Vending equipment
AssigneeInspired Broadcast Networks Limited
InventorNorman Crowley
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Abstract
An electromechanical vending machine is adapted to dispense physical products and digital information content to a user. The machine includes a payment unit for processing a payment from the user; a user input device for enabling user selection of one or more items to be dispensed; a physical product dispensing unit for dispensing physical product; and a digital data dispensing unit for delivering digital information content to a locally situated user device in communication with the vending machine. The vending machine includes means for communicating with different types of user device, and for determining the correct format of digital information content required by the user device.
Claims14
An electromechanical vending machine for dispensing physical products and digital information content to a user, comprising:
- a payment unit for processing a payment from the user;
- a user input device for enabling user selection of one or more items to be dispensed;
- a physical product dispensing unit for dispensing physical product;
- and a
- digital data dispensing unit for delivering digital information content to a locally situated user device in communication with the vending machine.
A method of vending digital information content to a locally situated user device in communication with an electromechanical vending machine for dispensing physical products and digital information content to a user, comprising the steps of;
- processing, in a payment unit, a payment from the user;
- receiving a user selection of one or more digital information content items to be dispensed;
- delivering the selected digital information content, from a digital data dispensing unit to a locally situated user device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.