Method and device for accessing, controlling and purchasing a product through a dispenser
AssigneeScanx, LLC
InventorsArt Geigel, Christopher Armenio, Abdullah Muhammad
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Abstract
Various technologies described herein pertain to an automated dispenser including a dispensing portion, a motion sensor, a receiver module, and a control module. The control module initiates motion sensing by the motion sensor in response to receipt of an activation signal from a network server by the receiver module. The dispensing portion dispenses a product in response to the motion sensor sensing an absence, presence or motion of an object.
Claims20
A method for controlling dispensing of a product from an automated dispenser, executed at a mobile computing device, comprising:
- reading an identifier associated with the automated dispenser;
- responsive to reading the identifier associated with the automated dispenser, generating a request to activate the automated dispenser to dispense the product, the request comprising:
- identification data based on the identifier associated with the automated dispenser;
- and
- an identifier of the product;
- and
- transmitting the request to the automated dispenser based upon first user input to the mobile computing device, the request configured to trigger the automated dispenser to dispense the product in response to authorizing the request, wherein the automated dispenser authorizes the request without requiring user input to the mobile computing device additional to the first user input.
A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory, the memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- receiving an identifier, the identifier identifying an automated dispenser;
- responsive to receiving the identifier identifying the automated dispenser, creating an activation request to activate the automated dispenser to cause dispensing of a product, the activation request comprising identification data based on the identifier identifying the automated dispenser and an identifier of the product;
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- transmitting the activation request to the automated dispenser based upon first user input to the mobile computing device, the activation request configured to cause the automated dispenser to trigger dispensing of the product when the automated dispenser determines that the activation request is authorized, the automated dispenser determines that the activation request is authorized without requiring second user input to the mobile computing device additional to the first user input.
A method executed at a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
- scanning an identifier associated with an automated dispenser;
- and
- transmitting a request to the automated dispenser based upon first user input to the mobile computing device, the request comprising:
- identification data that identifies the automated dispenser, the identification data generated by the mobile computing device responsive to scanning the identifier;
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- an indication of a product to be dispensed by the automated dispenser;
- wherein the request is configured to cause the automated dispenser to dispense the product, dispensing of the product triggered by the automated dispenser determining that the request is authorized, wherein the automated dispenser determines that the request is authorized without requiring second user input to the mobile computing device additional to the first user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.