The Coca-cola Company

Michael Edward Hopkins

Arthur G Rudick

David R Newman

Gregg Carpenter

David O Slagley

Dick P Welch

Kyusang Kim

Anisha Joshi

Ed Teller

Cindy Pang

Mark Adams

David Roy Newman

In an example embodiment, a beverage vending device is provided that includes a network interface and one or more processors. The beverage vending device also includes a computer-readable tangible medium with instructions stored thereon that direct the one or more processors to establish contact with an available network and locate a second beverage vending device on the network. The computer-readable tangible medium also has instructions stored thereon that direct the one or more processors to establish contact with the second beverage vending device on the network, and communicate with the second beverage vending device via the network.

Beverage vending device networking

Embodiments and associated aspects of the disclosure permit regulation of dispense of a product in a self-serve environment via, at least in part, reconciliation of a product order originated in an access device, such as a point-of-sale (POS) device, and a product selection effected at a product dispenser configured to fulfill the product order.

Self-serve product dispenser

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Michael Edward Hopkins