USER-SPECIFIC DISPENSING SYSTEM
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Abstract
The invention provides a system to physically dispense an item, including tangible items and/or services or features, on-site from a dispenser whereby the item to be dispensed is selected by the system based on user-specific or item-specific information. In an embodiment, the system selects the dispensed item based on both user-specific and item-specific information. In another embodiment the invention comprises a system that activates gaming features in a gaming device based on user-specific information. In another embodiment, the invention comprises a system incorporated into an interactive amusement system to activate features of a playfield based on user-specific information.
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31 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A system to dispense at least one user-appropriate item, the system comprising:
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a reader operable to read a user-identifier associated with a user, the user-identifier associated with user-specific information of the user; a storage device that contains at least one item; coded instructions to interpret the user-specific information and select at least one item from the storage device on the basis of the user-specific information; a dispensing device coupled with the storage device; and a processor coupled to the reader and the dispensing device, the processor operable to execute the coded instructions and actuate the dispensing device to dispense the selected item. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system to dispense at least one item appropriate for a user, the system comprising:
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a reader operable to identify a user; a storage device that contains at least one item; a dispensing device coupled with the storage device; a memory including coded instructions to interpret the identifying information of the user, to determine a group associated with the user, and to determine the at least one item appropriate for the user based on the group associated with the user; a display with a menu having at least one choice of one item appropriate for the user based on the group associated with the user; and a processor in communication with the reader, the memory, the display, and the dispensing device, the processor operable to receive the identifying information from the reader, to interpret the identifying information to display the menu, to retrieve the user'"'"'s selection, and to send a signal to actuate the dispensing device to dispense the item based on the selection from the menu made by the user and the group associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of dispensing at least one user-appropriate item, comprising:
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reading a user-identifier associated with a user, the user-identifier including user-specific information; presenting the user with at least one choice of one item appropriate to the user based on the user-specific information; and dispensing the user-appropriate item in response to a selection of the at least one choice. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system to distribute an item appropriate for a user, the system comprising:
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a reader capable of identifying a user; a vending machine including at least one storage compartment storing at least one item, and a chute, solenoid, coil, locker door, or locked compartment to distribute an item from the at least one storage compartment; coded instructions to determine an item appropriate for said user based on the criteria set by a provider of the system; and a processor coupled to the reader, to the coded instructions, and to the vending machine, the processor operable to retrieve identification of the user from the reader, capable to retrieve and execute the coded instructions to interpret the identification and to send a signal to the vending machine to distribute at least one item based on user-specific information associated with the identification.
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