VENDING MACHINE GUI UTILIZING XML FOR ON-THE-FLY LANGUAGE SELECTION BY AN END USER

摘要

Text for a vending machine customer interface is supplied from one of a plurality of markup language descriptions (113a-113n) of the customer interface text contained within storage media (112) in the vending machine (100). Each markup language description is configured to cause the customer interface text to be displayed in a different human language. In response to initiation of a vend transaction, the vending machine may prompt the customer to select a preferred human language in which to transact the vend and, based on the customer selection, load customer interface text from a corresponding markup language description into the customer interface display.