparatus comprising: a user request servicing input device providing a user a device to request servicing, and a communications transmitting circuit to communicate to a service person that a request for servicing has been made, a bathroom attendant main terminal comprising: a communications receiving circuit in signal communication with the restroom attending apparatus, terminal operational software and circuitry, said terminal operational software comprising a software portion which identifies when the service complete input has been cycled and records a respective time of service complete input cycling, a software portion which monitors a time since the most recent time of service, and a software portion which notifies a service person that the time since the most recent time of service has exceeded a predetermined time span, a clock, a user interface informing a service person the restroom needs attending; and a service complete input, the service complete input being provided on at least one of the bathroom attendant main terminal and the restroom attending apparatus.