System, method, and apparatus for purchasing, dispensing, or sampling of products
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1. A method comprising:
- a. initiating a push notification intended for a mobile application associated with a mobile device of an intended recipient, the push notification offering a free product or free service to be provided at a point of sale;
b. receiving a response to the push notification indicative of an acceptance of the offering, the acceptance generated by the mobile application or the mobile device;
c. authorizing providing of the free product or free service to the intended recipient at the point of sale via a product dispenser or a service provider, respectively, the product dispenser or service provider configured to dispense sample sizes of free product or to authorize providing samples of free service and purchased product or purchased services corresponding to the free product or free service, respectively;
d. initiating a query to the intended recipient via the mobile application or the mobile device, seeking feedback related to the free product or provided free service wherein the feedback comprises a rating of the free product or free service by the user; and
e. upon receiving feedback from the user that the rating satisfies a predetermined rating value, offering the user an opportunity to purchase the purchased product or purchased service corresponding to the free product or free service, respectively.
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Systems, methods, and apparatus for the purchase of and/or free sampling of products. The systems, methods, and/or apparatus may permit push notifications of purchased products and/or free product samples being available and may permit the use of mobile devices and/or mobile device applications to be used to purchase products or dispense free samples of products via a product dispenser or vending machine.
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1. A method comprising:
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a. initiating a push notification intended for a mobile application associated with a mobile device of an intended recipient, the push notification offering a free product or free service to be provided at a point of sale; b. receiving a response to the push notification indicative of an acceptance of the offering, the acceptance generated by the mobile application or the mobile device; c. authorizing providing of the free product or free service to the intended recipient at the point of sale via a product dispenser or a service provider, respectively, the product dispenser or service provider configured to dispense sample sizes of free product or to authorize providing samples of free service and purchased product or purchased services corresponding to the free product or free service, respectively; d. initiating a query to the intended recipient via the mobile application or the mobile device, seeking feedback related to the free product or provided free service wherein the feedback comprises a rating of the free product or free service by the user; and e. upon receiving feedback from the user that the rating satisfies a predetermined rating value, offering the user an opportunity to purchase the purchased product or purchased service corresponding to the free product or free service, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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- 9. A product dispenser configured to dispense a product, 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 an intended recipient, the push notifications offering dispensing of the product from the product dispenser, the product dispenser further configured to request or receive via the mobile device, after dispensing the product, feedback from the intended recipient related to the dispensed product, wherein the product dispenser is configured to dispense both sample sizes of free product and purchased product corresponding to the free product, wherein the feedback comprises a rating of the free product by the intended recipient, the product dispenser further configured, upon receiving feedback from the intended recipient that the rating satisfies a predetermined rating value, to offer the intended recipient an opportunity to purchase the purchased product corresponding to the free product.
- 15. A system comprising a product dispenser in wireless communication with a mobile device, the product dispenser configured to dispense a free product, responsive to an instruction from the mobile device indicative of an acceptance, generated by a mobile application, of a push notification offer, the mobile device comprising the mobile application configured to receive push notifications offering to dispense the free product from the product dispenser, the system further configured to query a user of the mobile device, following dispensing of the free product, the query seeking feedback related to the dispensed free product, wherein the product dispenser is configured to dispense both sample sizes of the free product and purchased product corresponding to the free product, wherein the feedback comprises a rating of the free product by the user, the product dispenser further configured, upon receiving feedback from the user that the rating satisfies a predetermined rating value, to offer the user an opportunity to purchase the purchased product corresponding to the free product.
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