Smart order management
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChristopher M. Bosko, Bryan D. Osenbach, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
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Abstract
An approach is provided for smart order management. Smart utensils measure consumption of a meal by a customer. The smart utensils include at least one processor to perform the measuring and a transmitter that transmits data corresponding to the measured consumption. The smart utensils transmit the measurement to a restaurant data collection device. The approach predicts, based on the measuring, a completion time of the meal by the customer and notifies restaurant staff members of the predicted completion time.
Claims17
A method of smart order management in a restaurant, the method comprising:
- measuring a consumption of a meal by a customer, wherein the meal includes one or more menu items, and wherein the measuring is performed by one or more smart utensils being used by the customer to consume the meal, and wherein the smart utensils include at least one processor to perform the measuring and a transmitter that transmits data corresponding to the measured consumption;
- detecting, based on the measuring performed by at least one of the one or more smart utensils, a lack of consumption of at least one of the one or more menu items;
- and
- communicating the detected lack of consumption to one or more staff members of the restaurant.
An information handling system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
- a wireless network adapter that wirelessly connects the information handling system to a plurality of smart utensils;
- and
- a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors to perform smart order management, wherein the set of instructions perform actions of:
- measuring a consumption of a meal by a customer, wherein the meal includes one or more menu items, and wherein the measuring is performed by one or more smart utensils being used by the customer to consume the meal, and wherein the smart utensils include at least one processor to perform the measuring and a transmitter that transmits data corresponding to the measured consumption;
- detecting, based on the measuring performed by at least one of the one or more smart utensils, a lack of consumption of at least one of the one or more menu items;
- and
- communicating the detected lack of consumption to one or more staff members of the restaurant.
A computer program product stored in a computer readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform smart order management by performing actions comprising:
- measuring a consumption of a meal by a customer, wherein the meal includes one or more menu items, and wherein the measuring is performed by one or more smart utensils being used by the customer to consume the meal, and wherein the smart utensils include at least one processor to perform the measuring and a transmitter that transmits data corresponding to the measured consumption;
- detecting, based on the measuring performed by at least one of the one or more smart utensils, a lack of consumption of at least one of the one or more menu items;
- and
- communicating the detected lack of consumption to one or more staff members of the restaurant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.