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Coinstar Gets New Patent
Bellevue, Wash. - June 14
The U.S. Patent Office gave Bellevue, Wash.-based Coinstar a new patent governing coin-counting machines equipped with communications functions for transmitting various types of transaction information to remote locations. Under the patent, number 6,736,251, remote locations include financial institutions that receive deposits from Coinstar coin-counting machines, as well as service centers that receive notification when a machine is full or requires service.
Posted by Craig at June 15, 2004 04:11 PM