System for controlling access to subsystems
September 6, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesBinary system for magnetic card actuation for laundry machines Electrostatic copying system having monitoring devices Apparatus for reading and writing data onto a magnetic stripe and in an arcuate path Switching arrangement for recording a value-balance Electronic access control system for coin-operated games and like selectively accessible devices Arrangement for a pay telephone payment system utilizing a payment card within the telecommunication system Telelink monitoring and reporting system Control device for an apparatus Device for aiding maintenance of an electromechanical installation having automatic monitoring and control means Method and apparatus for counting events in a vending machine and the like InventorsApplicationNo. 716410 filed on 06/17/1991US Classes:700/17, Operator interface (e.g., display with control)235/382, Permitting access340/5.74Access to electrical informationExaminersPrimary: Ruggiero, JosephAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 015/20AbstractA control system for controlling the operation of a subsystem, such as an appliance, through independent cycles of operation, the system having, in the preferred embodiment, a magnetically encoded card for receiving and storing information identifying an operator; a relay operably connected to the subsystem for initiating operation of the subsystem through a cycle of operation; a card reader for reading the magnetically encoded card to identify the operator; a control board operable individually to determine, according to predetermined criteria, if an operator is entitled to a cycle of operation of the subsystem; and a communications network interconnecting the card reader, control board and relay whereby, upon presentation reading of the magnetically encoded card by the card reader to determine the operator, the control board determines if the operator is entitled to a cycle of operation and, if so determined, the relay is operated to initiate a cycle of operation of the subsystem. | |
