Commodity order system

A product ordering method in which a plurality of ordering terminals installed on tables are used that acquire order information by prompting an orderer to select and order a desired product or service, comprising:

• a step in which the ordering terminals acquire orderer identification information that identifies the orderer along with the order information;
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• a step in which the order information acquired by the ordering terminals is correlated with the orderer identification information;
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• a step in which seating information is managed, the seating information including table identification information that identifies the tables and the ordering terminals, and information correlated with the orderer identification information of the orderer which is seated at one of the tables, the step in which seating information is managed further comprising,
• generating seating information that correlates the table identification information of the table at which the orderer is seated and the orderer identification information when an identification information acquisition section of the ordering terminal installed at the table acquires the orderer identification information,
• storing at least the seating information by correlating with generation time in the form of information on a date and time at which the seating information was generated, storing seating log information which refers to log information of past seating information that has been updated by movement of the orderer to a different table when the orderer specified with the orderer identification (inforamtion) - - code - - has been moved to a different table, and
• updating the seating information to a most recent seating information based on the generation time when there is plurality of seating information containing the same orderer identification information in a seating information database.

A program -- tangibly embodied in media -- for a product ordering system comprising a plurality of ordering terminals installed on tables which acquire order information by prompting an orderer to select and order desired products or services, -- said program tangibly embodying instructions executable by the computer,-- wherein the program causes a computer to perform:

• a step in which the ordering terminals acquire orderer identification information that identifies the orderer along with the order information;
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• a step in which the order information acquired by the ordering terminals is correlated with the orderer identification information
• a step in which seating information is managed, the seating information including table identification information that identifies the tables and the ordering terminals, and information correlated with the orderer identification information of the orderer which is seated at one of the tables, the step in which seating information is managed further comprising,
• generating seating information that correlates the table identification information of the table at which the orderer is seated and the orderer identification information when an identification information acquisition section of the ordering terminal installed at the table acquires the orderer identification information,
• storing at least the seating information by correlating with generation time in the form of information on a date and time at which the seating information was generated,
• storing seating log information which refers to log information of past seating information that has been updated by movement of the orderer to a different table when the orderer specified with the orderer identification (information) - - code - - has been moved to a different table, and
• updating the seating information to a most recent seating information based on the generation time when there is a plurality of seating information containing the same orderer identification information in a seating information database.