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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170713 | Method of selecting a product from a refrigerated glass front vending machine An improved method and apparatus for selection of vendible products provides designated product reference areas at a refrigerated double glass front vending machine for making viewable product selections thereon by applying a light tap at its outer glass pane and se... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8095235 | Method for control of humidity and auto-dispensing of pills in a pill box A method for control of humidity and auto-dispensing of pills in a pill box includes a box having multiple rooms defined therein which are shifted to be in alignment with an outlet. The method controls the humidity in each of the rooms and provides a control unit wh... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086349 | Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and/or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of t... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082061 | Vending machines with lighting interactivity and item-based lighting systems for retail display and automated retail stores Vending machines, automated retail stores, and retail displays with computer controlled, item-based lighting that produces variable visual effects in conjunction with actual or potential vends to provide an enhanced vending experience. Offered products are stored wi... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7885724 | Automatic vending machine An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a stuffed toy (21) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism (24) for driving the stuffed toy (21), a... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7787986 | Communication network for use in automatically delivering prescriptions The present invention provides a random access and random load dispensing unit including a housing, at least one support located in the housing and defining a first axis, a plurality of platforms movable along the support along the first axis, a plurality of bins su... | 08/31/2010 |
| RE41543 | Vending machine and computer assembly A vending machine for purchasing selected items by a customer. The vending machine includes a dispensing assembly for dispensing an item and a selector assembly connected to the dispensing assembly. A computer assembly having a central computer, video display screen... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7689316 | Medical item storage cabinet and method The system for controlling and tracking medical items (830) includes a plurality of medical item storage cabinets (878). Each cabinet includes a plurality of doors (888-894). The doors control access to shelves (902, 904) and suppo... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7522972 | Oxygen vending machine An oxygen vending machine receives payment from a user. The payment is validated for appropriateness and sufficiency. If a valid payment is made, then concentrated oxygen is provided to a nipple or coupling located in an accessible place. In addition, a packaged bre... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7440816 | Apparatus and methods for automatic disposable shoe cover dispense Protective shoe covers have been widely used in health care settings and some manufacturing environments such as semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries. An automatic system that dispenses shoe covers to user's feet is disclosed. The system includes the micro co... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427002 | Method for controlling a drug dispensing system An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426425 | High capacity drawer with mechanical indicator for a dispensing device One aspect of the invention relates to an assembly comprising a plurality of bins with a plurality of lids associated therewith. Each of the bins has a lock assembly that includes a catch operable to lock the lid in its closed position and a mechanical indicator res... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418311 | Portable dispensing device for refreshments and sundries A portable dispensing system comprising a vending machine including an upper snack-holding portion, an intermediate beverage-holding portion, a lower refrigeration portion, contained within a housing that fits within the basket of a golf cart. The snack-holding port... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412302 | Pharmaceutical singulation counting and dispensing system The present invention relates to an automated system for pharmaceutical singulation, counting and dispensing, whereby a bulk of stored pharmaceutical units are singulated into a single file line for counting and dispensing. With reference to the drawings, the pharma... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7389267 | Electronic verification system and method A computer based system, method, and computer program product for performing verification between two parties. The system generates buyer and seller sample data from data stored on buyer and seller systems based on a determined transaction time and the account numbe... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383099 | Apparatus for vending lottery tickets A vending machine for lottery tickets includes an exterior housing for access by a purchasing customer and a secure interior within which is mounted a plurality of dispensing containers to dispense the one or more tickets as selected by the purchasing customer. A pl... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7363255 | Apparatus unit replacement assisting method and system By providing an apparatus unit replacement assisting method, in which, upon receipt of a request from a first user to replace a first unit comprising part of an apparatus with a second unit, the second unit is offered to the first user at a price after the deduction... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357314 | Vending machine, dispense product determination method, stock product determination method, and system thereof, and cartridge for vending machine A storage compartment contains a variety of products. In a vending machine, once a product is selected at a product selection part, a dispense product determination part determines a product to dispense based on a selected product data from the product selection par... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353080 | Products and processes for controlling access to vending machine products An embodiment of the invention includes receiving a request to purchase a product from a vending machine. At least one question to be output is determined, and the determined question is output. An interface is provided which that permits at least one answer ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347378 | Method, device systems and computer programs for producing and tracing printed documents with a determinate identifier In a method and system for production of a printed document with a unique identifier, the data medium for the unique identifier is applied on a recording medium, the data medium being capable of being electronically written without contact so that data are written w... