Systems and methods for dispensing consumable products

US10059581B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Dan Peters · Alpharetta, US
• Son Tran · Murfreesboro, US
• David R. Newman · Atlanta, US
• Leonard F. Antao · Smyrna, US
• David O. Slagley · Roswell, US
• H. Brock Kolls · Alpharetta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2210/00089
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for dispensing consumable products. An example method may include generating, at a controller associated with a beverage dispenser, a beverage composition record for a beverage that is formulated via an ingredient matrix and dispensed at the beverage dispenser, where the ingredient matrix comprises multiple ingredient packages each comprising a beverage ingredient. The method may include writing depletion data to the ingredient package or to a data processing device associated with the ingredient package for each ingredient package from which a beverage ingredient was included in the dispensed beverage, wherein the depletion data is based at least in part on the beverage composition record.