ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,904, issued on June 17.
"Coupon dispensing kiosk" was invented by Karl McCorry (Coatesville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupon dispensing kiosk including a kiosk assembly, a game assembly. The kiosk assembly includes a housing. The game assembly includes a display. The electronic assembly includes a central processing unit and a cash identifier. The housing includes a cash acceptor and a ticket reader. The ticket reader is used to scan a ticket. The ticket is a parking ticket. The central processing unit can be used to estimate a balance pending for the ticket. The central processing unit can be used to count and discount m...