Integrated interactive restaurant communication system for food and entertainment processing
Patent 4553222 Issued on November 12, 1985. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 14, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 14, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3588838 3668307 3691295 3746780 3752908 3757225 3814841 3836888 3903402 Television signal distribution system InventorsApplicationNo. 06/474984 filed on 03/14/1983US Classes:705/15, Restaurant or bar186/38, Dining room service273/460, Electric463/25, Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation (e.g., game entry, betting, prize level, etc.)463/29, Access or authorization (e.g., game selection, security, etc.)463/42, Network type (e.g., computer network, etc.)463/48, COMBINED WITH OR CONVERTIBLE TO EXTERNAL ART DEVICE OR FUNCTION705/26Electronic shopping (e.g., remote ordering)ExaminersPrimary: Zache, Raulfe B.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06Q 10/00 (20060101)AbstractAn interactive restaurant communication system (10) provides integrated food and entertainment processing which enables restaurant patrons to obtain menus for individual food selection on a video monitor (56) at their tables, individually enter their orders into a table station "intelligent" terminal (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) at their tables, select from and interactively play a variety of remotely retrievable interactive entertainment activities using the video monitor (56) while waiting for the food to arrive, and if desired, where applicable, have the food and entertainment charges automatically added to a composite bill which may be printed at the table station terminal (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) or at a remote central location. The food and entertainment functions of the terminal (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) are down-line loaded from a central data base (22, 32) in response to terminal requests therefor.Other References
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