System, method, and apparatus for purchasing, dispensing, or sampling of products
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1. An apparatus comprising a food or beverage product dispenser, the apparatus configured:
- a. to dispense, responsive to a request indicative of an acceptance, generated by a mobile application, from a mobile device configured to receive push notifications intended for the mobile application associated with a plurality of intended recipients, the push notifications offering, to the plurality of intended recipients, dispensing of a custom mix from the product dispenser, the custom mix comprising at least a first food or beverage and a second food or beverage;
b. the apparatus further configured to communicate with a mobile application of a user, wherein the mobile application enables the user to request, via wireless communication with the food or beverage product dispenser, a custom mix of a food or beverage product to be dispensed from the product dispenser, the custom mix comprising a user-chosen combination of the first food or beverage and the second food or beverage;
c. the apparatus further configured to determine or display a custom mix price based on a first price per unit volume of the first food or beverage and a second price per unit volume of the second food or beverage, the first food or beverage and the second food or beverage intended to be dispensed in variable volumes from the food or beverage dispenser;
d. wherein the first price per unit volume comprises a surcharge for the first food or beverage, the first food or beverage having a first calorie count per unit volume that exceeds a second calorie count per unit volume of the second food or beverage, and the first price per unit volume of the first food or beverage exceeds the second price per unit volume of the second food or beverage.
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Abstract
A product dispenser includes a product sampling portion configured to contain a product to be sampled. The product sampling portion includes a product sample dispenser. A packaged product portion is configured to contain and dispense a packaged product corresponding to a product to be sampled.
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1. An apparatus comprising a food or beverage product dispenser, the apparatus configured:
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a. to dispense, responsive to a request indicative of an acceptance, generated by a mobile application, from a mobile device configured to receive push notifications intended for the mobile application associated with a plurality of intended recipients, the push notifications offering, to the plurality of intended recipients, dispensing of a custom mix from the product dispenser, the custom mix comprising at least a first food or beverage and a second food or beverage; b. the apparatus further configured to communicate with a mobile application of a user, wherein the mobile application enables the user to request, via wireless communication with the food or beverage product dispenser, a custom mix of a food or beverage product to be dispensed from the product dispenser, the custom mix comprising a user-chosen combination of the first food or beverage and the second food or beverage; c. the apparatus further configured to determine or display a custom mix price based on a first price per unit volume of the first food or beverage and a second price per unit volume of the second food or beverage, the first food or beverage and the second food or beverage intended to be dispensed in variable volumes from the food or beverage dispenser; d. wherein the first price per unit volume comprises a surcharge for the first food or beverage, the first food or beverage having a first calorie count per unit volume that exceeds a second calorie count per unit volume of the second food or beverage, and the first price per unit volume of the first food or beverage exceeds the second price per unit volume of the second food or beverage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A product dispenser configured:
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a. to dispense both packaged or unpackaged samples of a product sampling, and purchased packaged or unpackaged products corresponding to the product sampling; b. to communicate with a wireless communication device configured to receive push notifications intended for a mobile application associated with a plurality of intended recipients, the push notifications offering the product sampling, wherein the product sampling is intended to be dispensed from the product dispenser at a plurality of designated locations, the offering requiring, as a condition of acceptance of the offer, the completion of a post-sample data acquisition operation by an intended recipient of the product sampling; c. to dispense, responsive to acceptance of the offering by the intended recipient, the product sampling in a size smaller than the purchased packaged or unpackaged products corresponding to the product sampling; d. to query the intended recipient, via a mobile device associated with the intended recipient, or via a user interface associated with the product dispenser, the query seeking post-sample data acquisition from the intended recipient; and e. to transmit or store the post-sample data to a storage device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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a. initiating a push notification intended for a mobile application associated with a plurality of intended recipients, the push notification offering, to the plurality of intended recipients, dispensing of a custom mix intended to be dispensed from a product dispenser, the custom mix comprising at least a first food or beverage and a second food or beverage; b. receiving, via wireless communication of a mobile device of a user with the food or beverage product dispenser, a request that a user-chosen custom mix of a food or beverage product be dispensed from the product dispenser, the user-chosen custom mix comprising a combination of the first food or beverage and the second food or beverage; c. determining or displaying a custom mix price based on a first price per unit volume of the first food or beverage and a second price per unit volume of the second food or beverage, the first food or beverage and the second food or beverage intended to be dispensed in variable volumes from the food or beverage product dispenser; d. wherein the first price per unit volume comprises a surcharge for the first food or beverage, the first food or beverage having a first calorie count per unit volume that exceeds a second calorie count per unit volume of the second food or beverage, and the first price per unit volume of the first food or beverage exceeds the second price per unit volume of the second food or beverage. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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