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`invention disclosed in the attached application HAS NOT and WILL NOT be the subject of
`an application filed in another country, or under a multilateral agreement, that requires
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Patent Application (Specs. 29 pgs., Claims 5 pgs. Abstract 1 pg.)
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`UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATION
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`INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS
`SYSTEM WITH MENU GENERATION, AND HANDWRITING AND VOICE
`MODIFICATION OF ORDERS
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`Inventors:
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`UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATION
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`OF: KEITH R. McNALLY
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`WJ KITCHEN
`KEN ROGERS
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`PAUL RUBIN
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`FOR: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND SYNCHRONOUS
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`COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH MENU
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`GENERATION, AND HANDWRITING AND VOICE
`MODIFICATION OF ORDERS
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`The present application is a continuation-in—part of application Serial No.
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`09/400,413, filed September 21, 1999. The contents of application Serial No. 09/400,413 are
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`to an information management
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`other applications with specialized display and synchronous communications requirements
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`example, ordering prepared foods has historically been done verbally, either directly to a waiter
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`display medium interface itself, which in most cases is one of a variety of LCD (liquid crystal
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`displayed at any one point or time is commensurater decreased, typically requiring multiple
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`screens and displays to display information to the operator. This reduces the overall utility of the
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`calendars. However, substantial use of such devices in the restaurant and hospitality context has
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`not occurred to date. As discussed above, at least one of the reasons PDAs have not been
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`quickly assimilated into the restaurant and hospitality industries is that their small display sizes
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`configuring wireless handheld devices and maintaining database synchronization for such
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`handheld and Web site menus and ordering options.
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`A principal object of the present invention is to provide an improved information
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`management and synchronous communications system and method which facilitates user—
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`friendly and efficient generation of computerized menus for restaurants and other applications
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`that utilize equipment with non-PC-standard graphical formats, display sizes and/or applications.
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`management and synchronous communications system and method which provides for entry,
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`management and communication of information from the operator as well as to and from another
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`lightweight yet incorporates a user—friendly operator interface and displays menus in a readily
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`A fiirther object of the present invention is to provide a synchronous information
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`present invention includes a desktop software application that enables the rapid creation and
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`building of a menu and provides a means to instantly download the menu configuration onto,
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`e.g., a handheld device or Web page and to seamlessly interface with standard point of sale
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`(“P08”) systems to enable automatic database updates and communication exchanges when a
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`change or input occurs in any of the other system elements. To solve the above and other related
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`a dramatic reduction in the amount of time, and hence cost,
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`computerized menus for, e.g., restaurants and other related applications that utilize non-PC-
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`The menu generation approach of the present invention has many advantages over
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`previous approaches in solving the problem of converting paper-based menus or Windows® PC—
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`generated according to standard choices . Such manual modifications enable an extremely rapid
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`ordering when customers want something unusual and not anticipated and available through
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`normal computerized selections. As seen in Figure 8, the operator screen on the hand—held can
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`the fixed menu and modifier
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`application software and the combined message can be sent to a restaurant point of sale (P08)
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`system, printer or/or display system. This unique operator interface enables universal languages
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`her hand-held device’s screen “Iced Tea”, and then manually write in the literal screen of her
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`hand—held “with lemon” as shown in Figure 8. The manually-written information could, for
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`example, be printed or displayed in front of a bartender preparing the drink order. The indication
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`“Iced Tea” as selected from a menu of the hand-held would also be presented to the bartender,
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`perhaps by printng and/or screen display. The server can also select any printer from Within the
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`hospitality establishment directly from the operator interface on the screen of the hand-held and
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`have either the order or the receipt printed out where it is most convenient and efficient.
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`Similarly, a server taking a drink order could select from a menu of her hand-held
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`device’s screen “Iced Tea”, and then record the voice message “with lemon” using her hand-held
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`device integral microphone, The recorded information could, for example, be played on a
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`speaker attached to a computer, POS system, or the like located near the bartender or chef
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`preparing the order. The indication “Iced Tea” as selected from a menu of the hand-held would
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`embodiments, hand-writing and voice recognition technologies can be utilized to convert the
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`Similarly, hand-held devices can link the above innovations to individual
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`customers at specific tables through a graphical user interface on the hand-held screen that
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`customer positions within the table and accessible from the hand-held screen, the servers can
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`easily track and link the specific orders to the specific customers.
