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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2012
Eric J. Hoersten, Chicago, IL (US);
William E. Caputo, Naperville, IL (US);
Thomas Franklin Smith, Jr., Downers Grove, IL (US);
William Martinka, Chicago, IL (US);
Jim Polubinski, Jr., Palos Hills, IL (US);
Eric J. Hoersten, Chicago, IL (US);
William E. Caputo, Naperville, IL (US);
Thomas Franklin Smith, Jr., Downers Grove, IL (US);
William Martinka, Chicago, IL (US);
Jim Polubinski, Jr., Palos Hills, IL (US);
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, Oakbrook Terrace, IL (US);
Abstract
An article dispensing machine capable of performing an inventory audit of a portion of the inventory and automatically pausing the inventory audit in response to a customer transaction request and method for performing the same are shown. After completing the customer request, the article dispensing machine resumes the inventory auditing process. The article dispensing machine thereby remains available for customer use during the inventory auditing process.