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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Fawn Engineering Corporation, Des Moines, IA (US);
Inventors:
Francis A. Wittern, III, Des Moines, IA (US);
John Van Horn, Des Moines, IA (US);
Assignee:
Fawn Engineering Corporation, Des Moines, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 7/08 (2006.01); G07F 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 20/206 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0607 (2013.01); G07F 7/10 (2013.01); G07F 11/00 (2013.01); G07F 7/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A means and method to utilize government-issued food stamp credit to purchase items from a vending machine. The food stamp credit is to be received through a monetary device and validated through the vending machine control network. The network will validate the transaction and allow or limit the type of purchases based on information collected from the food stamp government program rules and regulations. The invention is applicable to any electronic benefit transfer (EBT) type program or analogous transactions.