Patent ID: 8041605

Claim:
A system comprising: a slave device configured to: provide a customer waiting to be seated at a restaurant with menu information for the restaurant, where the menu information is provided to the customer while the customer is physically present at the restaurant, receive at least one of a drink order or a food order from the customer while the customer is waiting to be seated at the restaurant, where at least one of drink or food, associated with the at least one of the drink order or the food order, is to be provided to the customer after the customer is seated at the restaurant, and transmit the at least one of the drink order or the food order; and a master device configured to: receive the at least one of the drink order or the food order from the slave device, and cause the at least one of the drink order or the food order to be forwarded to a kitchen of the restaurant based on at least one of a position of the customer on a waiting list or an estimated amount of time until the customer will be seated.