Patent ID: 7328174

Claim:
A sales enhancement system comprising: (a) an input mechanism for inputting, into the system, selection information on a plurality of items selected by at least one patron making an order, said selection information including information on a number of units associated with each of said items; (b) a memory for storing said selection information; (c) a processor for processing said information so as to classify each one of said items as belonging to an item type of a plurality of item types, and (d) a multi-dimensional display, associated with said processor, for displaying said selection information, said display having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns so as to form a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix, wherein (i) each column of said plurality of columns is adapted to contain a single item type of said item types, and (ii) each row of said plurality of rows is adapted to contain particular hems of said items, said particular items belonging to different item types of said item types, such that when said particular items in said rows are displayed in said display elements as filled display elements, at least one additional sales opportunity becomes a visually evident sales opportunity, and wherein said visually evident sales opportunity becomes visually evident when at least one unfilled display element, of said plurality of display elements, is disposed in a partially-filled row of said rows.