Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080201213 | Products And Processes For A Membership For A Customer Of A Vending Machine - In a disclosed embodiment of the invention, a customer of a vending machine is provided with an offer to establish a membership at a vending machine. After receiving an acceptance of the offer, a membership identifier is determined. The membership identifier is stored in association with the term of the membership. | 08-21-2008 |
20080202889 | Products and Processes For Establishing Multi-Transaction Relationships With Customers of Vending Machines - Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for improving the establishment and management of vending machine subscriptions, including systems and methods for constructing, communicating, and registering subscriptions, as well as various methods for processing the redemption of vending machine subscription items. Several additional embodiments are disclosed, including various alternate methods of promoting longitudinal machine-customer relationships. | 08-28-2008 |
20080249658 | Products and Processes for Addressing a Customer Service Issue - According to an embodiment, a vending machine or other device receives, from a customer, a request for a product to be dispensed by a vending machine. It is determined that a customer service issue exists with the vending machine. It is also determined whether to provide a resolution to the customer service issue, and the resolution is provided to the vending machine customer. | 10-09-2008 |
20090144179 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR VENDING A PLURALITY OF PRODUCTS VIA DEFINED GROUPS - Products and processes are disclosed for defining at least one inventory group. This at least one inventory group includes at least two products that are available for sale by a vending machine. The vending machine outputs an indication of products that the at least one inventory group includes. The vending machine receiving, from a customer, a selection of a first product that the at least one inventory group includes. The vending machine processes a sale of a unit of the first product and a respective unit of at least one additional product for a single price. | 06-04-2009 |
20090157220 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION REGARDING A PRODUCT DISPENSED BY A VENDING MACHINE - According to an embodiment, information about a product is communicated to at least one customer of a vending machine. It is determined whether to dispense a product from the vending machine, and the product is dispensed from the vending machine. | 06-18-2009 |
20090281891 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VENDING MACHINE FINANCING - According to some embodiments, systems, methods, and/or articles of manufacture are associated with facilitating and/or managing vending machine financing and/or other vending machine agreements. | 11-12-2009 |
20100114368 | Systems and methods for vending machine customer account management - Some embodiments are associated with providing, establishing, registering, administering, and/or managing vending machine subscription accounts. In some embodiments, third parties may administer and/or manage subscription-vending accounts associated with customers. | 05-06-2010 |
20100211218 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR STABLISHING MULTI-TRANSACTION RELATIONSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS OF VENDING MACHINES - Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for improving the establishment and management of vending machine subscriptions, including systems and methods for constructing, communicating, and registering subscriptions, as well as various methods for processing the redemption of vending machine subscription items. Several additional embodiments are disclosed, including various alternate methods of promoting longitudinal machine-customer relationships. | 08-19-2010 |
20100286819 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION REGARDING A PRODUCT DISPENSED BY A VENDING MACHINE - According to an embodiment, information about a product is communicated to at least one customer of a vending machine. It is determined whether to dispense a product from the vending machine, and the product is dispensed from the vending machine. | 11-11-2010 |
20110161146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VENDING MACHINE OFFERS - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for providing promotions at vending machines, such as by providing vending machine subscriptions to a category of products, are disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
20110168290 | MACHINE RETROFITS AND INTERACTIVE SODA FOUNTAINS - Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for machine retrofits and interactive soda fountains are provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20110172004 | VENUE PRODUCT SALES AND NETWORKING - Systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture for venue product sales and networking are provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20110172814 | MACHINE RETROFITS AND INTERACTIVE SODA FOUNTAINS - Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for machine retrofits and interactive soda fountains are provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20110172848 | SMART VISI-COOLERS - Systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture for smart visi-coolers are provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173041 | VENUE PRODUCT SALES AND NETWORKING - Systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture for venue product sales and networking are provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173082 | SMART VISI-COOLERS - Systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture for smart visi-coolers are provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20120136479 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ACCESS - Some embodiments are associated with receiving, by a vending machine, a request from a customer to initiate a communication session, establishing a first communication link between the vending machine and a device associated with the customer, and establishing a second communication link between the vending machine and a remote network device, such that a communication session is established between the device associated with the customer and the remote network device. Some embodiments are associated with receiving, by a vending machine, an indication of a selection of a product sold by the vending machine, receiving, from a customer, payment for the selected product, dispensing the product to the customer, the product comprising an indication of a communication session activation code, receiving, by the vending machine, an indication of the communication session activation code, and establishing a communication session between a device associated with the customer and a remote network device. | 05-31-2012 |
20120158483 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR A MEMBERSHIP FOR A CUSTOMER OF A VENDING MACHINE - In a disclosed embodiment of the invention, a customer of a vending machine is provided with an offer to establish a membership at a vending machine. After receiving an acceptance of the offer, a membership identifier is determined. The membership identifier is stored in association with the term of the membership. | 06-21-2012 |
20120310409 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR ESTABLISHING MULTI-TRANSACTION RELATIONSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS OF VENDING MACHINES - Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for improving the establishment and management of vending machine subscriptions, including systems and methods for constructing, communicating, and registering subscriptions, as well as various methods for processing the redemption of vending machine subscription items. Several additional embodiments are disclosed, including various alternate methods of promoting longitudinal machine-customer relationships. | 12-06-2012 |
20130097054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MENULESS MOBILE COMMERCE - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for menuless mobile commence. | 04-18-2013 |
20130331984 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VENDING MACHINE OFFERS - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for providing promotions at vending machines, such as by providing vending machine subscriptions to a category of products, are disclosed. | 12-12-2013 |
20140214547 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED RETAIL REALITY - Systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture that provide for Augmented Retail Reality (ARR). | 07-31-2014 |
20140309770 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ACCESS - Some embodiments are associated with receiving, by a vending machine, a request from a customer to initiate a communication session, establishing a first communication link between the vending machine and a device associated with the customer, and establishing a second communication link between the vending machine and a remote network device, such that a communication session is established between the device associated with the customer and the remote network device. Some embodiments are associated with receiving, by a vending machine, an indication of a selection of a product sold by the vending machine, receiving, from a customer, payment for the selected product, dispensing the product to the customer, the product comprising an indication of a communication session activation code, receiving, by the vending machine, an indication of the communication session activation code, and establishing a communication session between a device associated with the customer and a remote network device. | 10-16-2014 |