Patents Assigned to Distributed Vending Company
  • Processing method for vending machine with substitutable magazines
    Patent number: 6644495
    Abstract: A method for centralized mass processing of substitutable, good-holding magazines used in conjunction with computer-controlled vending machines. A memory-chip-mounting smart-card is used, not only to enter into the machines the magazine location and price of the various goods, but also to carry a sales transaction record of the replaced magazine, thus avoiding the need for magazine locking mechanisms and other security measures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Distributed Vending Company
    Inventors: Frank Ruskin, Anton K. Simson, Henri J. A. Charmasson, Peter C. Brusso