US 11,935,370 B2
Controlled dispensing system and method
Paresh Patel, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to PayRange Inc., Portland, OR (US)
Filed by PAYRANGE INC., Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/194,152.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/080,577, filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/075,814, filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/985,882, filed on Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0327201 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 9/006 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10297 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic dispensing machine including one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving, from a server, a request to dispense a controlled device, wherein the request includes:
(i) a selection identifier corresponding to a product type of the controlled device or a storage position of the controlled device in the electronic dispensing machine; and
(ii) a user identifier corresponding to a user account associated with the request;
activating a dispensing mechanism associated with the storage position of the controlled device, thereby ejecting a particular controlled device from the storage position;
obtaining a device identifier corresponding to the particular controlled device;
prior to releasing the particular controlled device from the electronic dispensing machine:
linking the device identifier with the user identifier; and
transmitting, to the server, the user identifier and the linked device identifier, thereby causing the particular controlled device to be restricted for use, wherein subsequent to the transmitting of the user identifier and the linked device identifier to the server, the particular controlled device can only be used when in proximity to the electronic mobile device associated with the user identifier; and
releasing the particular controlled device from the electronic dispensing machine.