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US 2020/0051148 A1Published application
Autonomously verifying legal restrictions and vending of alcoholic beverages
OwnerAndrew Green, Andrew Smithinventors
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Abstract
Autonomous selling, vending, and/or distributing of alcoholic beverages upon autonomous verification that the prospective purchaser or consumer satisfies any applicable age restrictions and/or is not intoxicated beyond the acceptable limit.
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A system, comprising:
- a sensor, wherein the sensor is operable to receive biometric information of a prospective alcoholic beverage purchaser or consumer;
- an age verifier, wherein the age verifier is operable to:
- autonomously determine an age of the prospective purchaser or consumer based at least in part upon the received biometric information, and
- autonomously determine whether the determined age of the prospective purchaser or consumer satisfies a minimum alcoholic beverage purchasing age;
- and
- an alcoholic beverage dispenser, wherein the alcoholic beverage dispenser is operable to autonomously vend or dispense one or more alcoholic beverages to the purchaser or consumer based at least in part upon autonomously determining that the prospective purchaser or consumer satisfies the minimum alcoholic beverage purchasing age.
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A system, comprising:
- a sensor, wherein the sensor is operable to receive at least one of:
- biometric information of a prospective alcoholic beverage purchaser or consumer, and
- blood alcohol content (BAC) information of the prospective purchaser or consumer;
- an age verifier, wherein the age verifier is operable to:
- autonomously determine an age of the prospective purchaser or consumer based at least in part upon the received biometric information, and
- autonomously determine whether the determined age of the prospective purchaser or consumer satisfies a minimum alcoholic beverage purchasing age;
- an intoxication verifier, wherein the intoxication verifier is operable to:
- autonomously determine an intoxication level of the prospective purchaser or consumer based at least in part upon the received BAC information, and
- autonomously determine whether the determined intoxication level satisfies an intoxication level threshold;
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- an alcoholic beverage dispenser, wherein the alcoholic beverage dispenser is operable to autonomously vend or dispense one or more alcoholic beverages to the purchaser or consumer based at least in part upon autonomously determining that the prospective purchaser or consumer satisfies either the minimum alcoholic beverage purchasing age or the intoxication level threshold.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a sensor, biometric information of a prospective alcoholic beverage purchaser or consumer;
- autonomously determining, by an age verifier, an age of the prospective purchaser or consumer based at least in part upon the received biometric information;
- autonomously determining, by the age verifier, whether the determined age of the prospective purchaser or consumer satisfies a minimum alcoholic beverage purchasing age;
- and
- vending or dispensing one or more alcoholic beverages to the purchaser or consumer based at least in part upon autonomously determining that the prospective purchaser or consumer satisfies the minimum alcoholic beverage purchasing age.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.