Patents by Inventor John Anthony Weston

John Anthony Weston has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling the dispensing of money
    Patent number: 6045443
    Abstract: A method of determining a combination of coins to be dispensed as change comprises determining a plurality of different possible combinations and selecting the most favorable one. For combinations which in sum are equal to the same amount, the most favorable combination is the one determined to leave the greatest number of coins available for change according to a predetermined criterion which takes into account the number of currently-available coins of at least one denomination. If two combinations are evaluated to be the same so far as change availability is concerned, the combination which comprises the least number of coins is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: John Anthony Weston, Nigel Winstanley, Jacqueline Marshall
  • Method and apparatus for controlling the dispensing of money
    Patent number: 5885151
    Abstract: A method of determining a combination of coins to be dispensed as change comprises determining a plurality of different possible combinations and selecting the most favorable one. For combinations which in sum are equal to the same amount, the most favorable combination is the one determined to leave the greatest number of coins available for change according to a predetermined criterion which takes into account the number of currently-available coins of at least one denomination. If two combinations are evaluated to be the same so far as change availability is concerned, the combination which comprises the least number of coins is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: John Anthony Weston, Nigel Winstanley, Jacqueline Marshall