G08B 7/068
Calling personnel in a restaurant
Official title: {calling personnel in a restaurant, e.g. waiter call}
G08B7/068 (Calling personnel in a restaurant) appears on 52 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G08B- Granted patents
- 52
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 81
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Waitperson notification and feedback indicator device28 Jul 2026US 12,694,766 B2
- Methods and systems optimizing swimming pool and restaurant service operations by utilizing occupancy detection device2 Apr 2024US 11,948,444 B2
- Method and apparatus for communicating the status of a consumable30 Jan 2024US 11,884,530 B2
- Methods and apparatus for smart distribution of restaurant items and notification of order readiness26 Sep 2023US 11,769,382 B2SmartBAR Corp.
- Methods and systems optimizing swimming pool and restaurant service operations by utilizing occupancy detection device29 Aug 2023US 11,741,814 B2
- Methods And Systems Optimizing Swimming Pool And Restaurant Service Operations By Utilizing Occupancy Detection Device4 Jan 2024US 2024/0005769 A1
- Waitperson notification and feedback indicator device28 Dec 2023US 2023/0419796 A1
- Information processing device, information processing system, of information processing method, and non-transitory recording medium15 Sep 2022US 2022/0292939 A1
- System and method of communicating devices using virtual buttons21 Apr 2022US 2022/0122432 A1Hellofactory Co., Ltd.
- Occupancy Detection, Data Collection Methods and Systems25 Nov 2021US 2021/0366259 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Systems controlled by data bearing records for maintaining inventory data47US 8,342,400 B1Diebold, Incorporated · 2013
- Restaurant waiter paging system46US 6,366,196 B12002
- Restaurant service request communications system38US 4,777,488 ACW Products, Inc. · 1988
- Waitstaff signaling device for use in a service establishment36US 5,355,115 AGoor Associates, Inc. · 1994