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WO/2001/004771A2 |
The invention relates to a system for carrying out transactions using terminals that basically enable the execution of a plurality of different transactions. To this end, the terminals (10, 11) are connected to at least one node computer...
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WO2000037355A9 |
A central system controller (12) located at a remote service facility performs the centralized processing of the various refueling transaction requests originating from a network of service station sites (14). The transaction request is ...
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WO/2000/072178A1 |
A beverage dispenser includes an electronic control system (50) for controlling beverage dispenser components. The beverage dispenser components include at least a user interface, a dispensing valve (64), and a valve interface (60) for r...
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WO/2000/069762A1 |
A pneumatic product vending and delivery system (10) is provided which preferably uses an existing product vending machine (24) as a storage and loading device for use in a pneumatic vending and delivery system along with an interface un...
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WO/2000/065524A1 |
In a system and method for securely storing and controlling the dispensing of a payout, the system includes a payout dispenser (Fig. 1, 14) for securely storing and dispensing a payout, and a terminal (Fig. 1, 16) for controlling the dis...
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WO/2000/064745A1 |
A central system controller (12) located at a remote service facility performs the centralized processing of the various refueling transaction requests originating from a network of service station sites (14). The transaction request is ...
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WO1999050800A9 |
Disclosed is a vending machine operating system architecture that connects vending machine peripherals (110, 112, 118, 120, 216, 218, 222, 224) of different communication standards to a main vending machine controller. One way to connect...
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WO/2000/060195A1 |
A method and system of dispensing items in a controlled manner from cabinets (110) or similar enclosures, re-ordering the dispensed articles or items, and providing inventory and other information about the items and users (160) in the s...
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WO2000025260A9 |
Anti-counterfeiting and counterfeit detection devices and procedures are provided particularly usable in connection with vouchers (5) issued by coin discriminator or coin counting machines. Paper stock (226) may be preprinted with inks w...
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WO/2000/049542A1 |
The system comprises sensors enabling parallel recording of all the necessary specific information, in addition to means for controlling fraud in the accounting circuits, which are connected to a microcomputer so that information is tran...
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WO/2000/033554A1 |
An audit module (10) configured to monitor vending machine events when coupled to a vending machine (12) can transfer monitored vending machine information to a central station (16) via a telephone line (14). An interface circuit (18) is...
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WO/2000/026871A1 |
There is provided a vending machine and concurrently ice-box furnished in a hotel room, etc. that serves the paying guest of the room with cold water and personal articles as a room service and enables them to conveniently purchase vario...
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WO/2000/026873A1 |
A system for handling banknotes within a geographically limited area, characterised by a plurality of banknote handling machines (11, 12, 13, ... 1n) positioned over the geographically limited area (1) for depositing and withdrawing bank...
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WO/2000/023953A1 |
An improved bulk vending machine coin mechanism and counter combination (10) is provided. The counter/combination has a coin counter (200) attached to a portion of a coin mechanism (100). The counter comprises a numeric display (21) and ...
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WO/2000/019748A1 |
The system provides for the control and management of a large number of dispensing machines through the use of digital mobile telephone control channels, without having to use voice channels. Each dispensing machine has a controller whic...
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WO/2000/017791A1 |
A method and apparatus is disclosed that documents the authentication of sales data generated at an automatic sales machine. In operation, the apparatus accumulates sales data. The apparatus also encodes the sales data, thereby deriving ...
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WO/2000/011591A1 |
The present invention relates to a goods/services requisition and supply system for providing goods/services items on site. A vending device is connected to a user's computer system, for example their local area network. Ordering softwar...
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WO/2000/005670A1 |
The present invention relates to a universal advertising and payment system for networking, monitoring and controlling electronic commerce and vending equipment. The system can effectuate electronic commerce and interactive advertising a...
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WO/2000/004477A1 |
The present invention relates to a processing method for nullifying transaction processing fees incurred by a merchant, for processing a wide variety of credit card, e-commerce, and e-business type transactions. In addition the present i...
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WO/2000/004475A1 |
The present invention relates to a processing method for conducting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business by way of an electronic commerce terminal. An electronic commerce terminal can be referred to as a pervasive computing device. In addi...
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WO/2000/004476A1 |
The present invention relates to a public, private, or cellular phone with access to the Internet for the purposes of transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business and for communicating voice and data. In addition the present invention ...
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WO/2000/002167A1 |
Product dispenser for hotel rooms and the like consisting of a cabinet of appropriate dimensions which is provided with receptacles forming all together a 'product server', which is inaccessible directly by the room user, said cabinet ha...
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WO/1999/062016A1 |
A price associated with a menu item is automatically determined based at least partly on revenue management information (400). A request for a menu is received and a menu, including the automatically determined price, is generated in res...
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WO/1999/057692A1 |
The invention concerns a global system for collecting, transporting and processing statistical, monetics, technical alarm, multimedia data applicable on automatic dispensing machine pools, for providing remote services concerning managem...
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WO/1999/056252A2 |
An improved bulk vending machine coin mechanism (100) and counter (200) combination is provided. In all of the embodiments, the combination coin mechanism and counter comprises a coin mechanism (100) designed to be partially received int...
