Waiter/table control for electronic cash registers
AssigneeMKD Corporation
InventorsMatthew J. Campanella, Anthony Maladra, Bennett C. Goldberg
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Abstract
A waiter/table control module adapted for data input to an ECR which identifies the waiter operating the cash register by means of a key like device which cooperates with an electronic device to generate a binary expression representing the waiter to whom the key is assigned and further identifies the tables against which the sale is to be recorded by means of a keyboard matrix having a key for each table and a light within the key.
Claims15
In electronic cash registers of the type used in restaurants and the like and providing for data input to the electronic cash register such as waiter identification and table number, the improvements in the mode of waiter/table identification comprising:
- a plurality of security devices differing one from another and assigned to and carried by a given waiter;
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- first electronic means interconnected to the electronic cash register and operable by each different security device for generating a first electronic signal identifiable with a given security device to provide waiter identification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.