Internet payment enabling device for vending machines
OwnerGiovanni Carapelliinventor
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Abstract
An Internet payment enabling device (1) for a vending machine (2) for selling products or services to a purchaser having a mobile communicator enabled to a wireless internet connection comprises: a communication interface (7) with a vending machine (2); computer means (3) able to support transmission through the Internet (20) of data identifying said vending machine (2); a connection (10) for the transmission/reception of said data to and from a remote Internet operator (17) and means to notify a purchaser identifying data (9) of the vending machine (2).
Claims8
An Internet payment enabling device (1) for a vending machine (2) for selling products or services to purchasers having a mobile communicator (4) enabled to a wireless internet connection, the device comprising:
- a communication interface (7) to a vending machine (2);
- computer means (3) able to support transmission through the Internet (20) of data identifying said vending machine (2);
- a connection (10) for the transmission/reception of data to and from a remote Internet operator (17);
- means to notify a purchaser of data identifying the vending machine;
A device according to any preceding claim wherein said means to notify a purchaser comprises a display (8) able to visually display a code (9) identifying vending machine (2).
A device according to any preceding claim, wherein said vending machine (2) is a personal computer (PC) connectable with a remote Internet operator (17), for payment of products or services, wherein:
- said computer means (3) comprises an electronic card arranged to be inserted into a slot of said personal computer;
- said interface (7) comprises the connections of the card slot to the personal computer;
- said connection (10) is constituted by a modem connection of the card to a phone line (11);
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- said means (8) to notify a purchaser identifying data of the vending machine are constituted by a display of the personal computer displaying a code (9).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.