Products and processes for vending a plurality of products via defined groups
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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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41 Claims
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7. A method comprising:
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defining the 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;
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 (8)
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9. A method comprising:
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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 sales, 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 (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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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 (18)
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19. A method comprising:
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defining at least one inventory group based on at least one of;
data entered for 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 (20)
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21. A method comprising:
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defining the at least one inventory group to include at least one product that is not 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.
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22. A method comprising:
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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 (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method comprising:
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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 the 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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34. A method comprising:
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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 the customer, an offer to sell to the customer, for a 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;
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;
receiving from the customer one payment of at least the predetermined price; 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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35. A method comprising:
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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 the customer, an offer to sell to the customer, for a 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 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 for the predetermined price.
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36. A method comprising:
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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
in which the predetermined price is not based on a price of the first product, and the predetermined price is not based on a price of the second product 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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37. A method comprising:
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defining at least one inventory group, in which the at least one inventory group includes at least one respective product that is available for sale;
receiving, from a customer, a selection of a first product;
determining whether the at least one inventory group includes the first product; and
disallowing the selection of the first product if the at least one inventory group does not include the first product.
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38. An apparatus comprising:
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means for 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;
means for outputting, for each of the inventory groups, an indication of products that the respective inventory group includes;
means for providing, to the 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;
means for receiving payment from the customer;
means for receiving, from the customer, a first selection of a first product that one of the inventory groups includes;
means for receiving, from the customer, a second selection of a second product that another one of the inventory groups includes;
means for processing a sale of a unit of the first product and a unit of the second product for the predetermined price;
means for dispensing at least one product in response to the means for processing a sale. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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