Vending machine management system with remote price changes
AssigneeUSConnect, LLC
InventorsJeff Whitacre, Konrad Alvarino, Aaron Sorgius, Glenn Butler
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Abstract
A vending machine management system practices a method for remote price changes. The method includes communicating with vending machines, on a server-side on-demand basis. The method includes determining, on a server-side basis, price changes for retail products that are in the vending machines. The method includes pushing the price changes to the vending machines, by the vending machine management system.
Claims30
A method for remote price changes, practiced by a processor-based vending machine management system, the method comprising:
- communicating with each of a plurality of vending machines, on at least a server-side on-demand basis, by the processor-based vending machine management system;
- determining, on the server-side basis, price changes for one or more retail products that are in one or more of the plurality of vending machines;
- and
- pushing the price changes, to the corresponding one or more of the plurality of vending machines, on an individual vending machine basis, by the processor-based vending machine management system, using the server-side on-demand communication.
A vending machine management system, comprising:
- a memory, arranged to have a database comprising planograms that indicate placement of retail products in association with prices of the retail products for vending machines;
- a network-connectable communication interface;
- and
- at least one processor, to:
- communicate with each of a plurality of vending machines, on at least a server-side on-demand basis, through the network-connectable communication interface, by the vending machine management system;
- determine, on the server-side basis, price changes for one or more retail products that are in one or more of the plurality of vending machines;
- and
- push the price changes, to the corresponding one or more of the plurality of vending machines, on an individual vending machine basis, by the vending machine management system, using the server-side on-demand communication.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- communicating with each of a plurality of vending machines, on at least a server-side on-demand basis, by a vending machine management system;
- determining, on the server-side basis, price changes for one or more retail products that are in one or more of the plurality of vending machines;
- and
- pushing the price changes, to the corresponding one or more of the plurality of vending machines, on an individual vending machine basis, by the vending machine management system, using the server-side on-demand communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.