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- ApplicationUS 09/803818 2001-03-12
- PublicationUS 2002128932 2002-09-12
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published patent: Wireless purchase and on-line inventory apparatus and method for vending machines
Title | Wireless purchase and on-line inventory apparatus and method for vending machines |
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Priority Date | 2001-03-12 US 09/803818 |
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Issue Date | 2002 |
Citation | US Published patent application US 2002128932. Washington, DC: US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 2002 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for wireless purchase of merchandise from a vending machine by using a cellular mobile phone. The present invention permits a cellular mobile phone user to dial a sequence of code on the phone to invoke the vending machine to dispense merchandise, where payment is charged to the mobile phone account. The present invention also relates to an apparatus and a method for on-line inventory management. With on-line inventory management, the present invention provides high efficient operation, reduced operation cost, and just-in-time service and merchandise delivery. The present invention further relates to an apparatus and a method that allow both on-line inventory management and wireless purchase of merchandise in a vending machine. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/176828 |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-30T08:38:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-30T08:38:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | US Published patent application US 2002128932. Washington, DC: US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 2002 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/176828 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for wireless purchase of merchandise from a vending machine by using a cellular mobile phone. The present invention permits a cellular mobile phone user to dial a sequence of code on the phone to invoke the vending machine to dispense merchandise, where payment is charged to the mobile phone account. The present invention also relates to an apparatus and a method for on-line inventory management. With on-line inventory management, the present invention provides high efficient operation, reduced operation cost, and just-in-time service and merchandise delivery. The present invention further relates to an apparatus and a method that allow both on-line inventory management and wireless purchase of merchandise in a vending machine. | en_HK |
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dc.title | Wireless purchase and on-line inventory apparatus and method for vending machines | en_HK |
dc.type | Patent | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | en_US |
dc.contributor.inventor | Yung Hon Ching | en_HK |
dc.contributor.inventor | Leung Kwong Keung | en_HK |
dc.contributor.inventor | Lai Hon Seng | en_HK |
patents.identifier.application | US 09/803818 | en_HK |
patents.description.assignee | YUNG HON CHING, ; LEUNG KWONG KEUNG, ; LAI HON SENG, ; UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG | en_HK |
patents.description.country | United States of America | en_HK |
patents.date.publication | 2002-09-12 | en_HK |
patents.identifier.hkutechid | EEE-2000-00043-1 | - |
patents.date.application | 2001-03-12 | en_HK |
patents.date.priority | 2001-03-12 US 09/803818 | en_HK |
patents.description.cc | US | en_HK |
patents.identifier.publication | US 2002128932 | en_HK |
patents.relation.family | CN 1384459 (A) 2002-12-11 | en_HK |
patents.relation.family | JP 2002358558 (A) 2002-12-13 | en_HK |
patents.relation.family | TW 554298 (B) 2003-09-21 | en_HK |
patents.relation.family | US 2002128932 (A1) 2002-09-12 | en_HK |
patents.relation.family | US 7110954 (B2) 2006-09-19 | en_HK |
patents.description.kind | A1 | en_HK |
patents.type | Patent_published | en_HK |