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6862496 Laundry system  
Purpose: To provide a laundry system with improved customer services by utilizing portable information terminals having a radiocommunication function such as mobile phones and PHS. Constitution:...
6810304 Multistage ordering system for a fueling and retail environment  
The present invention is to provide a multistage ordering system for a fueling environment. The system may include a fuel dispenser having an order entry interface and associated first remote...
6788997 Medical cabinet with adjustable drawers  
The system for monitoring and dispensing medical items which are dispensed for administration to patients includes a data terminal ( 76, 338 ) which is connected through a network ( 82, 328 ) to at...
6785590 Robotic device management system and method, and information management apparatus  
Robot-related information held at a robot user and data held at a robot manufacturer are used to enhance the user's sense of attachment to the robot. Each terminal device is operable to send...
6772048 Vending machine system  
A system for controlling one or more vending machines each of which has an associated module which can send and receive radio frequency signals, the system including a central data collection...
6735497 Systems and methods for dispensing medical products  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for the remote dispensing of packaged and non-packaged medical products using networked communications systems. A preferred embodiment of the...
6704616 Integrated dispenser and business machine system  
A system for dispensing a predetermined amount of paper product to a customer based on a food order inputted into a business machine at a food service establishment. The system includes a business...
6704612 Transaction validation system for auditing and method  
A computer processing system for a shipment transaction involving a shipper and a carrier. The system is particularly suited to efficiently automate the payment of a shipment transaction and to...
6697702 Shipment transaction system and an arrangement thereof  
A computer processing system for a shipment transaction involving shippers and carriers. The system is particularly suited to efficiently and automatically audit and effect payment of a shipment...
6658323 Vending machine apparatus for encouraging participation in a marketing effort  
A vending machine method and apparatus are disclosed for encouraging vending machine customers to review a marketing promotion or to participate in a survey while making a purchase. Customers are...
6644455 Rental system, machine and method for providing rental items  
A rental system contains a plurality of rental digital cameras, and comprises a rental-item providing machine which provides users with digital cameras, respectively, and a management center which...
6615109 System and method for generating an action of an automatic apparatus  
The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically,...
6556889 Vending machine  
A vending machine is provided with a cabinet having a plurality of inclined, vertically spaced shelves. The shelves are able to selectively feed a beverage container to an elevator which is located...
6522946 Automatic token dispensing apparatus and method  
A system and method for dispensing tokens in a Point-Of-Sale (“POS”) transaction. The system and method include sensing errors in the token-dispensing operation whereby a POS terminal operator...
6466830 Apparatus and method for producing electronic messages in a vending terminal  
An interactive internet photo terminal for composing an electronic self-image photo message utilizing a “live” image background of the terminal's location. The photo terminal includes a cash...
6459954 Arrangement for dispensing luggage pushcarts in mass transportation facilities  
In extensive and complex installations such as airports or train stations, a sufficient quantity of luggage pushcarts is made available to passengers of arriving mass transportation means at the...
6442449 System and method for providing directions between locations  
A computer system that can be embodied in a vending machine or accessed through a personal computer. When embodied as a vending machines, the vending machine has a payment interface for receiving...
6421582 Print system and a sheet-processing device suitable for such a print system  
When a fare is inserted, a receipt on which a password assigned to the user is printed is issued, and a sheets each bearing a printed image is housed in a storage bin or a storage box. When the...
6415202 Tamper resistant programmable medicine dispenser  
A portable electrically operable and tamper resistant medication dispenser for supplying multiple daily medications to a patient on a predetermined schedule and which includes a programmable...
6401009 Sundry article vending apparatus  
A sundry article vending apparatus, in structural and functional cooperation with a fully automatic vehicle-related product and/or service providing apparatus, for the on-site storage and vending...
6397193 Method and apparatus for automatically vending a combination of products  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for automatically delivering a combination of products from a vending machine at a package price. The method of the present invention...
6393339 Computerized stock control system  
A computerized stock control system having a refrigerated carousel dispensing station. The dispensing station includes a user identification device, an article identification output device to...
6374208 System and method for adapting a PC-based application to an automated format  
In an arcade system ( 20 ), an interface circuit ( 38 ) is configured for communication with a PC ( 40 ) and one or more peripheral devices ( 59 ). The interface circuit ( 38 ) adapts a PC-based...
6367516 Method of providing automated remote control of the operation of multiple refueling stations  
A central system controller located at a remote service facility performs the centralized processing of the various refueling transaction requests originating from a network of service station...
6360140 Product dispenser with inventory monitoring  
A product dispenser with inventory monitoring, useful to be installed in hotel establishments and establishments providing similar services, including a refrigerating equipment and a plurality of...
6360139 Method and system for vending products  
The present invention provides a method and system for vending products where the customer is guided through an interactive process that receives selection criteria from the customer relating to...
