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Automatic vending

US11200558B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 2020
Grant dateDec 14, 2021
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/12
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present application discloses resource selection and resource transfer methods and apparatuses, and automatic vending methods and systems. The method includes the following: obtaining, by a mobile device placed within a predetermined range of a resource management terminal, data comprising changes in magnetic field intensity of the resource management terminal; determining, by the mobile device and based on the data comprising changes in the magnetic field intensity, a first target channel from a plurality of channels in a rack of the resource management terminal; and sending, by the mobile device and to the resource management terminal, a target resource selection instruction, wherein the target resource selection instruction comprises information that specifies the first target channel.

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