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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2010
Alfred Yoakim, St-legier-la Chiesaz, CH;
Fabien Ludovic Agon, Le Bouveret, CH;
Alfred Yoakim, St-legier-la Chiesaz, CH;
Fabien Ludovic Agon, Le Bouveret, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The present invention relates to beverage preparation machine () with a virtual shopping functionality. The machine comprises a touch screen () and a control unit (). The touch screen () is adapted to display an image () of the interior of a shop offering goods () related to the machine () on the touch screen (), to display an image of a container () on said touch screen (), and to submit information on a touch operation to the control unit (). The displayed interior corresponds to the interior of a physical shop offering said goods (), in particular to the interior of a shop of a chain of physical shops having a standardized presentation of said goods (). The control unit () is adapted to accept selection of a good () for purchase upon detecting a touch operation on a good () on the touch screen () and on the container () on the touch screen ().