Patent ID: 8285561

Claim:
A method of dispensing a product, the product being associated with packaging having disposed thereon or therein coded data, at least some of the coded data being indicative of at least an identity of the product, the method including: sensing by a sensing device at least some of the coded data and generating indicating data indicative of the identity of the product based on the sensed coded data, the coded data being arranged in accordance with at least one layout having n-fold rotational symmetry, where n is at least two, the layout including n sub-layouts rotated 1/n revolutions apart about a center of rotation, each sub-layout including rotation-indicating data that distinguishes that sub-layout from each other sub-layout; receiving by a processor the indicating data from the sensing device; determining by the processor based on the indicating data at least one criterion for dispensing the product; and causing by the processor the product to be dispensed based on the at least one criterion being satisfied.