US Patent:
20130123976, May 16, 2013
Inventors:
Guerin James McClure - Cincinnati OH, US
Franklin Flurry - Prairie Grove AR, US
Austin Hobbs - Rogers AR, US
Jason Stewart - Fayetteville AR, US
Rendall Koski - New York NY, US
Kirk Vlastakis - Clemmons NC, US
Chris Kirk - Kernersville NC, US
Kien Lao - Durham NC, US
Chris Church - Durham NC, US
David Rankin - Winston Salem NC, US
Stephen Cukiernik - Winston Salem NC, US
Greg Tetrualt - Winston Salem NC, US
International Classification:
G06F 17/00
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for fulfilling a product offer are described herein. An offer of a product sample is made in exchange for a shopper checking in at a vending machine on asocial networking site. Information associated with a check-in is passed to a vending machine which dispenses a product sample.
