Non-verbal ordering of goods where data in input either via a barcode reader, from a radio, via infrared, etc. and a mobile phone connection is made allowing an order to be placed without verbal interaction and with reduced error

摘要

Data capture device such as a bar code reader (4) linked to a data converter device (2, 3) for transfer of the data to a data receiver. The data converter (2, 3) includes a data transmission device, such as a mobile phone (3) for transfer of the converted data. Where a bar code reader is used for inputting data, product bar-code table is provided where all products that might be ordered are listed with their corresponding bar codes (5). An Independent claim is made for a method of data transfer using electromagnetic waves and a mobile phone. Alternative non-verbal data input methods involve use a of a microphone in the mobile phone for recording sound from a radio or an infrared interface.