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7389919 Products and processes for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment  
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, products and processes are...
7218991 System for vending physical and information items  
A vending machine handles a purchase transaction by receiving a payment, receiving a product selection from the customer, and dispensing the product indicated by the product selection. As part of...
7181300 Single use media device  
The present invention discloses an audio-visual retrieval and playback apparatus for a single use which has a housing having a viewing screen thereon 22 which can be sealed and packaged 14 ...
7120644 Digital image storage and management system  
A digital image storage and management system for automatically generating distinct recorded media volumes by recording selected data thereon includes a combination of computer hardware and...
7006894 Interactive medication cassette  
This invention relates to an interactive medication cassette with a machine readable and writable information strip that contains information corresponding to the medication in the cassette. The...
6907458 Digital multi-room, multi-source entertainment and communications network  
A peer-to-peer network of devices connected together with data being streamed over a digital network. Network devices include one or more data communication units that are locatable in two or more...
6876901 Electronic media distribution system with media purchase interface  
User interface systems gain access to media data stored in a database for a predetermined amount of time. Access is gained through a server that presents to the interface a selection menu for...
6799084 Data vending system  
The invention provides a data vending system 10 including the storing data such as digitised music and/or video and/or computer programs on one or more main computer i.e. the data depot 12 and...
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...
RE38353 Musical CD creation unit  
A new Musical CD Creation Unit for providing both review and recording functions for the automated merchandising of music entertainment on recordable CDs. The inventive device includes a storage...
6662080 Electronic data distribution apparatus and distribution method  
An information medium collecting unit receives and collects information media to be recycled. An inspection unit inspects the information media collected at the information medium collecting unit....
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,...
6594548 Portable digital assistant  
A vending machine for vending computer software and electronic data into a user's portable device and for providing in one embodiment, travel information, maps etc. either as data or as a printout....
6571150 Management method of automatic vending machine and automatic vending machine  
An automatic vending machine 1 of the invention can sell items or goods including tangible items such as drinks and intangible items such as music soft which are supplied by plural vendors. The...
6470232 Customized wrapping paper kiosk  
This invention allows the user to prepare customized wrapping paper at a kiosk by downloading an image into the kiosk, selecting a wrapping paper background at the kiosk, selecting wrapping paper...
6366953 System and method for recording a compressed audio program distributed from an information center  
A method and apparatus distribution system in which compressed audio data and relevant information ancillary to the compressed audio, such as data size data, picture information and the text...
6330490 Data vending machine system and method thereof  
The present invention relates to a data vending machine system and a method thereof, and in particular to a data vending machine system and a method thereof which are capable of selecting a certain...
6256554 Multi-room entertainment system with in-room media player/dispenser  
A plurality of acquisition media is stored at each of a plurality of in-room systems. A plurality of access-only media is stored at a single head-end system. Each in-room system has access to each...
6115649 Vending machine and distribution management system  
A vending machine and distribution management system is provided which stores and sells merchandise to customers. The system includes a host computer for receiving actual sales data from the...
6021390 Information selling method and information selling system  
An information center transmits information as the object of sales to each information vending machine in advance through a communication line and stores it in the information storage portion of...
6021362 Method and apparatus for dispensing samples and premiums  
A system for dispensing sample products and premiums which includes at least one data entry terminal operable for identifying particular circumstances including items being purchased by a given...
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...
5984508 System, method and article of manufacture for product return of software and other information  
Software allows a vendor to grant full access to demonstration software that has been downloaded to a user's computer as well as return the product for credit. To obtain full access, the user...
5959945 System for selectively distributing music to a plurality of jukeboxes  
The present invention includes a method and apparatus for distributing music to local, digital, electronic jukeboxes. In particular, a complete menuing system is stored in a central storage...
5945975 Graphics display advertising system for a fuel dispenser  
A graphics display system for a fuel dispenser that is responsive to segments of time, or dayparts, and also shows both pre-made, professional-looking advertisements, as well as locally made text...
5898778 Method and device for temporarily authorizing the use of a programme protected by an electronic cartridge  
A method and device for authorizing execution of rented computer programs utilize a monostable element to determine usage time and a password to authorize use of the program for additional rental...
5867394 Document dispenser operational program downloading  
A document dispensing system comprising an operational program data transfer device and a document dispenser having a document variables data input terminal, a document printer, a digital data...
