US 11,837,060 B2
Systems and methods for contactless pickup at a vending machine
Arne Saupe, Chicago, IL (US); Jovana Florus, Chicago, IL (US); Dawid Wincenty Liszkiewicz, Glen Ellyn, IL (US); Vismaya Shailaja-Panchasheelan, Chicago, IL (US); Benjamin Ephraim Bernays, Evanston, IL (US); Juan Pablo Verdejo Jorquera, Chicago, IL (US); and Katelyn Anisa Schneider, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to ROMAINE EMPIRE, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by ROMAINE EMPIRE, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/369,178.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/048,960, filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0012976 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 9/026 (2013.01) [G07F 9/001 (2020.05); G07F 9/002 (2020.05); G07F 9/006 (2013.01); G07F 9/023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vending machine comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more transceivers adapted to communicate with a management server over a one or more communication networks;
a display unit;
a reservation database configured to store reservation records of reservations for items available at the vending machine, wherein each reservation record includes a list of reserved items; and
one or more non-transitory memories coupled to the one or more processors, the reservation database, the display unit, and the one or more transceivers, the one or more non-transitory memories storing a set of computer executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the vending machine to:
determine that a user device corresponding to a reservation record stored in the reservation database is proximate to the vending machine, wherein the determination occurs without the user touching the display unit;
obtain a reservation identifier corresponding to the reservation record stored in the reservation database;
transmit, to the management server, a request to vend items included in the list of reserved items for the reservation record corresponding to the reservation identifier;
receive, from the management server, a vending instruction to vend the items included in the list of reserved items for the reservation record;
issue a command to vend the list of reserved items for the reservation record.