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7330847 | System and method for management of an automatic OLAP report broadcast system A system, method and processor medium that manages automatic generation of output from an on-line analytical processing system. Scheduled services are processed in an on-line analytical processing system and output from the OLAP system is then automatically forwarde... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7317393 | Object tracking method and system with object identification and verification A system and method for tracking and controlling access to objects such as keys includes a lockable storage cabinet adapted to receive, store, and dispense objects within transparent security containers. A control computer is operably coupled to the cabinet. Informa... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317965 | Automatic sandal manufacturing and vending device An automatic manufacturing-vending machine for sandals according to the present invention comprises a sole housing portion housing a plurality of soles for sandals according to a plurality of sizes, an upper housing portion housing a plurality of uppers for sandals ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314408 | Methods and apparatus for a competitive bonus game with variable odds A bonus controller for generating a competitive bonus game in a gaming system, the bonus controller having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The bonus controller being programmed to: receive wagering data corresponding to a casino game, enter a firs... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302311 | Cartridge for dispensing pill- or capsule-form medications in desired doses A system for dispensing pill- or capsule-form medications (61) in desired doses (60). The system comprises a dispensing device (35), which includes a cartridge (20, 40) rotatable relative to a housing or frame (10) and provided wit... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299109 | Vending machine having promotional features A vending machine having promotional features, wherein a secured token is associated with a subset of all the items that can be vended, and validation of the token limits the items offered to the patron for his selection to only that subset of items. A first vending... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295890 | Prescription drug compliance monitoring system The drug compliance monitoring system provides a patient with a portable medication dispenser programmed with medication-taking data. The dispenser alerts the patient to take a dose of medication and gathers compliance data relating to the medication-taking data. Th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289877 | Fuel dispensing system for cash customers The present invention is to provide a fuel dispensing system for enhancing cash transactions wherein the system includes a fuel dispenser associated with a control system and a receiver adapted to receive signals including identification indicia from a remote commun... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286901 | Method and system for accomplishing product detection The present invention provides for a vending system wherein a monitoring system verifies that a product ordered by a vending customer is actually delivered through a delivery area to the customer. If the product ordered is unavailable either because of an out of sto... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286907 | Method and apparatus for conserving power consumed by a refrigerated appliance utilizing audio signal detection A refrigerated appliance that dispenses items for use with a power source and includes a cooling system. Power control circuitry is electrically coupled between the power source and components (for example, a compressor and one or more circulating fans of the coolin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287009 | System and a method for carrying out personal and business transactions The present invention relates to a system and a method for carrying out personal transactions including financial transactions, e-mail transactions, and voice messaging transactions. A user of the system is issued a ten digit identification number in the form of a t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280981 | Method and system for facilitating payment transactions using access devices A payment system for facilitating a payment transaction between a payer and a payee is disclosed. The payment system includes a payer access device, a payee access device, and a services hub. The services hub is configured to communicate with the payer device and th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275417 | Fueling system vapor recovery and containment performance monitor and method of operation thereof A method and apparatus for monitoring and determining fuel vapor recovery performance is disclosed. The dispensing of liquid fuel into a tank by a conventional gas pump nozzle naturally displaces a mixture of air and fuel ullage vapor in the tank. These displaced va... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7262698 | Medical item storage cabinet and method The system for controlling and tracking medical items (830) includes a plurality of medical item storage cabinets (878). Each cabinet includes a plurality of doors (888-894). The doors control access to shelves (902, 904) and suppo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263411 | Secure medicament dispensing cabinet, method and system A medicament dispensing cabinet is comprised of a frame, at least one controller, and a plurality of drawers each movably carried by the frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells. A plurality of removable dispensing devices is provided with each one ca... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263501 | Point-of-care inventory management system and method A system and method are disclosed for controlling an inventory of a plurality of point-of-care diagnostic devices. The plurality of devices includes at least one type of device. Each device is configured to perform at least one sample analysis. Each device has a usa... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260499 | Fuel delivery system with enhanced functionality and diagnostic capability A control system for a fuel delivery system provides enhanced functionality and diagnostic capabilities relative to known systems. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, enhanced functionality and diagnostic capability is provided by integrating the pump co... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252715 | System for dispensing liquids The present invention provides a system to dispense a liquid, contained in a cartridge, onto a substrate employing a dispensing system under control of a processor in data communication with a memory. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254463 | Fuel dispensing system with modular components A fuel dispenser containing electronic/electrical components controlled by a computer is disclosed. The computer and all electronic components, including a touch screen display, are mounted in a module or rack provided with a pair of slides. A recess in the fuel dis... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249093 | Method of and system for making purchases over a computer network A method of and system for making purchases over a computer network using an ATM card or the like is provided. In accordance with the invention, a consumer transmits his ATM card number over the network to an on-line merchant. The on-line merchant then forwards the ... | 07/24/2007 |
