Products and processes for vending a plurality of products via defined groups
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor result in;
defining at least one inventory group based on a desired inventory amount of at least one product that is available for sale, in which the at least one inventory group includes at least two products that are available for sale, wherein the defining comprises calculating a target sales rate of the at least one product to achieve a desired inventory amount of one unit of the at least one product by a predetermined time;
outputting an indication of products that the at least one inventory group includes;
receiving, from a customer, a selection of a first product that the at least one inventory group includes; and
processing a sale of a unit of the first product and a respective unit of at least one additional product for a single price.
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Abstract
Products and processes are disclosed for defining at least one inventory group. This at least one inventory group includes at least two products that are available for sale by a vending machine. The vending machine outputs an indication of products that the at least one inventory group includes. The vending machine receiving, from a customer, a selection of a first product that the at least one inventory group includes. The vending machine processes a sale of a unit of the first product and a respective unit of at least one additional product for a single price.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor result in; defining at least one inventory group based on a desired inventory amount of at least one product that is available for sale, in which the at least one inventory group includes at least two products that are available for sale, wherein the defining comprises calculating a target sales rate of the at least one product to achieve a desired inventory amount of one unit of the at least one product by a predetermined time; outputting an indication of products that the at least one inventory group includes; receiving, from a customer, a selection of a first product that the at least one inventory group includes; and processing a sale of a unit of the first product and a respective unit of at least one additional product for a single price.
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2. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor result in; defining at least one inventory group based on at least one of; a cost of at least one product that is available for sale, a retail price of at least one product that is available for sale, and a retail profit margin of at least one product that is available for sale, in which the at least one inventory group includes at least two products that are available for sale; outputting an indication of products that the at least one inventory group includes; receiving, from a customer, a selection of a first product that the at least one inventory group includes; and processing a sale of a unit of the first product and a respective unit of at least one additional product for a single price. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor result in; defining at least one inventory group based on at least one of; an acceptance rate of offers which include at least one product that is available for sale, in which the at least one inventory group includes at least two products that are available for sale; outputting an indication of products that the at least one inventory group includes; receiving, from a customer, a selection of a first product that the at least one inventory group includes; and processing a sale of a unit of the first product and a respective unit of at least one additional product for a single price. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor result in; defining at least two inventory groups, in which each of the at least two inventory groups includes at least one respective product that is available for sale; outputting, for each of the inventory groups, an indication of products that the respective inventory group includes; receiving, from a customer, a selection of; a first product that one of the inventory groups includes, and a second product that another one of the inventory groups includes; and processing a sale of a unit of the first product and a unit of the second product. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a storage device in communication with the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor result in; defining at least two inventory groups, in which each of the at least two inventory groups includes at least one respective product that is available for sale; outputting, for each of the inventory groups, an indication of products that the respective inventory group includes; providing, to a customer, an offer to sell to the customer, for one predetermined price, (i) one unit of any product that is included in a first inventory group, and (ii) one unit of any product that is included in a second inventory group in which the predetermined price is less than a sum of (a) a price of one unit of any product that is included in the first inventory group, and (b) a price of one unit of any product that is included in the second inventory group; receiving from the customer one payment of at least the predetermined price; receiving, from the customer, a first selection of a first product that one of the inventory groups includes; receiving, from the customer, a second selection of a second product that another one of the inventory groups includes; and processing a sale of a unit of the first product and a unit of the second product for the predetermined price.
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