Vending machine system and method
US6959230B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F9/08
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and process for controlling one or more vending machine devices, including the provision of a communications and control system for effecting an interchange of information over a wireless bus between and among the vending machine devices, the communications and control system including a plurality of communications portions associated with respective vending machine components and operable to transmit and receive short distance communications signals, the vending machine components being positioned within range of the short distance communications signals to define a peer-to-peer network having a wireless communications bus accessible through the communications portions interconnecting the positioned vending machine components for point-to-point communications.
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