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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:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Simon F. Hardman, Masterton, NZ;
Inventor:
Simon F. Hardman, Masterton, NZ;
Assignee:
Vending Management Services Limited, Masterton, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vending machine is equipped with a short range communication circuit for uploading vending machine data to passing mobile terminals. The mobile terminals subsequently upload the data to a remote location through a wireless communication process, such as through a cellular phone call. Compensation may be provided to the user of the mobile terminal and aggregation between mobile terminals and/or vending machines is contemplated.