公开(公告)号：US11538009B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16499298

申请日：2018-03-29

Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company

Inventor： Dick P. Welch ,  Ed Teller ,  Michael Edward Hopkins ,  Cindy Pang ,  Mark Adams ,  Kyusang Kim

IPC: G06Q20/18 ,  G07F9/00 ,  G06Q20/14 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G07F13/02 ,  G07F13/06

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a beverage vending device is provided that includes a network interface and one or more processors. The beverage vending device also includes a computer-readable tangible medium with instructions stored thereon that direct the one or more processors to establish contact with an available network and locate a second beverage vending device on the network. The computer-readable tangible medium also has instructions stored thereon that direct the one or more processors to establish contact with the second beverage vending device on the network, and communicate with the second beverage vending device via the network.