Virtual vendor shelf inventory management

US8140185B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Darren Simmons · San Antonio, US
• Leonard F. Antao · Smyrna, US
• Gerard E. Insolia · Atlanta, US
• David O. Slagley · Roswell, US
• Son Tran · Murfreesboro, US
• H. Brock Kolls · Alpharetta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F9/105
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cooler system for providing goods. The cooler system may include a cooler with a refrigeration system and a shelf monitor, a data processing device remote from the cooler, and a vending bridge. The data processing device is in communication with the refrigeration system and the shelf monitor of the cooler.