Patents by Inventor Matthew P. Morris

Matthew P. Morris 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).

  • Configurable vending machine audit module
    Patent number: 6339731
    Abstract: A method of auditing data from a vending machine includes providing commands to an audit module installed in the vending machine. The commands indicate a type of vending machine data to be processed by the audit module, how the data is to be processed by the audit module, and a location in memory in the audit module for storage of that type of vending machine data. The audit module is configured to process vending machine data in response to the received commands. Monitored vending machine data can be reported to a remote host in a manner specified by one or commands sent to the audit module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew P. Morris, Patrick J. McGarry