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US 10,373,276 B2Granted
Self-serve product dispenser
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsGregg Carpenter, David Roy Newman, Arthur G. Rudick, Anisha Joshi, David O. Slagley, Michael Edward Hopkins
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Abstract
Embodiments and associated aspects of the disclosure permit regulation of dispense of a product in a self-serve environment via, at least in part, reconciliation of a product order originated in an access device, such as a point-of-sale (POS) device, and a product selection effected at a product dispenser configured to fulfill the product order.
Claims10
A beverage dispenser system comprising:
- a dispenser;
- at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- identify a first barcode associated with a beverage vessel;
- identify a usage record associated with the first barcode, the usage record indicative of a first dispense event associated with the first barcode including a first dispensed beverage volume associated with the first dispense event;
- determine that the first barcode is valid based at least in part on the usage record;
- after determining that the first barcode is valid, receive a first selection of a first beverage to dispense;
- dispense the first beverage during a second dispense event via the dispenser;
- associate the second dispense event including a second dispensed beverage volume associated with the second dispensed event with the usage record;
- receive a second selection of a second beverage to dispense;
- identify the usage record associated with the first barcode;
- determine a total volume of dispensed beverage associated with the first barcode based at least in part on the usage record;
- determine that the total volume of dispensed beverage exceeds a maximum dispensed beverage volume value associated with the first barcode, the total volume of dispensed beverage comprising the first dispensed beverage volume and the second dispensed beverage volume;
- and
- prevent dispensing of the second beverage.
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A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a computer system comprising one or more processors coupled to at least one memory, a first barcode associated with a beverage vessel;
- identifying, by the computer system, a usage record associated with the first barcode, the usage record indicative of a first dispense event including a first dispensed beverage volume associated with the first dispense event;
- determining, by the computer system, that the first barcode is valid based at least in part on the usage record;
- receiving, by the computer system, a first selection of a first beverage to dispense;
- dispensing, by the computer system, the first beverage during a second dispense event;
- associating, by the computer system, the second dispense event including a second dispensed beverage volume associated with the second dispensed event with the usage record;
- receiving, by the computer system, a second selection of a second beverage to dispense;
- identifying, by the computer system, the usage record associated with the first barcode;
- determining, by the computer system, a total volume of dispensed beverage associated with the first barcode based at least in part on the usage record;
- determining, by the computer system, that the total volume of dispensed beverage meets a maximum dispensed beverage volume value associated with the first barcode, the total volume of dispensed beverage comprising the first dispensed beverage volume and the second dispensed beverage volume;
- and
- preventing, by the computer system, dispensing of the second beverage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.