Patent ID: 11961373
Assignee: PEPSICO, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of controlling a vending machine with a proximal mobile electronic device comprising the steps:
(a) generating by a tag generator a dynamic tag unique to a vending session, wherein the dynamic tag comprises a URL;
(b) presenting the dynamic tag to the proximal mobile electronic device;
(c) accessing a remote server, by the proximal mobile electronic device, using the dynamic tag;
(d) transmitting, from the remote server, display data unique to the vending machine; wherein the display data is consistent with a real-time product inventory in the vending machine;
(e) displaying, on the proximal mobile electronic device, the display data;
(f) receiving, by the remote server, a product request for a product, from the proximal mobile electronic device; wherein the product is displayed by the display data;
(g) receiving, by the vending machine, from the remote server, a product code associated with the product in the real-time product inventory;
(h) receiving, by the vending machine, from the remote server, a vending action associated with the product in the real-time product inventory; and
(i) dispensing, by the vending machine, the product;
wherein:
the method is free of a requirement for a user to download an associated application (“App”) to the proximal mobile electronic device.