Smart card for offline meal plans
CA 2249903 A1 · Owner: Cybermark, Llc · Inventors: Wilhoit, Frank Eldon Iii; Greer, Dennis Keith
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This invention involves the use of smart cards configured with data indicating a specific meal plan for use in the food vending industry. Examples of typical applications are student meal plans purchased in college or other school systems where the user purchases a plan allowing the user to eat specific meals or at specific times. Usually the meal plan is purchased at the beginning of the school term and terminates at the end of the school term. The invention uses a memory based smart card that is preconfigured on a specific date. The smart card contains data such as the meal plan type, the expiration date of the plan, the last transaction date the user's weekly quota of meals, the, number …
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- Filed October 9, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 9, 2018.
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