Team: I See What You Did There Dinner Bell Hope Blanchard Garrett Ellison Alejandro Menocal Andrew Taheny Brandon Terribile Team: I See What You Did There
Main Points Dinner Bell Application Introduction GUI Overview DFD and Use Case Competition Target Audience Conclusion
Main Points Dinner Bell Search For Restaurants Select Restaurant Allows to make a reservation Allow to see the waiting time for an available table Driving Directions View other user’s review Placing a Review Updating Restaurant Information Manager would be able to post menus, discounts, address, and schedules. Dinner Bell
GUI To search for a restaurant: Dinner Bell Press your finger on the search box and start typing the name of the restaurant your looking for.
GUI Restaurant Page: Dinner Bell On the restaurant page, the following information can be found: Restaurant Name Restaurant’s Menu Specials Reviews button Hours of Operation Phone Number and “Call” button Reservation button Wait time displayed in minutes Picture of the restaurant Location on a map
GUI To Review a Restaurant: Dinner Bell After pressing the Reviews button with your finger, press “Write Review” A new page will pull up with the restaurant’s name and a field to type your review. After typing your review, you can rate the restaurant out of 5 stars.
GUI For restaurant managers: Dinner Bell Managers log into their website through the Dinner Bell Portal at DinnerBell.com. From there, managers can submit their restaurant info such as their menu, hours of operation, phone number, location, and description.
Use Case Diagram Dinner Bell
Context Level Diagram Dinner Bell
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Level 1 DFD Dinner Bell
Competition Current Competitors: Dinner Bell Open Table - similar, but you can’t place reservations Menu Pages - again, no table information or reservation options Yelp - but it shows all nearby businesses Around Me - better than Yelp, but still only things nearby
Target Audience So with so many competitors, who wants it? Dinner Bell Everyone! First app that also has the restaurant owner in mind. In 2007 there were 566,020 food service and drinking locations.
Distribution Dinner Bell Price Point: Free, Ad-Supported version and $.99 ad-free version. Free access to the Dinner Bell Portal for restaurant owners. To be sold in Apple’s App Store, Android’s Google Play Store, and Microsoft’s App Marketplace.
Conclusion Dinner Bell No other restaurant application has this kind of depth and functionality! Even with all this advanced functionality, it remains thoroughly easy to use. The GUI creates a friendly and natural layout that appeals to users on any platform. Dinner Bell has a very simple layout for restaurant owners to keep their restaurant information updated. It provides a form of free advertising for these restaurants if listed with Dinner Bell.