# US 2014/0207589 A1 · Order receiving apparatus and order receiving method

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- Number: US 2014/0207589 A1
- Document ID: US20140207589A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/159,633
- Filed: 2014-01-21
- Published: 2014-07-24
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-22
- Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Shigeki Nimiya; Katsuhito Mochizuki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140207589A1

## CPC

- G06Q 50/12: Hotels or restaurants
- G06Q 30/0633: {Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087)}
- G07F 17/40: for devices for accepting orders, advertisements, or the like
- G07G 1/00: Cash registers
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})
- G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS

## Abstract

An order receiving apparatus comprises a first storage section configured to store an amount obtained by adding up the prices of the menu items the order on which is received and a second storage section configured to store an amount obtained by adding up the prices of the menu items the order on which is determined. The apparatus adds the price of each menu item to the first storage section every time the order on the menu item is received, adds the amount in the first storage section to the second storage section in response to the determination of the order, and then clears the first storage section. The apparatus outputs the amounts stored in the first and second storage sections.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An order receiving apparatus, comprising:
an order receiving unit configured to receive an order on menu items;
an order determination unit configured to determine the order on the menu items received by the order receiving unit;
an order output unit configured to output, to a server, the data of the menu items the order on which is determined by the order determination unit;
a first storage section configured to store an amount obtained by adding up the prices of the menu items the order on which is received by the order receiving unit;
a second storage section configured to store an amount obtained by adding up the prices of the menu items the order on which is determined by the order determination unit;
a price processing unit configured to add the price of each menu item to the first storage section every time the order on the menu item is received by the order receiving unit, add the amount stored in the first storage section to the second storage section in response to the determination of the order carried out by the order determination unit, and clear the first storage section; and
an amount output unit configured to output the amounts stored in the first and second storage sections.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The order receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the amount output unit outputs the total amount of the amount stored in the first storage section and the amount stored in the second storage section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The order receiving apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:
a display section configured to display a list screen of menu items the order on which can be received by the order receiving unit; wherein
the amount output unit displays the total amount of the amounts stored in the first and second storage sections on a part of the list screen in a tab form.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The order receiving apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
the amount output unit displays the total amount of the amounts stored in the first and second storage sections on a part of the list screen in a tab form, and
displays the amounts stored in the first and second storage sections on the list screen in response to the sliding operation of the tab.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The order receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a user specification unit configured to specify a user ordering menu items; wherein
the first storage section stores an amount obtained by adding up the prices of the menu items the order on which is received from a user for each user specified by the user specification unit, and
the second storage section stores an amount obtained by adding up the prices of the menu items the order on which is received and determined from a user for each user specified by the user specification unit.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The order receiving apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
the amount output unit outputs
the amount obtained by adding up the total amount of each user stored in the first storage,
the amount obtained by adding up the total amount of each user stored in the second storage section, and
the total sum of the amount obtained by adding up the total amount of each user stored in the first storage section and the amount obtained by adding up the total amount of each user stored in the second storage section.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The order receiving apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:
a display section configured to display a list screen of menu items the order on which can be received by the order receiving unit; wherein
the amount output unit displays the total sum of the amount obtained by adding up the total amount of each user stored in the first storage section and the amount obtained by adding up the total amount of each user stored in the second storage section on a part of the list screen in a tab form.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The order receiving apparatus according to claim 7, wherein
the amount output unit displays the total sum of the amount obtained by adding up the total amount of each user stored in the first storage section and the amount obtained by adding up the total amount of each user stored in the second storage section on a part of the list screen in a tab form, and
displays the total amount of each user stored in the first storage section and the total amount of each user stored in the second storage section on the list screen in response to the sliding operation of the tab.

### Claim 9

An order receiving method, including:
receiving an order on menu items;
determining the received order on the menu items;
outputting, to a server, the data of the menu items the order on which are determined;
adding the price of each menu item to the first storage section every time the order on the menu item is received, adding the amount stored in the first storage section to the second storage section in response to the determination of the order, and clearing the first storage section; and
outputting the amounts stored in the first and second storage sections.