Multimedia point-of-sale network system and method therefor
OwnerSabatino MADDALO, Paulette ANDERSONinventors
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Abstract
A multimedia point-of-sale (MMPOS) network system has a server, a plurality of client computing devices used by a plurality of customers, one or more MMPOS terminals deployed in one or more establishments, and a network. The system stores customers' profiles in a database. When a customer visits an establishment, the system identifies the customer, accesses the customer's profile, retrieves the allergy information and food preferences of the customer, displays a menu on a MMPOS terminal used by the customer, and highlights one or more first menu items on the menu based on the retrieved food preferences, and/or presents an alert on one or more second menu items on the menu based on the retrieved allergy information.
Claims9
A multimedia point-of-sale (MMPOS) network system comprising:
- a first server;
- one or more client computing devices for use by a plurality of customers;
- and
- a network connecting the first server and the plurality of client computing devices;
- wherein the first server comprises a database storing a plurality of customer profiles, the customer profiles comprising at least allergy information and/or food preferences of the plurality of customers;
- and
- wherein the one or more client computing devices are configured for communicating with the first server for:
- identifying one of the plurality of customers;
- accessing, in the database, the profile of the identified customer;
- retrieving, from the database, the allergy information and/or food preferences of the identified customer;
- displaying a product offering having one or more product items on one of the one or more client computing devices associated with the identified customer;
- and
- highlighting first one or more of the product items on the product offering based on the retrieved food preferences, and/or presenting an alert on second one or more of the product items on the product offering based on the retrieved allergy information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.