EP0986033A2 - A configurable vending machine audit module - Google Patents
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01 'Database' 'Index' 'Field' where the 'Database' field refers to the value of one of the databases or mapping tables.
02 'Database' 'Index' 'Field' where the 'Database' field is the value of one of the databases or mapping tables. In some cases, use of the WRITE command may be prevented with respect to one or more fields within a database. A WRITE command directed to a protected location will result in a negative acknowledgement (NAK). After a WRITE command has been completed, the audit module responds with a positive acknowledgment (ACK) or a negative acknowledgement (NAK) depending on whether the command was successful. The ACK and NAK are included in
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- A method of auditing data from a vending machine, the method comprising:providing commands to an audit module connected to the vending machine, wherein the commands are generated externally and indicate a type of vending machine data to be processed by the audit module, how the data is to be processed by the audit module, and a location in memory in the audit module for storage of that type of vending machine data; andconfiguring the audit module to process vending machine data in response to the received commands.
- The method of claim 1 wherein the commands are transmitted to the audit module from a remote host.
- The method of claim 1 or 2 including:
configuring the audit module to report vending machine data to a remote host based on the received commands. - The method of any preceding claim including:
configuring the audit module to store at least one command which is to be executed by the audit module upon the occurrence of a specified event. - The method of any preceding claim including:
configuring the audit module to store a stack of commands which are to be executed by the audit module upon the occurrence of one or more specified events. - The method of any preceding claim wherein the commands specify vending machine data that is to be selectively retained for processing by the audit module.
- The method of any preceding claim including:
accessing a removably coupled device in the vending machine in response to one or more of the commands. - The method of claim 7 wherein the act of accessing a removably coupled device includes polling the device to retrieve information stored in the removably coupled device.
- The method of claim 8 further including:
transferring the requested information from the audit module to a host. - The method of claim 7, 8 or 9 wherein the act of accessing a removably coupled device includes updating, modifying or replacing software in the removably coupled device.
- The method of any preceding claim further including:
reconfiguring at least a portion of memory in the audit module in response to received commands. - The method of claim 11 wherein the act of reconfiguring modifies operation of the audit module.
- The method of claim 11 wherein the act of reconfiguring causes the audit module to execute an operation with respect to vending machine data.
- The method of any preceding claim wherein each command has a syntax that includes variables whose values can be selected from a plurality of options.
- An audit module arranged for connection to a vending machine, the audit module comprising:a controller and memory,wherein the audit module is configured to receive externally-generated commands indicating a type of vending machine data to be processed by the audit module, how the data is to be processed by the audit module, and a location in the audit module memory for storage of that type of vending machine data, and wherein the audit module is configured to process vending machine data based on the received commands.
- The audit module of claim 15 configured to receive the commands from a remote host.
- The audit module of claim 15 or 16 that can be configured in response to received commands to report vending machine data to a remote host.
- The audit module of any one of claims 15 to 17, wherein the audit module can store at least one received command to be executed by the audit module upon the occurrence of a specified event.
- The audit module of any one of claims 15 to 18, wherein the audit module can be configured to store a stack of commands which are to be executed by the audit module upon the occurrence of one or more specified events.
- The audit module of any one of claims 15 to 19 wherein the audit module can be configured to selectively retain specified vending machine data for subsequent processing in response to the received commands.
- The audit module of any one of claims 15 to 20 the audit module can be configured to access a removably coupled device in the vending machine in response to one or more of the received commands.
- The audit module of claim 21 wherein the audit module can be configured, in response to the received commands, to poll the removably coupled device to retrieve information stored therein.
- The audit module of claim 22 wherein the audit module can be configured, in response to the received commands, to transfer requested information to a remote host.
- The audit module of any one of claims 21 to 23 wherein the audit module memory can be reconfigured in response to the received commands.
- The audit module of claim 24 wherein operation of the audit module is modified in response to the received commands.
- The audit module of any one of claims 15 to 25 wherein each command has a syntax that includes variables whose values are selected from a plurality of options.
- A vending machine comprising:
an audit module, wherein the audit module includes a controller and memory, and wherein the audit module is configured to receive externally-generated commands indicating a type of vending machine data to be processed by the audit module, how the data is to be processed by the audit module, and a location in the audit module memory for storage of that type of vending machine data, and wherein the audit module is configured to process vending machine data based on the received commands. - An audit module for a vending machine, the module being operable to execute externally-generated commands having a predetermined syntax including an instruction-identifying code and a variable.
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