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  • US 5,907,600 A
  • Filed: 04/27/1995
  • Issued: 05/25/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for reporting to a central station information associated with an apparatus and identifying information relating to a purchaser of the apparatus, the apparatus having a port for connection to a communications circuit, said system comprising:

  • inhibit means for rendering said apparatus partially inoperable until at least some of the identifying information relating to the purchaser has been entered into said apparatus;

    storage means for storing the identifying information relating to the purchaser; and

    communication means for automatically causing said apparatus to contact said central station via said communications circuit and, after said central station has responded to said contact, outputting the identifying information relating to the purchaser and the information associated with the apparatus thereby informing the central station of the information associated with the apparatus and the identifying information relating to a purchaser of the apparatus.

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