发明名称 |
NETWORK OF VENDING MACHINES CONNECTED INTERACTIVELY TO DATA-BASE-BUILDING HOST |
摘要 |
<p>A wide area network (WAN) of vending machines connected to a host that builds a database of vending-related information received from the vending machines. Also, a communications system within each vending machine having a vending machine data acquisition unit and a multiple-communication-technology adapter to interface the data acquisition unit to multiple communication technologies including at least one wireless technology. Also, a data structure used to build the database, the data structure having data elements corresponding to an identity of a machine, recent and previous prediction information for the machine, and recent and previous refill-visit information for the machine, the elements being linked together. The multiple vending machines communicate with a communications concentrator via one of many communication technologies. The communications concentrator interfaces the multiple vending machines to a data warehouse that builds a database using the data structure mentioned above. The data warehouse is made available to one or more bottlers for analysis of individual vending machine routing needs and profitability.</p> |
申请公布号 |
EP1131801(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.09.12 |
申请号 |
EP19990959019 |
申请日期 |
1999.11.18 |
申请人 |
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY |
发明人 |
HOWELL, THOMAS, P.;WARD, KEVIN, B. |
分类号 |
G07F9/00;G06Q10/08;G07F9/02;H04M11/00;(IPC1-7):G07F9/02 |
主分类号 |
G07F9/00 |
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