Wireless management of remote vending machines
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1. A wireless system for managing a plurality of remote vending machines, comprising:
- an enterprise control center including a plurality of graphical user interfaces each of which is adapted to control aspects in real-time of the customer interaction of selectable ones of the plurality of remote vending machines; and
a two-way wireless network coupling said enterprise control center and the plurality of remote vending machines;
wherein each of the plurality of remote vending machines is wirelessly coupled by a first coupling means to said wireless network which is, in turn, coupled by a second coupling means to a large-scale network,wherein the enterprise control center is adapted to provide one or more graphical user interfaces by which a user may add an alarm to an alarm class list based on a selection of an alarm type for the alarm class and a selection of an alarm notification for the alarm class.
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Abstract
A wireless system for managing a plurality of remote vending machines includes an enterprise control center; and a two-way wireless network coupling the enterprise control center and the plurality of remote vending machines. A touch screen may be associated with each of the plurality of vending machines for selecting items to be vended therein, and means for displaying a plurality of advertisements on the touch screen. The touch screen may also include means for paying for the items to be vended within the plurality of vending machines.
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1. A wireless system for managing a plurality of remote vending machines, comprising:
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an enterprise control center including a plurality of graphical user interfaces each of which is adapted to control aspects in real-time of the customer interaction of selectable ones of the plurality of remote vending machines; and a two-way wireless network coupling said enterprise control center and the plurality of remote vending machines; wherein each of the plurality of remote vending machines is wirelessly coupled by a first coupling means to said wireless network which is, in turn, coupled by a second coupling means to a large-scale network, wherein the enterprise control center is adapted to provide one or more graphical user interfaces by which a user may add an alarm to an alarm class list based on a selection of an alarm type for the alarm class and a selection of an alarm notification for the alarm class. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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