Patents by Inventor .O slashed.ystein Konsmo

.O slashed.ystein Konsmo 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for monitoring and communicating with a plurality of networked remote vending machines
    Patent number: 5844808
    Abstract: Devices and methods to monitor a distributed system for supplying goods or services and to generate messages concerning the state of the system and the supplied goods or services, Two-way communication within the system occurs between remote local units and a host computer in a control and information processing center. The local units are equipped with a microcontroller with a memory coupled to a plurality of sensors that detect the occurrence of and provide information regarding specified events, such as sales of goods, unauthorized entry into the local unit, and notification of low inventory stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Inventors: .O slashed.ystein Konsmo, Finn Staff