Methods of creating customized beverage products

US10810689B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Gerard E. Insolia · Atlanta, US
• Hubertus Ulrich Schubert · Smyrna, US
• James E. Goldman · Dunwoody, US
• Fred F. Sadeghi · Danbury, US
• Nilang Patel · Mableton, US
• Brock Kolls · Alpharetta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 20, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/30
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of creating customized beverage products includes providing a multiple stream filing system suited for producing an array of beverage products. The method also includes receiving an order for a customized beverage product from the array of beverage products. The order indicates at least one characteristic of the customized beverage product. The at least one characteristic comprises one or more of the following: a beverage formulation, a beverage additive, a package size, a package shape, or label content. The method further includes instructing the multiple stream filling system to produce the customized beverage product. The multiple stream filing system produces the customized beverage product without performing an operation to reduce contamination of the customized beverage product with ingredients from a previously produced beverage product.