Title:
VENDING MACHINE DUAL BUS ARCHITECTURE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999050800
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
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 the main controller (102) to disparate buses (108, 114) is to use a UART device (106, 114) for each. An even more cost effective approach is to use a communications co-processor (202) (which is at least equivalent to a UART device) to which each of the two disparate buses (214, 220) is selectively connected by a multiplexer (208) under the control of the main vending machine controller (200).
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Inventors:
TAYLOR KIT W
SACILOWSKI WALTER
LANIER NOEL
SACILOWSKI WALTER
LANIER NOEL
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/006663
Publication Date:
November 18, 1999
Filing Date:
March 26, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
COCA COLA CO (US)
International Classes:
G06F13/36; G07F5/18; G07F9/00; G07F9/02; G07F9/08; (IPC1-7): G07F5/18; G06F13/38; G06F13/12; G07F9/02; G07F9/08; G06F13/40
Foreign References:
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Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 099, no. 003 31 March 1999 (1999-03-31)
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