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Operator Or Payment Initiated

Operator Or Payment Initiated patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

08/24/06 - 20060190129 - Security system and method for deterring, preventing, and/or tracking of theft of the use of goods and services, particularly fuel at retail fueling stations
A system and method of preventing theft of the use of goods or services, particularly fuel dispensed from a fuel dispenser, comprised of providing a security system including a controller, a card reader and/or fingerprint reader that is operable to read data stored within an identification card and/or fingerprint and ...

04/06/06 - 20060074523 - Programming presets in a vending machine
A vending machine apparatus comprising a housing defining an internal cavity and an article storage area where predetermined groups of stored articles are located at predetermined positions within the housing. An article retrieval device is associated with the housing for moving articles to be vended from the storage area to ...

01/05/06 - 20060004485 - Fuel pump island vending
Some embodiments include a fuel and product dispensing apparatus comprising a fuel dispenser and product dispenser within a housing providing the ability to purchase one or more of fuel, products, and services in a single transaction. Other embodiments include a product dispenser adapted for mounting to a fuel dispenser, such ...

11/24/05 - 20050261802 - Vending machine and article sale method for vending machine
A vending machine comprises a first memory device storing a article choice information including a plurality of item data capable of displaying in at least two languages; an image display device for displaying at least one item in a predetermined language; a language changing-over item for outputting a changing-over signal ...

11/03/05 - 20050246060 - Interactive vending machine to view customized products before they are purchased and internally track saleable inventory
An interactive vending machine which enables a consumer to view customized products before they are purchased and thereafter enables the consumer to purchase the customized products. The machine also keeps track of inventory so that if a particular item or accessory is out of stock, it will not be displayed ...

08/25/05 - 20050187656 - 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 to the at least one question to ...



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