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Abstract

A remote ordering system for a restaurant drive-through lane, consisting of an input device having a keypad, a battery, a first memory, a first processor, and a transmitter; and a drive-up ordering station adjacent the restaurant drive-through lane and unconnected to the input device, the ordering station having a posted visual menu, a receiver tuned to the transmitter, a second processor adapted to decode information received from the transmitter through the receiver and produce decoded information, a display to display the decoded information, a second memory to store item numbers and prices, and a communications link to a point-of-sale system. Preferably, the remote device is hand-held and operated from within the vehicle. A data processing method for ordering menu items from a vehicle at the drive-up lane of a restaurant, includes the steps of: (a) displaying a welcome screen on a display on a drive-up ordering station adjacent the restaurant's drive-up lane; (b) sending a start signal from a remote device in the vehicle to the drive-up ordering station; (c) displaying an enter item number screen on the display; (d) sending an item number from the remote device to the display; (e) displaying an item identifier and quantity screen on the display; (f) sending an item quantity from the remote device to the drive-up ordering station; (g) calculating an item total and displaying an item total screen on the display; (h) displaying an enter/remove/finish screen on the display; (i) optionally repeating steps (c) throughj (h) for additional items; (j) calculating an order total and displaying an order total screen on the display; and sending order information to a point-of-sale system connected to the drive-up ordering station.

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