Patent ID: 9230386
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A product providing apparatus detecting a user located within a predetermined distance of the product providing apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a display unit; a sensing unit configured to generate user characteristic information; and a control unit, which generates user characteristic information by sensing a user characteristic regarding a user located within a predetermined distance of the product providing apparatus and controls the display unit to display a menu screen for at least one of products selected among a plurality of products based on the generated user characteristic information, configured to sense a distance between the product providing apparatus and a detected user, control the display unit to display an advertisement screen or an information providing screen regarding products which are provided by the product providing apparatus when any user is not detected or the detected user is not located within a predetermined distance, and control the display unit to display a menu screen selected from among a plurality of menu screens based on a user characteristic information on the detected user when the detected user is located within the predetermined distance, wherein the user characteristic information included in a radio frequency (RF) signal includes at least one of information on a preference of the user, a gender of the user and an age of the user, and wherein a first menu screen is selected and displayed when the user characteristic information is a first characteristic information, a second menu screen is selected and displayed when the user characteristic information is a second characteristic information, and at least one of menu items of the first menu screen is not included in the second menu screen.