Patent ID: 9305296
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G08C,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling a vending machine from a network comprising in this specific order, first (a), second (b), third (c), fourth (d), fifth (e), sixth (f), seventh (g), eighth (h), ninth (i): first (a), sensing on said vending machine a presence of a cell phone radio frequency (RF) field; second (b), sending a unidirectional wireless communication over a unidirectional link from said vending machine to said cell phone in response to said presence of said cell phone RF field; third (c), receiving on said cell phone from said unidirectional wireless communication over said unidirectional link a vending machine identification; fourth (d), transmitting from said cell phone over a bidirectional wireless link said vending machine identification to said network; fifth (e); receiving from said network over said bidirectional wireless link user selectable choices; sixth (f), presenting on said cell phone said user selectable choices, wherein said presenting on said cell phone said user selectable choices further comprises converting said user selectable choices into a native language of said user and converting any displayed prices into a native currency of said user; seventh (g), transmitting from said cell phone one or more user selected choices from said user selectable choices to said network over said bidirectional wireless link; eighth (h), receiving on said vending machine from said network said one or more user selected choices; and ninth (i), responding to said received said one or more user selected choices by operating said vending machine as if a user had manually operated said user selectable choices on said vending machine only if said cell phone continues to receive said unidirectional wireless communication over said unidirectional link.