US 12,346,982 B2 · Dynamic vending system and method

Abstract

A dynamic vending system includes a vending manager and a delivery vehicle. The vending manager is configured to receive and evaluate a plurality of dynamic conditions from the delivery vehicle and to provide instructions including a planned route to the delivery vehicle based on the dynamic conditions. The delivery vehicle includes a plurality of products available for sale, and is configured to execute the instructions including the planned route. The delivery vehicle is further configured to receive requests from consumers to stop along the planned route and to execute a transaction with the consumer for one of the products available for sale. The transaction includes the selection of one of the products available for sale, receipt of payment for the product, and dispensing the selected product to the consumer.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method when executed on data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:

from a total inventory of products at a vehicle, determining one or more products available for sale based on a projected product life of individual products of the total inventory of products;
executing a transaction associated with at least one of the one or more products available for sale;
confirming an identity of a user based on an identifier associated with the transaction;
verifying receipt of payment from the user associated with the transaction;
and
based on verifying receipt of payment and based on determining presence of the user at the vehicle, dispensing the one or more products associated with the transaction from the vehicle.

3 more elements

A system comprising:

data processing hardware;
and
memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
from a total inventory of products at a vehicle, determining one or more products available for sale based on a projected product life of individual products of the total inventory of products;
executing a transaction associated with at least one of the one or more products available for sale;
confirming an identity of a user based on an identifier associated with the transaction,
verifying receipt of payment from the user associated with the transaction;
and
based on verifying receipt of payment and based on determining presence of the user at the vehicle, dispensing the one or more products associated with the transaction from the vehicle.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/499,893Filed 1 Nov 2023 · continuation

Priority

6 Sep 2017

Published

US 2024/0144402 A12 May 2024

Granted

1 Jul 2025

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification23 codes

G06Q 50/12
Services: hotels or restaurants
B60P 3/0255
The object being a shop, cafeteria or display the object being a theatre or stage: the object being a display, i.e. for displaying articles
B60P 3/0257
The object being a shop, cafeteria or display the object being a theatre or stage: the object being a vending stall, restaurant or food kiosk
B60W 60/00256
Specially adapted for specific operations: delivery operations

Family

Application62/554,899Us provisional application · filed 6 Sep 2017

PCT/US2018/049549Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Sep 2018

US 2024/0144402 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 May 2024

Application16/644,884Parent of this continuation

US 11,842,414 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2020/0290497 A1Published application

US 12,346,982 B2This patent

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