US 12,346,982 B2
Dynamic vending system and method
Keith Faigin, Detroit, MI (US); R. William Kneifel, II, West Bloomfield, MI (US); Kent A. Deemter, Hudsonville, MI (US); Stuart De Geus, Detroit, MI (US); Rick Moreno, Detroit, MI (US); David Scrivano, South Lyon, MI (US); Jaime Pescia, Detroit, MI (US); and Christopher P. Ilitch, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc., Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/499,893.
Application 18/499,893 is a continuation of application No. 16/644,884, granted, now 11,842,414, previously published as PCT/US2018/049549, filed on Sep. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/554,899, filed on Sep. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0144402 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); B60P 3/025 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2024.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 50/12 (2013.01) [B60P 3/0255 (2013.01); B60P 3/0257 (2013.01); B60W 60/00256 (2020.02); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G07F 17/0064 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method when executed on data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
from a total inventory of products at a vehicle, determining one or more products available for sale based on a projected product life of individual products of the total inventory of products;
executing a transaction associated with at least one of the one or more products available for sale;
confirming an identity of a user based on an identifier associated with the transaction;
verifying receipt of payment from the user associated with the transaction; and
based on verifying receipt of payment and based on determining presence of the user at the vehicle, dispensing the one or more products associated with the transaction from the vehicle.