Patent ID: 7257547

Claim:
A service managing system, comprising: a portable table top terminal that enables customers to view menus and to order a desired dish, being driven by a battery, and including a number reading part; a kitchen terminal that receives and indicates a dish ordered from the portable table top terminal; an accounting unit that manages accounts in response to customers' requests input into the portable table top terminal by the customer, and indicates calculated results; a control unit that processes data between the portable table top terminal, the kitchen terminal, and the accounting unit, and a terminal receptacle including an identification number, provided at least one customer location and, the terminal receptacle receives the portable table top terminal thereon, and the number reading part reads the identification number when the portable table top terminal is placed onto the terminal receptacle, wherein the portable table top terminal processes a customer's order on the basis of the identification number, and the control unit manages the occupancy of the at least one customer location based on the identification number, and data are transmitted and received using radio communications between the portable table top terminal, the kitchen terminal, the accounting unit, and the control unit.