PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR ESTABLISHING MULTI-TRANSACTION RELATIONSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS OF VENDING MACHINES
First Claim
1. A vending machine that accepts a subscription code from a customer, determines a positive number of units remaining in a subscription account identified by the subscription code, and dispenses, in response to the determining, at least one unit of a product to the customer in accordance with a term of the subscription.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for improving the establishment and management of vending machine subscriptions, including systems and methods for constructing, communicating, and registering subscriptions, as well as various methods for processing the redemption of vending machine subscription items. Several additional embodiments are disclosed, including various alternate methods of promoting longitudinal machine-customer relationships.
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1. A vending machine that accepts a subscription code from a customer, determines a positive number of units remaining in a subscription account identified by the subscription code, and dispenses, in response to the determining, at least one unit of a product to the customer in accordance with a term of the subscription.
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