Interactive vending machine
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsEmad JAFA, Cheuk Chi LAU, Xuejun LI, Darren LING, Bernard YANG
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Abstract
A method of presenting product information in a vending machine may include detecting audio information from a consumer and converting the audio information to a text string. The method may include identifying a keyword in the text string, and determining products from a product database associated with the keyword. The method may include returning a list of the products that correspond to the keyword.
Claims20
A method of providing a product recommendation to a consumer by a vending machine, comprising:
- receiving location information at the vending machine;
- receiving user information at the vending machine;
- determining one or more tags corresponding to the location information and the user information;
- identifying products in a product database associated with the one or more tags;
- and
- providing a product recommendation based on the one or more tags.
A method of providing a product recommendation to a consumer by a vending machine, comprising:
- receiving location information at the vending machine;
- receiving user information at the vending machine;
- determining a first tag corresponding to a location information and the user information;
- identifying a first list of products in a product database associated with the first tag;
- and
- providing a product recommendation based on the first tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.