Patent ID: 7784689
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: F25D,G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising; a door; a sensor for sensing opening and closing of the door; an RFID scanning unit for scanning an interior of the apparatus; a controller for controlling operation of the RFID scanning unit; a software downloading unit configured to download, from a server via a network connection, software for controlling the apparatus; wherein a list of authorized users for the apparatus is automatically downloaded to the apparatus directly from the server via the network connection in response to a request by the software downloading unit, sent on the network connection when the apparatus is booting, that the list be downloaded; wherein authorization of a user is performed using the list, and the door of the apparatus is unlocked in response to the authorization; wherein, after the sensor senses the closing of the door, the RFID scanning unit scans the interior of the apparatus to detect presence of products, each product having been fitted with an RFID tag; and wherein a message based on a result of a scan by the RFID scanning unit is transmitted to the server for maintaining an inventory in the server based on the message.