NETWORKED VENDING MACHINE WITH DRONE BASED DELIVERY AND AUGMENTED REALITY VIEWING SYSTEMS

摘要

A vending machine having a controller and a network server coupled to the controller and to a user via a wide area network; and a user device adapted to communicate with the controller via the server to view and select product from vending machine. In one embodiment, the system includes an arrangement for automatically dispensing product to a drone for delivery. A virtual vending machine embodiment provides a display of a virtual vending machine to a user with products located in multiple diverse locations. The system includes an augmented reality system that enables a user to view product in inventory in the vending machine or in a virtual vending machine representing inventory not stored in a single physical machine. Voice activation functionality is enabled at the physical vending machine and via a user's smartphone. The system is adapted to provide detailed information, via a user's smartphone or an onsite display integrated into the vending machine, regarding how the selection might affect the user/patient, how it should be used and/or how it has been rated by other users/patients. In a particularly unique embodiment, the inventive system includes an application adapted to run on a user's smartphone that provides access for the vision impaired through voice activation, checks the user's biometric data and/or confirms the user's identity. The inventive vending machine includes an arrangement for dispensing a scent or aroma of selected products.