Patent ID: 8103380
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a vending machine system comprising a remote management system, a plurality of vending machine controllers (VMCs) and a plurality of audit systems connected to the remote management system by a wide area network, the method comprising: at a selected one of the audit control systems, receiving control data from the remote management system via the wide area network, wherein the control data comprises a command to modify a data collection parameter of the selected audit control system; and in response to the command, transmitting by a selected one of the plurality of audit systems an error detection code comprising a checksum representing a status of a status code management list to a host system coupled to the remote management system to detect if an updated status code management list is present in the audit system; and updating the status code management list with a status code management list in the host system when there is a mismatch between the checksum and a checksum stored in the host system.