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A method of auditing data from a vending machine includes providing commands to an audit module installed in the vending machine. The commands indicate a type of vending machine data to be processed by the audit module, how the data is to be processed by the audit module, and a location in memory in

A method of auditing data from a vending machine includes providing commands to an audit module installed in the vending machine. The commands indicate a type of vending machine data to be processed by the audit module, how the data is to be processed by the audit module, and a location in memory in the audit module for storage of that type of vending machine data. The audit module is configured to process vending machine data in response to the received commands. Monitored vending machine data can be reported to a remote host in a manner specified by one or commands sent to the audit module.

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1. A method of auditing data from a vending machine, the method comprising:providing commands to an audit module connected to the vending machine, wherein the commands are generated externally and indicate a type of vending machine data to be processed by the audit module, how the data is to be proc

1. A method of auditing data from a vending machine, the method comprising:providing commands to an audit module connected to the vending machine, wherein the commands are generated externally and indicate a type of vending machine data to be processed by the audit module, how the data is to be processed by the audit module, and a location in memory in the audit module for storage of that type of vending machine data; configuring the audit module to process vending machine data in response to the received commands; and using one or more configurable mapping tables in the audit module to determine whether and where received vending machine data is to be stored.