Patent ID: 9747253
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Claim:
1. A method of dispensing a selected article of a plurality of articles from an article dispensing machine, the article dispensing machine comprising a user interface, a processor, a selector device driven by a motor, and a storage unit for holding the plurality of articles, the method comprising: receiving a request related to the selected article through the user interface at the processor; receiving payment information for a balance related to the request through the user interface at the processor; determining whether the payment information is valid, using the processor; retrieving the selected article from the storage unit via the selector device driven by the motor simultaneously with the step of determining whether the payment information is valid; dispensing the selected article from the article dispensing machine, if the payment information is valid; and returning the selected article to the storage unit, if the payment information is not valid.