US 12,087,140 B2
Dynamic programming and vending of a wearable
Joey Hasty, Miami, FL (US); Jay Schneider, Miami Beach, FL (US); Mary Reilly, Miami, FL (US); and Josh Nakaya, Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., Miami, FL (US)
Filed by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Miami, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/834,009.
Prior Publication US 2021/0304547 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01)
CPC G07F 9/009 (2020.05) [G06Q 50/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for dynamically programming and distributing a wearable in an automated vending machine, the method comprising:
receiving at the vending machine a request from a guest to issue a wearable;
determining an identity of the guest from the request;
selecting a wearable within the vending machine from a repository of unprogrammed wearables;
moving the selected wearable out of the repository and into a programming tray, within the vending machine, that is communicatively segregated from the repository within the vending machine;
programming the selected wearable while the selected wearable remains in the programming tray with information corresponding to the determined identity of the guest; and,
ejecting the programmed selected wearable for retrieval by the guest at a dispensing outlet that is disposed within the vending machine but that is accessible from outside of the vending machine.