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WO/1999/050801A2 |
The preferred embodiment of the present invention is an integrated product supply network comprised of a computer network linked through a variety of methods to a plurality of intelligent vending or dispensing machines and each component...
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WO/1999/048065A1 |
A remote data acquisition and transmission system and method are disclosed. A plurality of application controllers are interfaced with remote equipment from which operation data is acquired by the application controllers. The application...
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WO/1999/042958A1 |
The number of coins contained in a coin tube, the statuses of an empty switch (22) and a coin fullness switch (23), the kind of cassette tube recognized by a cassette sensor (21) are stored in a RAM (13). When the power supply is interru...
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WO/1999/038125A1 |
A dispensing device (100), is equipped to monitor product demand and traffic that passes by the machine. The dispensing device (100) collects and analyzes product demand data to determine optimal product stocking, to offer products to un...
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WO/1999/033008A2 |
A system and method for collecting data on individual and aggregate use of various washroom products. The system includes one or more product dispensers having a sensor associated therewith for determining product usage. The sensor commu...
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WO/1999/030260A1 |
The present invention relates to a vending machine displaying the on-line information and the digital video images. This machine can receive various advertisement and information from the host network and display them on the attached mon...
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WO/1999/028868A1 |
A coin dispenser, wherein a change slide (31) for controlling the dispensation and non-dispensation of coins is turned when the coins are dispensed, and then stored in a change slide storage hole (4f) formed inside a payout link (4), whe...
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WO/1999/027465A1 |
A vending machine (2, 4, 6) capable of communicating with a central station (8) using any one of multiple cellular carriers includes a telemetry device (22). The telemetry device includes a cellular transceiver, a digital signal processo...
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WO/1999/026206A1 |
A coin processing device capable of accommodating a number of coin tubes within a predetermined width. The coin processing device includes in its device body (2) a coin sorting means (3) for checking a coin inserted in and identifying th...
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WO/1999/023616A1 |
A coin acceptor includes sensor coil units (C1, C2, C3, C4) small enough to sense respective different regions of the face of a coin (8) as it moves past them, so as to produce time varying sensor outputs (x1(a), x2(a), x2(f), x3(a), x4(...
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WO/1999/023620A1 |
A vending status reporting system (100) for use with vending machines (102) in a facility utilizing an AC power system, a telephone communication system, and a collection office. The system includes a plurality of slave units (104), each...
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WO/1999/019809A2 |
A method and apparatus for automatically managing a price of a product in a vending machine (100). A method for implementing dynamic price adjustments at various times including after stocking, after a sale of a product and at periodic i...
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WO/1999/011006A2 |
A point-of-sale system automatically processes a credit towards a pre-registered upsell (100) along with a conventional transaction (94).
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WO/1999/011007A2 |
A POS terminal (10) generates a purchase price of a purchase, and generates a rounded price. The rounded price may be, for example, the lowest whole number greater than the purchase price. The POS terminal (10) then calculates a round-up...
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WO/1999/010794A2 |
An automated kitchen apparatus (20) determines a time until expiration of a food product. In one embodiment, the kitchen apparatus determines the time until expiration by receiving a start signal indicating that a food product is availab...
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WO/1999/011008A2 |
In accordance with the present invention, a store controller (10) determines a monetary value, such as an amount of spare change due to a customer. The store controller also selects a ticket record (30) that includes a set of ticket numb...
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WO/1999/006969A1 |
Coin dispensing apparatus for a gaming or amusement with prizes machine has a single hopper (1) into which different value coins are fed by the players. When a win occurs, the coins are released randomly but pass through an identifier (6...
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WO/1999/006968A1 |
Device for the reception and cashing of coins, comprising a channel (1) capable of storing one or a plurality of coins (8) validated by a selector, such channel being intercepted by an admission door, an outlet in cashing door and at lea...
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WO/1999/001847A1 |
A method of operating a coin mechanism comprises switching between a first phase in which coins having a denomination in a first set of coin denominations are accepted and dispensed as change and coins having a denomination in a second s...
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WO/1999/000772A1 |
A coin discrimination apparatus and method is provided. Coins, preferably after cleaning, e.g. using a trommel (52), are singulated by a coin pickup assembly configured to reduce jamming. A coin rail (56) assists in providing separation ...
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WO/1998/058355A2 |
A currency handling apparatus for dispensing currency units from a plurality of stores, each for storing units of currency of a respective denomination, comprises means for predicting the future distribution of currency units to be dispe...
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WO/1998/057295A1 |
A kiosk system (10) for providing information to customers and for processing customer orders for items through kiosk units. A customer may place an order by selecting items from an electronic catalog located at a facility such as a phar...
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WO/1998/055952A1 |
The automated filling station system of the present invention allows customers to obtain change in currency at the time of purchase, thereby accommodating cash customers as well as credit customers, and one-time customers as well as retu...
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WO/1998/054678A1 |
System for establishing automatic access to a fuel pump comprising at least one decentral control unit (3), said control unit (3) comprising means which regulate the fuel pumps (7) associated with a service station, and a central control...
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WO/1998/047799A1 |
A light and compact vending machine (1) suitable for use on a table or counter top, uses interchangeable magazines (3) that can be preloaded with goods (10) at a service center and quickly and conveniently installed on or removed from th...
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