Patent ID: 8494896

Claim:
A computer-based system for restaurant menu analysis comprising at least one processor and machine-readable memory configured to execute: a menu data entry module for receiving menu data from a plurality of menus, the menu data entry module prompting, for each menu entered by a user, input of at least: a restaurant name, a menu influence indicator and a plurality of menu elements; a menu database for storing the received menu data; a menu analysis module for calculating occurrences of the menu elements across all entered menus having menu influence indicators meeting a predetermined influence threshold, and determining a scored list of influential menu elements based thereon; and a menu element reporting module for displaying results of the menu analysis module to the user; wherein the menu analysis module also determines an average menu influence for all entered menus having the menu influence indicators meeting the predetermined influence threshold, and the determination of the scored list of influential menu elements is weighted based on the average menu influence.