ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,919, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NS SYSTEM INC. (Tokyo).

"Order quantity predicting system for cafeteria" was invented by Yasuo Nishizawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a system capable of predicting order quantities even under specific conditions where primary visitors are particular users who repeatedly visit a cafeteria and consume food and beverages.An order quantity predicting system for a cafeteria, the order quantity predicting system comprising a past order history database, an external factor database, an order pattern model generating unit, an order quantity prediction calculating unit, and an order...