Rich content management and display for use in remote field assets
First Claim
1. A vending machine, comprising:
- a coin acceptor, a bill validator, and a card reader all operatively connected to a shared multi-drop bus (MDB);
a rich content display device operable to display color graphics;
an MDB-compliant extended function adapter (EFA) operatively coupled to the shared MDB bus, wherein the EFA includes a rich content agent (RCA) operable to manage rich content displayed on the display device, wherein the RCA comprises a structural file providing a mapping between directives indicative of a state of the vending machine and rich content management rules.
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Abstract
A field asset such as a vending machine includes a coin acceptor, a bill validator, and a card reader all operatively connected to a shared bus. A rich content display device displays color graphics and an extended function adapter (EFA) coupled to the shared bus includes a rich content agent (RCA) to manage rich content displayed on the display. The RCA may include a content management agent (CMA) coupled to a rich content player that executes rich content file for display on the display device. The EFA may include a cashless agent to generate procedural state information. The CMA detects the procedural state information and controls the presentation of rich content on the display device based at least in part on the detected procedural state information. The EFA may include an analytic agent to determine a substantive state of the vending machine including an inventory state and an environmental state.
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20 Claims
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1. A vending machine, comprising:
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a coin acceptor, a bill validator, and a card reader all operatively connected to a shared multi-drop bus (MDB); a rich content display device operable to display color graphics; an MDB-compliant extended function adapter (EFA) operatively coupled to the shared MDB bus, wherein the EFA includes a rich content agent (RCA) operable to manage rich content displayed on the display device, wherein the RCA comprises a structural file providing a mapping between directives indicative of a state of the vending machine and rich content management rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vending machine, comprising:
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a coin acceptor, a bill validator, and a card reader all operatively connected to a shared multi-drop bus (MDB); a rich content display device operable to display color graphics; an MDB-compliant extended function adapter (EFA) operatively coupled to the shared MDB bus, wherein the EFA includes a rich content agent (RCA) operable to manage rich content displayed on the display device; and a content management agent (CMA) operatively coupled to a rich content player, wherein the CMA is enabled to detect a location of the vending machine and manage the presentation of rich content on the display device based at least in part on the location of the vending machine.
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15. A vending machine, comprising:
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a coin acceptor, a bill validator, and a card reader all operatively connected to a shared bus; a rich content display device operable to display color graphics; an extended function adapter (EFA) operatively coupled to the shared MDB bus, wherein the EFA includes a rich content agent (RCA) operable to manage rich content displayed on the display device, wherein the RCA comprises a content management agent (CMA) operatively coupled to a rich content player operable to execute a rich content file for display on the display device, wherein the RCA further includes a structural file providing a mapping between directives provided to the CMA and indicative of a procedural state of the vending machine and rich content management rules. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A remote field asset suitable for use in a machine to machine network environment, the field asset comprising:
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a color graphics display device; a rich content player application having access to rich content files and configured to play at least some of the rich content files on the display device; a rich content agent coupled to a multi-drop bus (MDB) and operable to manage the rich content player including sending at least one message to the rich content player indicative of a rich content file to display; and a content management agent (CMA) operatively coupled to the rich content player application, the CMA enabled to detect a location of the remote field asset and manage the presentation of rich content on the color graphics display device based at least in part on the location of the remote field asset. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions, stored on computer readable medium, for implementing rich content displays on a vending machine field asset, the computer program product comprising:
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instructions for processing a structural file that provides a mapping between directives indicative of a procedural state of the vending machine and rich content management rules; instructions for processing a substantive state of the vending machine, wherein the substantive state includes a location of the vending machine; instructions for generating a management message indicative of a rich content file based at least in part on the processed substantive state and the procedural state; and instructions for managing a rich content display device to display the rich content file.
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