Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, medium, and system for a beverage preparation machine with virtual shopping functionality
- Patent Title (中): 具有虚拟购物功能的饮料制备机的方法,介质和系统
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Application No.: US13513770Application Date: 2010-11-29
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Publication No.: US09560932B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Alfred Yoakim , Fabien Ludovic Agon
- Applicant: Alfred Yoakim , Fabien Ludovic Agon
- Applicant Address: CH Vevey
- Assignee: Nestec S.A.
- Current Assignee: Nestec S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Vevey
- Agency: K&L Gates LLP
- Priority: EP09177739 20091202
- International Application: PCT/EP2010/068364 WO 20101129
- International Announcement: WO2011/067191 WO 20110609
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; A47J31/52 ; A47J31/40

Abstract:
The present invention relates to beverage preparation machine (1) with a virtual shopping functionality. The machine comprises a touch screen (10) and a control unit (21). The touch screen (10) is adapted to display an image (80) of the interior of a shop offering goods (81) related to the machine (1) on the touch screen (10), to display an image of a container (82) on said touch screen (10), and to submit information on a touch operation to the control unit (21). The displayed interior corresponds to the interior of a physical shop offering said goods (81), in particular to the interior of a shop of a chain of physical shops having a standardized presentation of said goods (81). The control unit (21) is adapted to accept selection of a good (81) for purchase upon detecting a touch operation on a good (81) on the touch screen (10) and on the container (82) on the touch screen (10).
Public/Granted literature
- US20120253993A1 BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE WITH VIRTUAL SHOPPING FUNCTIONALITY Public/Granted day:2012-10-04
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