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Display system for vending machine

  • US 20050155060A1
  • Filed: 01/12/2005
  • Published: 07/14/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vending machine display system comprising:

  • a public server for allowing a delivering computer to periodically upload news data;

    a news server for periodically checking news data uploaded to the public server and, in response to an updated news data, downloading the updated news data, processing the updated news data into a form available for delivering to the vending machine and storing a prepared news data; and

    a vending machine including means for periodically accessing the news server, downloading the prepared news data, and displaying news on a news displaying region of a display, wherein said vending machine is provided with means for stopping displaying news on the news displaying region if it has been failing to access the news server more than a predetermined time period.

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