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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/0014 (2013.01); B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
The vending machine control system S performs authentication processing for authenticating a user on the basis of information on the user who is about to open a doorof a vending machine, and when the user is authenticated, performs control to unlock the doorof the vending machine. Then, the vending machine control system S identifies a product picked up from a storing chamberafter the dooris unlocked, and when a reserved product is included in the identified product, outputs different information depending on whether or not the authenticated user is a reservation person of the reserved product.