System for vending and dispensing digital files
OwnerDavid Panofsky, Eric Dahlerinventors
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Abstract
A system and method for the contemporaneous use of a vending machine and host terminal to interact with digital files. Authorized user of the vending machine or host terminal may tap into digital file content such as digital music files, e-mail, personal data or digital files including current information such as meeting schedules, calendars, reminder lists, stock prices, sports scores, and news headlines.
Claims34
A system for improving user usage of a vending machine or host terminal, said system comprising:
- a vending machine or host terminal constructed and arranged to interact with a user;
- means for recognizing a set of users;
- means for logging a recognized user in said set of users into a source of digital file content at a time contemporaneous with the use of said vending machine or host terminal;
- and
- means for downloading said digital file content into a format usable by said user.
A method for allowing a user the contemporaneous use of a vending machine and host terminal to interact with digital files, said method comprising the steps of:
- initiating the use of a vending machine or a host terminal by a user;
- recognizing said user as belonging to a set of users;
- logging said recognized user into a source of digital file content;
- and
- downloading said digital file content into a format usable by said user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.