Computer controlled system for vending personalized products

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G07F 17/26 (2006.01) G06Q 30/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2041298

This invention relates to a vending machine and more particularly to an interactive machine which is usable to dispense a variety of personalized products including greeting cards and/or visual and audio media as selected by a customer. It is arranged to accept inexpensive stock products and to effect modifications such as to provide highly attractive personalized products. A machine constructed in accordance with the invention preferably includes an enclosure with selection and payment means on the outside thereof and with storage and handling means on the inside thereof, all coupled to a computer equipment which is on the inside of the enclosure and which is programmed to facilitate a customer's creation from among types of products to be delivered and the desired mode of personalization thereof and to deliver a completed personalized product to d respectable from which it may be removed by the customer. An important feature of the invention relates to the provision for manufacture of personalized greeting cards from "white paper", i.e. paper stock of any color and of any weight and in sheet or roll form, particulary including, for example, heavy paper stock or cardboard such as 59 pound stock used for high quality greeting cards, to provide a completed card, the machine imprints on such stock both graphics and text as selected by a customer to provide a personalized card of very high quality. With this arrangement, all stock is used. There are no expensive preprinted forms which might go unused and waste is eliminated. Another very important advantage is that a great many graphics and text formats may be permanently stored in digital form as on hard discs, tape or CD ROMs, to provide customers with much wider selections of graphics and text formats.

Cette invention concerne une machine distributrice et, en particulier, une machine interactive adaptée pour offrir à la clientèle une gamme étendue de produits personnalisés, y compris des cartes de souhait et/ou des messages sur support visuel ou sonore, au choix du client. Il est conçu pour produire des produits personnalisés très attrayants à partir d'une matière première bon marché. La machine construite selon les spécifications de la présente invention comprend de préférence un habillage comportant des moyens de sélection et de paiement accessibles au client et des moyens de stockage et de traitement de la matière première inaccessibles au client, l'ensemble des moyens étant asservi à un ordinateur logé à l'intérieur de la machine et programmé pour faciliter la sélection d'un produit parmi la gamme offerte ainsi que le mode de personnalisation souhaité, le produit fini étant acheminé vers une ouverture de l'habillage où le client peut en prendre possession. Un aspect important de l'invention est l'utilisation de "papier vierge", c'est-à-dire de papier blanc ou de couleur, de grammage quelconque, en feuilles ou en rouleau, ne portant aucune inscription au départ. Il peut s'agir de papier épais ou de carton 59 livres normalement utilisé pour les cartes de souhait haut de gamme. Pour réaliser une carte de souhait personnalisée de première qualité, la machine imprime des illustrations et du texte choisis par le client, sans gaspillage de papier. En effet, le papier utilisé ne porte aucune pré-impression dont le client peut ne pas vouloir. Un autre avantage majeur est la possibilité de stocker un très grand nombre d'illustrations et de types de caractères sous forme numérique sur disque dur, ruban magnétique ou disques compacts pour étendre la gamme de choix offerts à la clientèle.

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