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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. 17, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Bryan W. Godwin, Round Rock, TX (US);
James M. Canter, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Bryan W. Godwin, Round Rock, TX (US);
James M. Canter, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Crane Merchandising Systems, Inc., Bridgeton, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A controller may be provided to monitor and record various activities associated with remotely located equipment, e.g. a vending machine or a service vehicle. The controller may also be operable to communicate over multiple wireless communication paths with remotely located equipment, handheld devices and/or a network operations center over multiple wireless networks.