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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Applicants:
Michael J Kline, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Denise Lisa Salvucci, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael J Kline, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Denise Lisa Salvucci, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 13/06 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 13/065 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0259 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus for the purchase of and/or free sampling of products. The systems, methods, and/or apparatus may permit push notifications of purchased products and/or free product samples being available and may permit the use of mobile devices and/or mobile device applications to be used to purchase products or dispense free samples of products via a product dispenser or vending machine.