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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
H. Brock Kolls, Pottstown, PA (US);
H. Brock Kolls, Pottstown, PA (US);
USA Technologies, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a cashless transaction processing system implementing a VEND ASSIST mode of operation to effectuate a cashless vending transaction. The VEND ASSIST mode allows a computing platformto oversee, control, and authorize by way of a systemthe vend selection and sale price of a user selected vend item prior to fulfilling the user's request. The cashless transaction processing system includes a systemand a computing platform. The systeminitiates a vending session when certain commands from an interconnected computing platformare received or in response to presentation, by a user, of valid payment identification data. Computing platformdata communicates a VEND APPROVE or VEND DENY response to a systeminitiated REQUEST VEND APPROVE data communication. A vend cycle is then initiated or preempted as appropriate.