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US 2015/0144653 A1Published application
System, Method, And Apparatus For Purchasing, Dispensing, Or Sampling Of Products
OwnerMichael J. Kline, Denise Lisa Salvucciinventors
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A product dispenser is configured to dispense products subject to a warning and products not subject to a warning, the product dispenser further configured to transmit a product warning notice only in response to a request to dispense a product subject to the warning. In another embodiment, a product dispenser is configured to dispense a food or beverage product and provide information indicative of an attribute of the food or beverage product, such as nutrition facts, as it is being dispensed. In another embodiment, a product dispenser is configured to enable a user to request a customized product from the product dispenser, to determine a first profile for the customized product blend, compare the first profile to a second profile, and reformulate the customized product blend to a dispensed product blend comprising a third profile approximating the second idealized profile.
A product dispenser configured to dispense a first product comprising an at least one attribute subject to a product warning and a second product without any attributes subject to a product warning, the product dispenser further configured to transmit or display the product warning notice only in response to a request that the product dispenser dispense the first product.
A product dispenser configured to dispense a food or beverage product and provide real time information indicative of an at least one attribute of the food or beverage product as the food or beverage product is being dispensed.
A product dispenser associated with a product selection interface configured to enable a user of the product dispenser to request a customized product blend be dispensed from the product dispenser, the product dispenser accessible to a product reformulation module configured to determine a first profile for the customized product blend, compare the first profile to a second profile comprising an idealized or standard profile, and reformulate the customized product blend to a dispensed product blend comprising a third profile approximating the second profile.
A method comprising:
A system comprising a product dispenser configured to dispense a calorie-containing product, the system configured to communicate a calorie count for the calorie-containing product to a calorie count application comprising calorie count data specific to a user, upon the system receiving a request from the user requesting that the product dispenser dispense the calorie containing-product, the system further configured to update the user's calorie count data to include the calorie count for the calorie-containing product.
A system comprising a product formulator, a product dispenser configured to dispense products having formulations determined by the product formulator, the system configured to provide real time Nutrition Information as a product is being dispensed from the product dispenser.
A product dispenser comprising a plurality of product dispensing taps each capable of being actuated to dispense an unpackaged food or beverage product, and a display configured to display, responsive to one of the plurality of dispensing taps being actuated, a virtual Nutrition Facts label specific to an unpackaged food or beverage product dispensed from the one of the plurality of product dispensing taps being actuated.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor perform the steps of:
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