System and apparatus for transmitting food orders to a central station

摘要

A portable unit for transmitting food orders to a central station includes a processor and a storage device coupled to the processor. The storage device contains product information identifying a list of food items. Input keys are coupled to the processor and operate to transmit selector signals to the processor identifying user determined ones of the food items on the list. A facsimile input screen coupled to the processor operates to transmit handwritten modifier information associated with selected ones of the selector signals to the processor. A display controlled by the processor displays product information from the list associated with the respective selector signals and the handwritten modifier information. A wireless communication system is coupled to the processor and transmits a composite food order including a first portion indicative of the selector signals and a second portion indicative of the associated hand-written modifier information to another location.