Method and apparatus for display sequencing personalized social occasion products
First Claim
1. A method for sequentially displaying personalized social occasion products in response to a request to view available products of a given type in a machine comprising the steps ofassigning a value to each of a plurality of personalized products of a given type related to prior sales of each of said plurality of personalized products;
- ranking each of the plurality of personalized products in accordance with said value;
displaying each of the plurality of products in accordance with the ranking; and
periodically updating the ranking of each of the personalized social occasion products of a given type.
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Abstract
A vending machine for displaying and dispensing personalized products includes apparatus for sequentially displaying personalized products of a given type in accordance with prior viewing and sales of each personalized product. The machine includes an enclosure with selection means on the outside thereof and with storage and handling means on the inside thereof, all coupled to computer equipment which is on the inside of the enclosure. The computer equipment is programmed to facilitate a customer'"'"'s creation from among designs of products of a given type by ranking each of the designs and thereafter sequentially displaying the designs in accordance with its ranking.
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1. A method for sequentially displaying personalized social occasion products in response to a request to view available products of a given type in a machine comprising the steps of
assigning a value to each of a plurality of personalized products of a given type related to prior sales of each of said plurality of personalized products; -
ranking each of the plurality of personalized products in accordance with said value; displaying each of the plurality of products in accordance with the ranking; and periodically updating the ranking of each of the personalized social occasion products of a given type. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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