EP 0835492 A1 19980415 - A VENDING MACHINE, A VENDING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPERATING SAME
Title (en)
A VENDING MACHINE, A VENDING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPERATING SAME
Title (de)
VERKAUFSAUTOMAT, VERKAUFSSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN BETRIEB
Title (fr)
DISTRIBUTEUR AUTOMATIQUE, SYSTEME DE DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATIQUE ET PROCEDES D'EXPLOITATION ASSOCIES
Publication
Application
Priority
- IL 11398095 A 19950601
- US 9506882 W 19950607
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9638798A1] A vending machine (100) for serving a plurality of customers, each having a payment card, which includes a vending unit (102) for storing and displaying an accessible inventory (112A-112N) and for selectively enabling and barring free access of a customer to aplurality of items therefrom (106), a card payment unit (103) which upon receipt of a payment card from a customer, validates, prior to said enabling, that the payment card can be charged for the value of the accessible inventory, and which charges, after the barring, the payment card with a sum in accordance with items removed from the accessible inventory by the customer and a control unit (105) for coordinating the operation of said vending unit (100) and said card payment unit (103).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06Q 20/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/04 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G07F 5/18 (2006.01); G07F 7/00 (2006.01); G07F 7/08 (2006.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); G07F 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G06Q 20/04 (2013.01 - EP); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01 - EP); G06Q 20/3572 (2013.01 - EP); G06Q 20/363 (2013.01 - EP); G07F 5/18 (2013.01 - EP); G07F 7/00 (2013.01 - EP); G07F 7/0866 (2013.01 - EP); G07F 9/002 (2020.05 - EP US); G07F 9/026 (2013.01 - EP); G07F 11/30 (2013.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9638798 A1 19961205; AU 2815295 A 19961218; AU 710904 B2 19990930; CA 2222894 A1 19961205; EP 0835492 A1 19980415; EP 0835492 A4 19990714; IL 113980 A0 19951031; IL 113980 A 19990620; JP H11506557 A 19990608
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9506882 W 19950607; AU 2815295 A 19950607; CA 2222894 A 19950607; EP 95923675 A 19950607; IL 11398095 A 19950601; JP 53642196 A 19950607