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Vending devices having ad-watching as consideration

  • US 10,490,013 B2
  • Filed: 01/19/2018
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vending apparatus, comprising:

  • a dispensing portion operable to dispense a product;

    a communication portion operable to provide a communicable content for at least one of viewing or hearing by a user;

    a control system operatively coupled to the dispensing portion and the communication portion, the control system being operable to at least;

    receive a signal indicative of a consent by the user to at least one of receive or review the communicable content at least partially in exchange for dispensing the product;

    determine at least a quantity of product required to be dispensed;

    cause the dispensing portion to dispense the quantity of product; and

    cause the communication portion to provide the communicable content while the dispensing portion dispenses the product until the quantity of product is dispensed,and wherein at least one of the control system or the dispensing portion is operable to adjust a rate of dispensing of the product based on a time period needed to display the communicable content.

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