Automated local delivery center
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsGino MALPARTIDA, Michael SASLOFF, Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU
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Abstract
A system for automated vending and delivery of products to consumers is provided. The system may include a mobile delivery unit, a product dispenser, and a web server. The system may also include a pickup area. The web server may instruct the product dispenser to dispense a product to the mobile delivery unity. The web server may also provide instructions to the mobile delivery unit, which may then navigate to the consumer for delivery.
Claims20
A system for automated vending and delivery of products to consumers, the system comprising:
- a mobile delivery unit;
- a product dispenser configured to, in a first transaction, dispense a first product to the mobile delivery unit for subsequent delivery to a first consumer remote from the product dispenser and, in a second transaction, dispense a second product to a second consumer at the product dispenser;
- and
- a web server in communication with the product dispenser and the mobile delivery unit and configured to instruct the product dispenser to dispense the first product to the mobile delivery unit in the first transaction.
A method of automated vending and delivery of a product to consumers, the method comprising:
- displaying a list of products available in a predetermined area on an electronic device;
- receiving a selection of a product from the list of products on the electronic device;
- instructing a mobile delivery unit to retrieve the product;
- and
- instructing the mobile delivery unit to deliver the product to the consumer.
A method of automated vending and delivery, the method comprising:
- displaying a list of products available on a mobile electronic device of a consumer;
- receiving a product selection and an identity of the consumer from the mobile electronic device;
- instructing a product dispenser to dispense a selected product;
- loading the selected product to the mobile delivery unit for delivery to the consumer;
- and
- delivering the selected product to the consumer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.