REMOTE USER INTERFACE FOR SELF-SERVICE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20150195334A1
• Filed: 06/17/2013
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Chew, Yen Hsiang
• Application Number:
  US14/124,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195334A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Embodiments of computer-implemented methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) are described herein for configuring a self-service computing device to provide, to a remote computing device in direct wireless communication with the self-service computing device, data for the remote computing device to render an instance of a user interface operable by a user of the remote computing device to select a product or service offered by the self-service computing device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution of the instructions by a self-service computing device, cause the self-service computing device to provide, to a remote computing device in direct wireless communication with the self-service computing device, data for the remote computing device to render an instance of a user interface operable by a user of the remote computing device to select a product or service offered by the self-service computing device.

27. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instructions, in response to execution of the instructions by the self-service computing device, cause the self-service computing device to obtain a user selection from a remote computing server in communication with the remote computing device.

28. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instructions, in response to execution of the instructions by the self-service computing device, cause the self-service computing device to obtain a user selection directly from the remote computing device.

29. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein provide data comprises provide to the remote computing device a universal resource locator (“

URL”

) accessible by the remote computing device to obtain data configured to cause the remote computing device to render the user interface instance.

30. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the direct wireless communication comprises communication using radio frequency identification (“

RFID”

) technology.

31. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the direct wireless communication comprises near field communication (“

NFC”

).

32. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the direct wireless communication is implemented with one or more quick response (“

QR”

) codes.

33. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instructions further cause the self-service computing device, in response to execution of the instructions, to inform a remote computing server of products or services dispensed by the self-service computing device.

34. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instructions further cause the self-service computing device, in response to execution of the instructions, to inform a remote computing server when an inventory of products or services offered by the self-service computing device is below a predetermined threshold.

35. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instructions further cause the self-service computing device, in response to execution of the instructions, to inform a remote computing server of products supplied to the self-service computing device.

36. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the remote computing device is a first remote computing device, and wherein the instructions, in response to execution of the instructions by the self-service computing device, cause the self-service computing device to selectively dispense, to a first user of the first remote computing device or a second user of a second remote computing device for which the self-service computing device has provided data for rendition of an instance of the user interface, a product or service selected by both the first and second users.

37. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the selectively dispense is based on an order in which the self-service computing device commenced direct wireless communication with the first and second remote computing devices.

38. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the selectively dispense is based on an order in which the self-service computing device receives indications that the first and second users have operated respective instances of the user interface to select a product or service offered by the self-service computing device.

39. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the selectively dispense is based on an order in which the self-service computing device receives indications that the first and second users have tendered payment for a selected a product or service offered by the self-service computing device.

40. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instructions further cause the self-service computing device, in response to execution of the instructions, to provide, to the remote computing device, data for the remote computing device to render a personalized content, based on characteristics of a user captured by the self-service computing device.

41. A self-service system comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a self-service engine coupled to the one or more computer processors and comprising;

a user interface provider module configured to provide, to a remote computing device in direct wireless communication with the self-service system, data for the remote computing device to render an instance of a user interface operable by a user of the remote computing device to select a product or service offered by the self-service system; and

a dispenser module configured to dispense a product or service selected by the user with the remote computing device.

42. The self-service system of claim 41, further comprising a radio frequency identification (“

RFID”

) interface coupled to the one or more computer processors, wherein the direct wireless communication comprises communication through the RFID interface.

43. The self-service system of claim 41, further comprising a near field communication (“

NFC”

) interface coupled to the one or more computer processors, wherein the direct wireless communication comprises communication through the NFC interface.

44. The self-service system of claim 41, further comprising a quick response (“

QR”

) code interface coupled to the one or more computer processors, wherein the direct wireless communication comprises communication through the QR code interface.

45. The self-service system of claim 41, wherein the dispenser module is further configured to inform a remote computing server of products or services dispensed by the self-service system, and/or inform the remote computing server when an inventory of products or services offered by the self-service system is below a predetermined threshold.

46. The self-service system of claim 41, wherein the remote computing device is a first remote computing device, and the dispenser module is further configured to selectively dispense, to a first user of the first remote computing device or a second user of a second remote computing device for which the self-service system has provided data for rendition of an instance of the user interface, a product or service selected by both the first and second users.

47. The self-service system of claim 46, wherein the dispenser module is further configured to selectively dispense based on an order in which the self-service system commenced direct wireless communication with the first and second remote computing devices, an order in which the self-service system receives indications that the first and second users have operated respective instances of the user interface to select a product or service offered by the self-service system, or an order in which the self-service system receives indications that the first and second users have tendered payment for a selected product or service offered by the self-service system.

48. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution of the instructions by a mobile computing device, cause the mobile computing device to render an instance of a user interface operable by a user of the mobile computing device to select a product or service offered by a self-service computing device in direct wireless communication with the mobile computing device, wherein the direct wireless communication comprises communication using radio frequency identification (“

RFID”

) technology or near field communication (“

NFC”

).

49. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 48, wherein the instructions, in response to execution of the instructions by the mobile computing device, cause the mobile computing device to provide a user selection to a remote computing server in communication with the self-service computing device, or directly to the self-service computing device.

50. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 48, wherein the instructions further cause the mobile computing device, in response to execution of the instructions, to obtain, from the self-service computing device, a universal resource locator (“

URL”

) accessible by the mobile computing device to obtain data configured to cause the mobile computing device to render the user interface instance.