Patent ID: 9472043
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G05B,G06Q,G07F,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for vending products within a vending machine to a user, the vending machine comprising a display module containing products to be vended, the display module physically comprising a plurality of physical displays in which products to be vended are visibly housed, a computer for activating and controlling the display module and receiving and processing user requests from a plurality of mobile devices; software for controlling the computer; and a visual display for inputting user data and selections, the method comprising the steps of: receiving user data or selections input at the visual display of the vending machine, wherein the user selections correspond to products to be vended from the vending machine; transmitting information to a plurality of mobile devices that generates a virtual screen on the mobile device display screen comprising virtual representations of the physical displays of the vending machine arranged in at least one recognizable pattern, whereby images appearing on the virtual screen selected and viewed by the user correspond to actual items available in the plurality of physical displays of the display module of the vending machine, and receiving user requests from a plurality of mobile devices, wherein the user requests correspond to products to be vended from the vending machine.