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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1997
Gunter Dueck, Neckargemund, DE;
Jurgen Jager, Leverkusen, DE;
Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, Nekarsteinach, DE;
Hans-Martin Wallmeier, Leimen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A description is given of an electronic auction machine, which reacts to changing sales conditions with appropriately adjusted machine prices. For existing automatic vending machines restocking is based upon very vague experience figures and in particular customary fluctuations in sales are not taken into consideration. With the proposed machine, using a computer current market data are recorded (31) and using these data the current market situation is automatically assessed (32,34). A corresponding updated machine price (33,35) is then displayed.