Products and processes for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06K-005/00
G06K-015/00
G06F-007/08
G06F-007/06
G06F-017/00
G06Q-030/00
G07G-001/14
출원번호
US-0968282
(2004-10-18)
등록번호
US-7389919
(2008-06-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Walker,Jay S.
Otto,Jonathan
Tedesco,Daniel E.
출원인 / 주소
Walker Digital, LLC
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
16인용 특허 :
16
초록▼
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, products and processes are disclosed for receiving, via a point-of-sale terminal that is not a vending machine, an indication of a set of
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for promoting multiple transactions at a retail establishment are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, products and processes are disclosed for receiving, via a point-of-sale terminal that is not a vending machine, an indication of a set of products which a customer desires to purchase. At least one product is offered to the customer via the point-of-sale terminal, and an acceptance of the offer is received. Thereafter a request to receive the product is received. A unit of the product is dispensed via the vending machine.
대표청구항▼
We claim: 1. A method comprising: receiving, via a point-of-sale terminal that is not a vending machine, an indication of a set of food products which a customer desires to purchase; offering, via a point-of-sale terminal, at least one food product to the customer; receiving, via the point-of-sale
We claim: 1. A method comprising: receiving, via a point-of-sale terminal that is not a vending machine, an indication of a set of food products which a customer desires to purchase; offering, via a point-of-sale terminal, at least one food product to the customer; receiving, via the point-of-sale terminal, an acceptance of the offer; receiving payment for the product; generating data which defines at least one food product; generating a voucher identifier; associating the generated data with the voucher identifier; printing on a paper substrate indicia that represents at least one of the generated data and the voucher identifier; providing the paper substrate to the customer; receiving, from the customer, the paper substrate via a vending machine that is not the point-of-sale terminal, but that is located proximate to the point-of-sale terminal; in which the step of receiving the paper substrate is performed after the step of receiving the acceptance of the offer; determining, from the paper substrate, the data which defines the at least one food product; receiving, by the vending machine and from the customer, a selection of a food product; comparing the selected food product with the at least one food product defined by the data; and dispensing, via the vending machine, the unit of the selected food product. 2. A method, comprising: receiving, via a point-of-sale terminal that is not a vending machine, an indication of a set of products that a customer desires to purchase; offering, via the point-of-sale terminal, a product to the customer, wherein the offered product is determined by the point-of-sale terminal based on the indication of the set of products, and wherein the offer is for the purchase of a unit of the offered product at a price that is less than a retail price that the unit of the product may otherwise be purchased for at a vending machine; receiving, via the point-of-sale terminal, an indication of an acceptance of the offer; providing, via the point-of-sale terminal, a voucher comprising an indication of the accepted product; receiving, via the vending machine, the voucher; determining, via the vending machine and based on the indication of the product from the voucher, the product; and dispensing, via the vending machine, a unit of the product. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the offered and accepted product comprises a category of products defined by a plurality of products, the indication of the product by the voucher comprises an indication of the plurality of products, and the determining of the product by the vending machine comprises a determination of the plurality of products, further comprising: receiving, by the vending machine, an indication of a selection of one of the plurality of products, wherein the unit of the product dispensed comprises a unit of the selected one of the plurality of products. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the voucher comprises a token that visually indicates the category of products. 5. The method of claim 2, wherein the offered product is determined based at least in part on a perishability of the offered product. 6. The method of claim 2, wherein the voucher comprises a redemption voucher. 7. A method, comprising: facilitating, at a point-of-sale terminal that is not a vending machine, a purchase of a first product by a customer; providing, in response to the purchase of the first product by the customer and via the point-of-sale terminal, a customer feedback card; receiving the customer feedback card at a vending machine; determining, after the receiving and by the vending machine, that one or more questions presented on the customer feedback card have been answered; determining, by the vending machine, a second product associated with the customer feedback card; and dispensing, by the vending machine, the determined second product to the customer. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second product comprises a free unit of the second product that is normally offered for sale via the vending machine.
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