SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VENDING PRODUCTS AT A VENDING SITE

摘要

A system for vending products at a vending site includes: (a) display sites displaying products at the vending site; (b) a code reader located at each display site; (c) an initiator associated with each display site; (d) a communication connection between each display site and at least one data collection locus; and (e) coded units used by shoppers; each coded unit being associated with a respective shopper. Each shopper indicating interest in a product by locating a coded unit within a predetermined range of a code reader at a display site for the product permitting wireless linking between the code reader and the coded unit. Actuation of an initiator at the display site while the coded unit is within the predetermined range effects communicating of predetermined information about the product and about the shopper via the communication connection to the at least one data collection locus.