5848398 System for managing a plurality of computer jukeboxes  
A method and apparatus as shown for managing a plurality of computer jukeboxes at different locations from a central station. Each jukebox includes processor means for controlling the computer...
5845259 Electronic coupon dispensing system  
A cost-effective, in-store coupon dispensing system that increases coupon redemption rates and product turns. The system includes a point of sale system including a terminal having a data reader...
5815471 Method and apparatus for previewing audio selections  
An apparatus for previewing a plurality of audio selections is described. A digital storage medium in a memory drive stores the plurality of audio selections in a spiral track with open indexing. A...
5809298 File server  
The present invention was made in order to provide a file server, wherein a distributing device for storing parts of data to be stored by a server between the server for providing data and a...
5794217 Apparatus and method for an on demand data delivery system for the preview, selection, retrieval and reproduction at a remote location of previously recorded or programmed materials  
An on demand data delivery system is provided for the manufacture of original content recordings at a remote location. A data capture facility for retrieving data from an item of material is...
5768142 Method and apparatus for storing and selectively retrieving product data based on embedded expert suitability ratings  
An improved apparatus and method of storing, selectively retrieving and delivering product data includes a database of product data files and a computer that causes the data to be retrieved,...
5748485 Software vending machine having CD-ROM storage  
A vending machine for vending computer software comprises, a bill acceptor for receiving money, an optical disk for storing a selection of programs to be vended, a hard disk drive for storing...
5734719 Digital information accessing, delivery and production system  
A digital data on-demand turnkey system at a customer premise wherein N number of sewers provide for 100% of content distribution of remotely stored digitized information, which information may be...
5633839 Music vending machine capable of recording a customer's music selections onto a compact disc  
A microprocessor acts upon instructions received from a random access memory and a read only memory. A removable hard drive contains musical selections digitally stored thereon. The hard drive...
5632681 Universal electronic video game renting/distributing system  
A video game cartridge that can be plugged into a video game machine to enable a user to request and play a video game for a predetermined number of video frames. The cartridge has a receiver for...
5539635 Radio station program identifier and distribution system  
A radio program distribution system for creating custom recordings containing a requested plurality of musical programs. The system stores digital copies of musical programs and can selectively...
RE34915 Paperless system for distributing, redeeming and clearing merchandise coupons  
Cents-off merchandise coupons are distributed and redeemed immediately and electronically. An electronic display of coupons valid for use in a particular store is presented to customers in that...
5386462 Vending system with a given number of compartments  
The invention pertains to a vending system in which a compartment unit (1) with a given number of compartments (2) each of which is provided with a door (4) that can be locked by a locking device...
5305197 Coupon dispensing machine with feedback  
A system for printing consumer selected items includes a central computer, a display of various types of consumer items, a keyboard interfaced with the central computer to allow a consumer to...
5267171 Computer software vending machine  
A computer software vending machine includes an information storage unit for storing user information relating to a particular user when the user utilizes the computer software vending machine. An...
5235519 Card vending machine  
A coin operated, computer controlled vending machine prints and dispenses novelty business cards, change of address cards and the like. The vending machine comprises a computer having a keyboard...
5206814 Robotic music store  
The invention concerns an automated vending system which uses a commercially available, multi-axis robot arm to retrieve an article from a storage location and deliver the article to a customer....
5166886 System to demonstrate and sell computer programs  
Centralized broadcast of a plurality of computer programs through a point to multipoint communications medium to a plurality of computers able to select, receive and execute computer programs from...
5038293 Method and apparatus for vending customized documents  
A customized document vending system includes an input device for receiving and storing customized input information for producing and vending customized documents for the customer. In response to...
4949257 Automated merchandising system for computer software  
An automated merchandising system for computer software including a central memory for storing software for sale to customers, interface apparatus for receiving a software select customer choice...
4896791 Coupon dispensing system  
A coupon dispensing system which displays a number of images, each image representing a product to be promoted and including a product selection area to be manipulated by a consumer to select that...
4839505 Apparatus and method for storing and retrieving articles  
A machine from which a customer can selectably purchase or rent a videocassette or other such product, e.g., blank videotapes, music disks, and the like, or return a previously rented...
4725977 Cartridge programming system and method using a central and local program library  
A cartridge programming system is provided for loading selected computer programs into a reprogrammable plug-in cartridge memory. A host computer controls a plurality of remote programming...
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