Patent ID: 6264104
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A vending device with a remote ordering facility for enabling a user to order gods or services from a remote location, including a memory storing a catalogue database for access by the user, the catalogue database including information on goods or services available for order, display means for displaying information from the catalogue database, communication means for communicating with a remote host device for automatically placing orders, user input means for enabling the user to select available goods or services from the catalogue database for order, and processing means for controlling operation of the device, the device further including storage means for storing goods or services for locally vending on site, the catalogue database including information on the goods or services which are available for local vending, whereby goods or services may be selected from the electronic catalogue and either vended locally from the vending device, if they are available in the vending device storage means, or ordered remotely, if they are not available locally.