Vending machine system and method
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United States of America Patent
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Oct 25, 2005
Issued Date -
N/A
app pub date -
Jul 27, 2004
filing date -
Oct 3, 2001
priority date (Note) -
Expired
status (Latency Note)
Importance
Abstract
A system and process for controlling one or more vending machine devices, including the provision of a communications and control system for effecting an interchange of information over a wireless bus between and among the vending machine devices, the communications and control system including a plurality of communications portions associated with respective vending machine components and operable to transmit and receive short distance communications signals, the vending machine components being positioned within range of the short distance communications signals to define a peer-to-peer network having a wireless communications bus accessible through the communications portions interconnecting the positioned vending machine components for point-to-point communications.
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