INTERACTIVE INTERFACE EFFECTUATED VENDING
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1. A payment module for effectuating a cashless vend, said payment module comprising:
- a microcontroller;
a vending equipment interface configured to provide a connection between the microcontroller and a vending machine controller of a vending machine; and
an interactive interface configured to provide a connection between the microcontroller and a computer platform,wherein said payment module is configured to receive data from the vending machine controller via the vending equipment interface and receive data from the computing platform via the interactive interface for the purpose of monitoring or controlling the cashless vend.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method which effectuates an interactive interface and protocol for interfacing a payment module (system 500) to and data communicating with a computing platform (computing platform 802), wherein the computing platform can elect to control by way of the interactive interface and protocol a vending transaction cycle or alternatively elect to monitor the payment module by way of the interactive interface and protocol allowing the payment module to control a vending transaction cycle.
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1. A payment module for effectuating a cashless vend, said payment module comprising:
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a microcontroller; a vending equipment interface configured to provide a connection between the microcontroller and a vending machine controller of a vending machine; and an interactive interface configured to provide a connection between the microcontroller and a computer platform, wherein said payment module is configured to receive data from the vending machine controller via the vending equipment interface and receive data from the computing platform via the interactive interface for the purpose of monitoring or controlling the cashless vend. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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