Software vending system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4654799
SERIAL NO

06734162

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A software vending system comprising a host system including a first memory for storing a plurality of first software programs and a plurality of peripheral vending instruments operatively connected to the host system for interactive data communication, each peripheral vending instrument including a secondary memory for storing the first software programs transferred from the first memory of the host system, and a recording device for duplicating in a recordinng medium a selected one of the first software programs stored in the secondary memory. The peripheral vending instrument further includes an input device for entering a second software program into the vending instrument, and a data transmitting device for transferring to the host system the second software program entered through the input device. The host system includes a data receiving device for receiving the second software program transferred from the data transmitting device of the peripheral vending instrument, and further includes a second memory for storing the second software program received by the data receiving device.

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BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHANAGOYA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Furukawa, Satoshi Suzuka, JP 51 1457
Kato, Yoshibumi Nagoya, JP 4 708
Ogaki, Hirokazu Nagoya, JP 4 1045

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