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- 专利标题: Service discovery in a network of automatic product/service dispensing machines
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申请号: US13023434申请日: 2011-02-08
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公开(公告)号: US08498896B2公开(公告)日: 2013-07-30
- 发明人: Dwip N. Banerjee , Rabindranath Dutta
- 申请人: Dwip N. Banerjee , Rabindranath Dutta
- 申请人地址: US NY Armonk
- 专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US NY Armonk
- 代理机构: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- 代理商 Jeffery S. Labaw
- 主分类号: G06Q30/00
- IPC分类号: G06Q30/00
摘要:
A method, system, and computer program product for providing products to a user via an automated product dispensing machine is provided. In once embodiment, an automatic product dispensing machine in a micronetwork of proximally located diverse automatic product dispensing machines receives a request for an item. Responsive to a determination that the item is unavailable at a current automatic product dispensing machine, the automatic product dispensing machine provides a user with an alternative redemption product, such as, for example, a coupon that may be redeemed at another automatic product dispensing machine or at a nearby store.
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