ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,352, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Trinity Axis Inc. (Harleysville, Pa.).

"Functionality of a dispensing machine that is in communication with a wireless network" was invented by Jeremiah Divyan David (Tamil Nadu, India) and David D. Davidar (Schwenksville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to functionality of a dispensing machine (e.g., a vending apparatus) that is in communication with a wireless network. A system includes the wireless network, a messaging server in communication with the wireless network, a host application server in communication with the wireless network...