SMART VISI-COOLERS
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1. A system, comprising:
- a mobile customer device in communication with a remote electronic controller, the mobile customer device executing stored application instructions that results in;
transmitting, via a cellular telephone network and to the remote electronic controller, an indication of a product offered for sale via a machine that a customer associated with the mobile customer devices desires to purchase a unit of;
transmitting, via the cellular telephone network and to the electronic controller, an indication of a payment for the unit of product;
receiving, via the cellular telephone network and from the electronic controller, an indication of a confirmation of the payment; and
outputting, via an output device of the mobile customer device and in a retail store where the machine is located, and in response to the receiving of the payment confirmation, information that allows the customer to leave the retail store with the unit of product without waiting in line.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture for smart visi-coolers are provided.
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15 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
a mobile customer device in communication with a remote electronic controller, the mobile customer device executing stored application instructions that results in; transmitting, via a cellular telephone network and to the remote electronic controller, an indication of a product offered for sale via a machine that a customer associated with the mobile customer devices desires to purchase a unit of; transmitting, via the cellular telephone network and to the electronic controller, an indication of a payment for the unit of product; receiving, via the cellular telephone network and from the electronic controller, an indication of a confirmation of the payment; and outputting, via an output device of the mobile customer device and in a retail store where the machine is located, and in response to the receiving of the payment confirmation, information that allows the customer to leave the retail store with the unit of product without waiting in line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system, comprising:
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a smart visi-cooler comprising electronic components coupled to determine when a unit of a product has been removed from the smart visi-cooler and to transmit an indication of the removal to a POS device in the same retail store that the smart visi-cooler is located in; and the POS device in communication with the smart visi-cooler, the POS device executing stored instructions that results in; receiving the indication of the removal of the unit of the product from the smart visi-cooler; receiving, from a remote electronic controller, an indication that payment has been confirmed for at least one unit of the product; and outputting an indication that, in conjunction with an indication output by a mobile customer device, allows a customer operating the mobile customer device to depart the retail store with the removed unit of the product. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a central controller and from a mobile electronic device operated by a customer in a retail store, an indication of a type of product, stored in a smart visi-cooler of the retail store, that the customer desires to purchase a unit of; receiving, by the central controller and from the mobile electronic device operated by the customer in the retail store, an indication of a payment for the purchase of a unit of the type of product that the customer desires to purchase; transmitting, by the central controller and to a financial institution device and in response to the receiving of the indication of the payment, a request for payment confirmation; receiving, by the central controller and from the financial institution device and in response to the transmitting of the request for payment confirmation, confirmation of the payment; and transmitting, by the central controller and in response to the receiving of the payment confirmation, an indication that allows the customer to leave the retail store with a unit of the product without waiting in line. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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