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)
G06Q-020/00
출원번호
US-0948114
(2007-11-30)
등록번호
US-8762209
(2014-06-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Walker, Jay S.
Otto, Jonathan
Tedesco, Daniel E.
출원인 / 주소
Inventor Holdings, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Fincham Downs, LLC
인용정보
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1인용 특허 :
12
초록▼
According to an embodiment 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
According to an embodiment 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▼
1. 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 game piece;receiving the game piece at the v
1. 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 game piece;receiving the game piece at the vending machine;determining, after the receiving and by the vending machine, an outcome of a game associated with the game piece;determining, by the vending machine, a prize associated with the determined outcome of the game; anddispensing, by the vending machine, the determined prize to the customer. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the prize comprises a free unit of a second product that is normally offered for sale via the vending machine. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the prize comprises a randomly selected prize. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the game piece comprises a scratch-off portion that is operable to be scratched to reveal an indicia of at least one of the game outcome and the prize. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the game piece comprises one or more alterable areas operable to be alterable by the customer to define a score associated with the game, wherein the determining of the outcome of the game comprises: determining the score; anddetermining an outcome of the game associated with the score. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the dispensing comprises revealing an identity of the prize to the customer. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the dispensed prize comprises a food item. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the point-of-sale terminal is located in a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR), the first product comprises a food menu item, and the prize comprises a desert item stocked by the vending machine. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the game piece by the vending machine, comprises: reading, by the vending machine, a machine-readable indicia of the game piece.
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