Networked disposal and sample provisioning apparatus

A method of processing sample information, comprising:

• receiving information scanned from a first item by a user;
• determining whether the first item is a sample from the received scanned information;
• and
• at least partly in response to determining the first item is a sample, requesting an indication from the user as to whether the user wants to order a replacement for the first item, wherein the replacement is not a sample.

A method of selectively providing samples, comprising:

• receiving over a network a user specified sample preference;
• storing the sample preference in a database;
• receiving information providing an indication regarding user consumption of a first item;
• causing, at least in part, a first sample to be delivered to the user based at least in part on the sample preference and the user consumption information;
• receiving over the network information scanned by the user from the first sample;
• and
• providing a user interface via which a regular version of the first sample can be ordered by the user.

A method of selectively providing samples, comprising:

• receiving a user specified sample preference from a first user over a network;
• storing the sample preference in computer readable memory;
• at least partly causing a first sample that satisfies the user specified sample preference to be delivered to the user;
• and
• receiving over the network an indication that the user has used the first sample.

A method of selectively providing samples, comprising:

• receiving a user specified sample preference from a first user over a network;
• storing the sample preference in a database;
• causing a first sample that corresponds to the user specified sample preference to be delivered to the first user;
• causing a query to be presented to the first user in order to determine if the first user wants to order a non-sample version of the first sample;
• receiving a negative response to the query;
• causing a query to be presented to the first user in order to determine why first the user did not want to order a non-sample version of the first sample;
• receiving a response from the first user including at least a first reason from the first user indicating why first the user did not want to order a non-sample version of the first sample;
• and
• providing information related to the response to a first entity.

A system, comprising program code stored in computer readable memory, the program code configured to:

• receive information scanned from a first item by a first user;
• determine from the received scanned information that the first item is a sample;
• receive an indication as to whether the user wants to order a non-sample version for the first item;
• identify a replacement option for the first item;
• and
• transmit information relating to the replacement option to the first user.

A system comprising program code stored in computer readable memory configured to:

• receive over a network from a user information regarding a first item;
• determine using the received scanned information that the first item is a sample;
• receive over the network an indication as to whether the user wants to order a non-sample version for the first item;
• and
• receive over the network an indication as to why the user does not want to order a non-sample version for the first item, or an indication that the user wants to order a non-sample version for the first item.

A system comprising program code stored in computer readable memory configured to:

• receive over a network from a user information regarding a first item;
• determine using the received scanned information that the first item is a sample;
• receive over the network an indication as to whether the user wants to order a non-sample version for the first item;
• and
• cause selectable reasons for not ordering a non-sample version for the first item to be presented to the user.

A user terminal comprising:

• a scanner;
• a display;
• a user input device;
• and
• program code stored in computer readable memory configured to:
• receive scanned information from the scanner for a first item;
• provide an indication via the display as to whether the first item is a sample, wherein the first item is identified as a sample or a non-sample based at least in part on the scanned information;
• display a user interface via which a user can order a non-sample replacement for the first item;
• receive a user input via the user input device that indicates whether the user wants to order a non-sample replacement for the first item.

A method of processing scanned information, the method comprising:

• storing in computer readable memory information scanned from a first item;
• causing, at least in part, an indication that the first item is a sample to be displayed to a user;
• causing, at least in part, a user interface to be presented to the user via which the user can order a replacement for the first item, where the replacement is not a sample;
• and
• receiving a user input via the user interface, the user input indicating whether the user wants to order the non-sample replacement for the first item.