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Method, system and program for specifying an electronic food menu on a data processing system

Details

Inventors: Brown, Michael Wayne; Lawrence, Kelvin Roderick; Paolini, Michael A.;
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Primary Examiner: Luu; Sy D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Dawkins; Marilyn Smith Dillon & Yudell LLP

Multiple food menu items are retrieved from a data storage medium by a data processing system with access to the data storage medium via a communications medium. The multiple food menu items are compared with previously stored food preferences for a particular customer. A food menu is selected, wherein the food menu items that satisfy said food preferences for said particular customer are distinguished, such that an electronic food menu is specified for a particular customer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A method for specifying an electronic food menu, said method comprising the steps of: retrieving a plurality of food menu items from a data storage medium; comparing said plurality of food menu items with previously stored food preferences for a particular customer; presenting a food menu, wherein said plurality of food menu items that satisfy said food preferences for said particular customer are designated on said food menu, such that an electronic food menu is specified for a particular customer; graphically displaying said selected food menu, wherein said plurality of food menu items that do not satisfy said previously stored food preferences for said particular customer are graphically distinguishable from said plurality of food menu items that do satisfy said food preferences for said particular customer.
2.
The method for specifying an electronic food menu according to claim 1, said method further comprising the step of: graphically displaying said selected food menu according to a output preference for said particular customer, such that the graphical representation of said selected food menu is provided to accommodate a display preference for said particular customer.
3.
The method for specifying an electronic food menu according to claim 2, said step of graphically displaying said selected food menu further comprising the step of: graphically displaying only said plurality of food menu items of said selected food menu that are designated.
4.
The method for specifying an electronic food menu according to claim 2, said step of graphically displaying said selected food menu further comprising the step of: graphically displaying said selected food menu in order from designated food menu items to non-designated food menu items.
5.
The method for specifying an electronic food menu according to claim 2, said step of graphically displaying said selected food menu further comprising the step of: graphically displaying a tactile-detectable graphical representation of said selected food menu, wherein said output preference for said particular customer designates a tactile-detectable graphical representation

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