Patent ID: 8781903

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving first order information, entered by a user, into a handheld order unit, the user being assigned to the handheld order unit; communicating, from the handheld order unit, the first order information to a cash handling device; displaying an amount due for the first order on the handheld order unit; receiving first payment information, entered by the user, about the first order into the handheld order unit; receiving at least one second order information, entered by the user, into the handheld order unit; communicating, from the handheld order unit, the at least one second order information to the cash handling device; displaying an amount due for the at least one second order on the handheld order unit; receiving second payment information, entered by the user, about the at least one second order into the handheld order unit; and performing a reconciliation of the handheld order unit to the cash handling device including the following steps: displaying a currency prompt, on the handheld order unit, indicating how much physical currency must be input into the cash handling device to reconcile the amount due for the first order with the first payment information, displaying at least one card prompt, on the handheld order unit, indicating that at least one processed transaction card slip, must be deposited into the cash handling device to reconcile the amount due for the at least one second order with the at least one second payment information; at the cash handling device, receiving and scanning the at least one processed transaction card slip deposited in the cash handing device and processing the scanned data associated with the at least one processed transaction card slip for said reconciliation.