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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Kenji Kuwana, Chiba, JP;
Yukiko Inada, Tokyo, JP;
Takahisa Hanajima, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Nakanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumikazu Wakaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yumi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kuwana, Chiba, JP;
Yukiko Inada, Tokyo, JP;
Takahisa Hanajima, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Nakanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumikazu Wakaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yumi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Technosystems Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information providing unit of a server reads a menu table in accordance with a request sent from a customer terminal. The customer terminal presents menu items together with their nutritive values to a customer in accordance with data sent from the server. A selection process unit of the server specifies a dish to be ordered from a cooking service provider in accordance with an instruction sent from the customer terminal. An order process unit of the server searches a cooking material database in order to specify a cooking material necessary for making the dish. A monetary matter process unit of the server performs a process for collecting a charge for the provided service from the cooking service provider or from a cooking material provider.