Providing Electronic Receipts For Vending Machine Transactions

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing an electronic receipt for a vending machine transaction. Upon conclusion of a vending machine transaction a screen on the vending machine displays an optically encoded electronic receipt. The optically encoded electronic receipt may encode a transaction identifier and may additionally encode details of the transaction. The vending machine may also transmit transaction data to a server. A user computing device may scan the optically encoded electronic receipt and retrieve a transaction identifier. Using the transaction identifier, the user computing device may request transaction data from the server either directly or by way of a server owned or controlled by a different entity. Additional content, such as advertisements may be transmitted with or for display with transaction data.

主权项

1. A vending machine comprising:
a product receptacle storing a plurality of products; a dispensing system selectively engaging the plurality of products; a product selection interface; a payment receiving device a display device; and a controller operably coupled to the dispensing system, the product selection interface, the payment receiving device, and the display device, the controller being programmed to:
receive a product selection from the product selection interface;receive notification of receipt of payment from the payment receiving device;activate, after the notification of receipt has been received, the dispensing system to dispense a dispensed product of the plurality of products corresponding to the product selection; andinvoke, after the notification of receipt has been received, display on the display device of an optical code identifying a transaction for sale of the dispensed product.