Various prison services are rendered more efficient by providing inmates access to portable electronic devices in a controlled and regulated manner. A dispenser is employed to control and monitor the checking out and return of portable electronic devices and to communicate with such devices during use by inmates to monitor inmate use and ensure the portable electronic devices are only used by inmates as authorized.

A power pack vending system comprises a plurality of kiosks including a magazine having a plurality of slots, and a plurality of rechargeable power packs. Each power pack has a unique identifier and is sized to be received within one slot. Each kiosk includes a computer for receiving and storing the unique identifier of each power pack received within the magazine, the specific slot the power pack is in, and current power pack information. The kiosk computer controls a charging unit for charging the power packs. The system includes a central management operation comprising a central computer and central database. The management operation communicates with each kiosk and the central database includes a database storing power pack information for every power pack and a database storing customer information. The central management operation receives, stores and processes information received from the kiosks and sends information to each of the kiosks.

User access to exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT), therapy progress data, and user profile/record integration can be enabled via portable and wearable computing devices in use at treatment facilities is described. Embodiments leverage the field of wireless communications can access facility-based transponders, user authentication, data access, and data tracking. The invention enables access to oxygen therapy during exercise at various facilities by authorizing user access, tracking usage, providing access to user profiles/records, recording user progress, providing notification to providers of subsequent user treatment, and user record management based on proximity of a provider to a user during treatment. A safety harness system can include a circular padded rail to encircle the waist/torso of a user underneath the user's arms; hydraulically controlled legs can enable manipulation/movement under hydraulic control when the padded rail is secured to the user and while the user is moving on exercise equipment.

Techniques for providing a reusable filled bottle are provided. A stations receives a bottle request from a user and uses information from the request to select and associate a sanitized bottle to the user. The user is charged for a bottle rental and provided with a filled reusable bottle. The user may also return the bottle to the station to have the bottle refilled or return the bottle such that the bottle rental is completed and the bottle no longer associated with the user.

Aspects of the invention may involve systems, methods, and computer readable medium. In an embodiment of the invention, a computer-implemented method for paying for usage of a pay per use device may be provided. The method may transmit device identification information from the device to a server. Device setup information and vend price may be received and the vend price may be displayed. User identification may be received and transmitted to the server. An account balance value may be received and displayed on the display. A start request may be received and transmitted to the server. The device may start and an updated account balance may be displayed.

The present disclosure relates to an integrated management system for first aid kit vending machines and a method thereof. The integrated management system for first aid kit vending machines of the present disclosure may integrally manage a plurality of first aid kit vending machines by managing position information for each of the plurality of first aid kit vending machines and information on a product for the first aid kit to be sold, and by monitoring the sale, stock and the like of each first aid kit vending machine in real time. According to the present disclosure, it is thus possible to enable fast supply of the product by automatically requesting an order for the product to the product supplier when the product stock in the first aid kit vending machine is less than or equal to the predetermined standard stock or the product is sold out.

A device (100) for dispensing a “stand up paddle” (SUP) board comprises a side cover (5) resting on a circular lower base (6), wherein inside the side cover (5) is contained at least one board (1), and an upper cover (9) said device (100) being characterized in that said side cover (5) comprises at least one door (2) for dispensing the board (1), a drawer (3) positioned below the door (2) for dispensing the complementary elements (4) for practicing “stand up paddle” (SUP), and a control means (7) configured for checking the availability of the at least one board (1) and for the controlled opening of the door (2) and the drawer (3).

Techniques for providing a reusable filled bottle are provided. A stations receives a bottle request from a user and uses information from the request to select and associate a sanitized bottle to the user. The user is charged for a bottle rental and provided with a filled reusable bottle. The user may also return the bottle to the station to have the bottle refilled or return the bottle such that the bottle rental is completed and the bottle no longer associated with the user.

The present disclosure is directed to a device for the self-service exchange of cylinders, in particular, gas cylinders, including n unilaterally opened boxes for a cylinder, arranged in such a manner that the open walls of the boxes are substantially in one plane, with n being greater than or equal to 2, at least one sliding door, preferably n−1 sliding doors, with a size allowing at least one box to be closed and slide-mounted, so that opening one box by sliding the door causes the closing of another box, and a key lock, which in the open position allows a closed box to be opened by sliding the door, and in the closed position prevents the door from moving by a distance allowing access to the box.

Examples associated with service kiosk device provisioning are described. One example includes receiving at a service kiosk, authentication data associated with a user, data associated with a first device currently assigned to the user, a device specification for a second device to be provided to the user, and provisioning data for the second device. A selected device is selected based on the device specification to serve as the second device. The selected device is selected from a set of devices stored in compartments of the service kiosk and operably connected to the service kiosk. The selected device is configured based on the provisioning data. At a physical interface of the service kiosk, a credential that matches the authentication data associated with the user is received. Physical access is provided to a first compartment into which the user is to store the first device. Physical access is provided to a second compartment from which the user is to retrieve the second device.