公开(公告)号：US20080052175A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-28

申请号：US11926412

申请日：2007-10-29

申请人： Jay Walker ,  Daniel Tedesco ,  John Packes ,  Charles Rattner ,  Magdalena Mik ,  Andrew Van Luchene

发明人： Jay Walker ,  Daniel Tedesco ,  John Packes ,  Charles Rattner ,  Magdalena Mik ,  Andrew Van Luchene

IPC分类号： G07F9/00

CPC分类号： G07C15/005 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/387 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q50/12 ,  G07F5/24 ,  G07F9/026 ,  G07F17/0071 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3248 ,  G07F17/3255 ,  G07G1/0036 ,  G07G1/12 ,  G07G5/00

摘要： A method and apparatus is disclosed for advancing the sale of vending machine products. The invention enables selling products without revealing the identity of the product. By concealing the identity of the products from a consumer prior to receiving payment, the present invention promotes the automated sale of perishable, slow-selling and/or less profitable products, to increase the overall profitability of a vending machine. Various embodiments are disclosed, including: predetermined price embodiments in which a vending machine sells one or more mystery products for a predetermined price; consumer-specified price embodiments in which a consumer is allowed to specify a price for one or more mystery products; and upsell embodiments in which a vending machine offers one or more upsell mystery products in exchange for the amount of change owed to a consumer, or in exchange for an amount of change owed to a consumer plus an additional monetary value.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于推进自动售货机产品销售的方法和装置。 本发明能够销售产品而不揭示产品的身份。 通过在收到付款之前隐藏来自消费者的产品的身份，本发明促进了易腐烂，慢销售和/或不太有利可图的产品的自动销售，以增加自动售货机的整体盈利能力。 公开了各种实施例，包括：售货机以预定价格出售一种或多种神秘产品的预定价格实施例; 消费者指定的价格实施方案，允许消费者指定一种或多种神秘产品的价格; 并且提供自动售货机提供一个或多个加售神秘产品以换取对消费者的变化量的替代实施例，或者换取对消费者的一切变化加上额外的货币价值。