6343241 Robotic vehicle servicing system  
An automated system is provided for servicing a vehicle and its occupants. A first identification signal is communicated either while the vehicle is approaching the terminal or upon arrival and a...
6324520 Method and apparatus for collecting and applying vending machine demand information  
A dispensing device, such as a vending machine, is equipped to monitor product demand and consumer traffic that passes by the machine. The dispensing device collects and analyzes product demand...
6317649 Vending machine method and apparatus for encouraging participation in a marketing effort  
A vending machine method and apparatus are disclosed for encouraging vending machine customers to review a marketing promotion or to participate in a survey while making a purchase. Customers are...
6301523 Apparatus and method of dispensing asphalt sealant during non-business hours  
An asphalt sealant dispensing system includes an electronic user interface adapted to allow customers during non-business hours access to asphalt sealant. A recording device indicates how much...
6293867 Gaming machine payout system and method  
In a system and method for a payout in the form of paper tokens from a gaming machine, the system includes a hopper for dispensing the paper tokens, a cassette for containing the paper tokens, and...
6282518 Process for internet ordering of industrial products  
A process for making industrial products available by the manufacturer of the industrial products for online ordering through a communications network such as the Internet by a customer for the...
6259211 Vending machine fluorescent tube monitor  
A device and method for detecting the viability of a fluorescent light tube of a vending machine is described. A light tube detector circuit includes a photodetector, a circuit means to compensate...
6253119 Method and apparatus for controlling a coin hopper to operate with a secondary monetary exchange dispenser  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for dispensing an cashout value to a user in amount of a first monetary exchange and an amount of a second monetary exchange is disclosed. The method...
6169938 Transponder communication of ORVR presence  
The present invention provides a fuel delivery system capable of controlling a fuel dispenser's vapor recovery system based on the absence or presence of an on-board vapor recovery system on the...
6152591 Interactive graphics display system for a fuel dispenser  
The present invention is a system for providing a fuel dispenser with a graphics interface. The system easily retrofits onto an existing, conventional fuel dispenser. The system likewise allows a...
6125307 Gaming machine payout transportsystem  
In a system and method for a payout in the form of paper tokens from a gaming machine, the system includes a hopper for dispensing the paper tokens, a cassette for containing the paper tokens, and...
6089284 Preconditioning a fuel dispensing system using a transponder  
A fuel dispensing system for providing dual-stage preconditioning and authentication for enhancing a fueling transaction. The system includes a fuel dispenser associated with a control system and a...
6085126 System and method for preparing custom designs for multiple types of imprintable media  
A system for creating and ordering custom designed imprintable media. The system includes a one or more first computers coupled to a central computer. The first computers are configured and...
6061668 Control system for pay-per-use applications  
An integrated electronic system consisting of a network of appliances and machines, such as clothes washers and dryers, vending machines, or other equipment, controlled from a central management...
6055521 Unattended automated system for selling and dispensing fluids, with change-dispensing capability  
A system for selling and dispensing of fluids, with change-making capability permits and the unattended sale and dispensing of motor fuels. The system may be incorporated either directly into a...
6008597 DC-motor driven vending machine having simplified controls  
A simplified wiring system for an electronically controlled vending machine of the type capable of vending multiple products out of columns, trays or other queuing means, wherein by employing DC...
6000832 Electronic online commerce card with customer generated transaction proxy number for online transactions  
An online commerce system facilitates online commerce over a public network using an online commerce card. The "card" does not exist in physical form, but instead exists in digital form. It is...
5997924 Automated process for making pizza  
An automated self-service pizza process and system comprises a vending machine with self-contained cooking and processing equipment to rapidly prepare delicious pizza. The stand-alone unattended...
5993046 System for dispensing medical items by brand or generic name  
The system for monitoring and dispensing medical items which are dispensed for administration to patients includes a data terminal (76) which is connected through a local area network (82) to at...
5988859 Apparatus for dispensing valuable bulk commodities and method therefor  
A system (10) controls the dispensing of valuable commodities, such as beers. The system (10) includes a controller (36), sensors (26, 34), and solenoid-activated valves (24). The dispensing of a...
5947328 Electronic bulk vending machine system  
An electronically actuated and monitorable bulk vending machine assembly for electronically actuated vending from a select one of a plurality of rack mounted of bulk vending machines. The...
5926097 Fueling system  
A fueling system composed of plurality of fueling units; a control unit mainly for controlling signals transmitted from the fueling units, settling accounts, and indicating fueling states indoors;...
5914886 Goods selecting apparatus and method for automatic vending machine  
A goods selecting apparatus and method for an automatic vending machine enables uses a control device to take necessary actions in case a user selects an article in error among goods stored in the...
5912818 System for tracking and dispensing medical items  
The system for monitoring and dispensing medical items which are dispensed for administration to patients includes a data terminal (76, 338) which is connected through a network (82, 328) to at...
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