Automated vending machine with customer and identification authentication

A computer-implemented method for selectively serving a consumer from a vending machine, the method comprising:

• receiving consumer-specific data and ID-specific data from an identification presented by a consumer to a vending machine;
• processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data to determine an expiration date of the identification;
• and
• determining that the identification is unexpired based on the expiration date, and in response:
• processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data to determine a birthdate of an individual represented by the identification, and
• determining that an age of the individual meets a threshold age, and in response:
• processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data based on the type of the identification to determine whether the identification is authentic, and
• serving the consumer from the vending machine at least partially in response to determining that the identification is authentic and determining that the consumer is authentic relative to the identification.

A system, comprising:

• a beverage dispenser;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device coupled to the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for selectively serving a consumer from a vending machine, the operations comprising:
• receiving consumer-specific data and ID-specific data from an identification presented by a consumer to a vending machine;
• processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data to determine an expiration date of the identification;
• and
• determining that the identification is unexpired based on the expiration date, and in response:
• processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data to determine a birthdate of an individual represented by the identification, and
• determining that an age of the individual meets a threshold age, and in response:
• processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data based on the type of the identification to determine whether the identification is authentic, and
• serving the consumer from the vending machine at least partially in response to determining that the identification is authentic and determining that the consumer is authentic relative to the identification.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage media coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for selectively serving a consumer from a vending machine, the operations comprising:

• receiving consumer-specific data and ID-specific data from an identification presented by a consumer to a vending machine;
• processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data to determine an expiration date of the identification;
• and
• determining that the identification is unexpired based on the expiration date, and in response:
• processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data to determine a birthdate of an individual represented by the identification, and
• determining that an age of the individual meets a threshold age, and in response:
• processing at least a portion of the ID-specific data based on the type of the identification to determine whether the identification is authentic, and
• serving the consumer from the vending machine at least partially in response to determining that the identification is authentic and determining that the consumer is authentic relative to the identification.