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`The use of wireless handheld devices in the restaurant and hospitality industry is
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`becoming increasingly pervasive as restaurant owners and managers become more aware of the
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`benefits. With the proper Wireless handheld system in place, restaurants can experience
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`increased table turns from improved server productivity and shorter order taking and check
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`paying times. Restaurants and POS companies seeking to provide a Wireless handheld interface
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`to their desktop-based POS systems or a Web page equivalent face several challenges. These
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`challenges include building a menu using their existing database and transferring the menu onto
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`handheld devices or Web pages
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`restaurants/customers over the internet. The menu generation approach of the present invention
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`existing POS systems, and thus provides a way to turn a complicated, time—consuming task into a
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`present invention features include fast synchronization between a central database and multiple
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`handheld devices, synchronization and communication between a Web server and multiple
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`handheld devices, a well-defined API that enables third parties such as POS companies, affinity
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`throughout the day to keep multiple sites in synch with the central database.
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`The communication module also provides a single point of entry for all hospitality
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`applications, e.g., reservations, frequent customer ticketing, wait lists, etc. to communicate with
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`one another wirelessly and over the Web. This communication module is a layer that sits on top
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`of any communication protocol and acts as an interface between hospitality applications and the
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`communication protocol and can be easily updated to work with a new communication protocol
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`without modifying the core hospitality applications. An exemplary system diagram of such a
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`communications systemic relationship is shown in Figure 9 and serves as an example of the
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` single point of entry works to keep all wireless handheld devices and linked web sites in synch
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`power of the synchronization element of the invention through a common, linked solution. A
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`with the backoffice server applications so that the different components are in equilibrium at any
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`given time and an overall consistency is achieved. For example, a reservation made online can
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`be automatically communicated to the backoffice server and then synchronized with all the
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`wireless handheld devices wirelessly. Similarly, changes made on any of the wireless handheld
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`devices are reflected instantaneously on the backoffice server Web pages and the other handheld
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a window displayed on a computer display
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`screen which shows a hierarchical tree menu, modifier window and sub-modifier window in
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`conformity with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a modifier dialog box in conformity with a
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`preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a menu category dialog box in conformity
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`with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of a menu item dialog box in conformity with
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`a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a display customization dialog box in
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`conformity with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of a communications control window in
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`conformity with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG. 7 is a schematic representation of a point of sale interface on a wireless
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`Most personal computers today run under an operating system that provides a
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`graphical user interface (“GUI”) for accessing user applications. A GUI is used in the preferred
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`embodiment of the present invention. Through an interface of windows, pull-down menus, and
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`toolbars, GUI operating systems have simplified PCs and have rendered computer technology
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`more user friendly by eliminating the need to memorize keyboard entry sequences.
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`GUIs allow users to manipulate their data as they would physical entities. For example, a
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`window can represent a file and the contents of the window can represent the records of the file.
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`The window can be opened, closed, or set aside on a desktop as if it were an actual object. The
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`records of the file can be created, deleted, modified and arranged in a drag-and—drop fashion as if
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`they also were physical objects. The most common GUI operating systems that provide this
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`for personal computers are Microsoft Windows® systems,
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`including Windows CE® for handheld wireless devices and the like. Generally, a particular
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`application program presents information to a user through a window of a GUI by drawing
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`images, graphics or text Within the Window region. The user, in turn, communicates with the
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`application by “pointing” at graphical objects in the Window with a pointer that is controlled by a
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`hand—operated pointing device, such as a mouse, or by pressing keys on a keyboard.
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`The use of menus is conventional in GUIs for software applications. Menus are
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`typically utilized to provide end users of applications with available choices or processing
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`options while using the applications. For example, in a typical desktop or inter