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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2021
Payrange Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Paresh K. Patel, Portland, OR (US);
Srinivas Annam, San Jose, CA (US);
PayRange Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
A controlled dispensing system includes a dispensing fixture and a server system coupled to the dispensing fixture via a communication network. The dispensing fixture is configured to obtain via an input peripheral a first identifier associated with a controlled product and a second identifier associated with a dispensing requester; transmit the first and second identifiers to the server system; receive an approval notification from the server system; and instructing the dispensing mechanism to dispense the controlled product. The server system is configured to obtain a limit threshold corresponding to a maximum number of products associated with the first identifier that may be dispensed over a predetermined time period for a dispensing requester associated with the second identifier; and determine whether approving the dispensing operation would violate the limit threshold, and if not, update a dispensing history associated with the second identifier and transmit the approval notification to the dispensing fixture.