Software vending system
US4654799A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/16
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A software vending system comprising a host system including a first memory for storing a plurality of first software programs and a plurality of peripheral vending instruments operatively connected to the host system for interactive data communication, each peripheral vending instrument including a secondary memory for storing the first software programs transferred from the first memory of the host system, and a recording device for duplicating in a recordinng medium a selected one of the first software programs stored in the secondary memory. The peripheral vending instrument further includes an input device for entering a second software program into the vending instrument, and a data transmitting device for transferring to the host system the second software program entered through the input device. The host system includes a data receiving device for receiving the second software program transferred from the data transmitting device of the peripheral vending instrument, and further includes a second memory for storing the second software program received by the data receiving device.
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