Product temperature monitoring
AssigneeSpot You More, Inc.
InventorsJoel R. Setchell, James D. Haley
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Abstract
A system for monitoring a temperature of a product. The system may include a product preparation or dispensing unit containing the product and at least one temperature sensor proximate the product and configured to measure the temperature of the product. The temperature sensor may include a transmitter to transmit a temperature measurement to a processor. The processor may generate offers or initiate maintenance tasks related to the product in response to the temperature measurement of the product.
Claims14
A system for monitoring a temperature of a product, the system comprising:
- a product preparation or dispensing unit containing the product;
- at least one temperature sensor attached to the product preparation or dispensing unit proximate the product and configured to measure the temperature of the product;
- at least one position sensor configured to measure a position of a door of the product preparation or dispensing unit and generate the message that the door is open;
- a database storing a plurality of product profiles including temperature thresholds for storage;
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- a processor in communication with the at least one temperature sensor and the at least one position sensor, the processor being configured to retrieve a temperature threshold from a product profile of the plurality of product profiles and compare the temperature of the product to the temperature threshold, the processor being configured to transmit a message including the product temperature for presentation on a display device when the product exceeds the temperature threshold associated with the product;
- the processor being further configured to retrieve a threshold amount of time from a profile associated with the product preparation or dispensing unit, and in response to the position sensor exceeding a position threshold for the retrieved threshold amount of time, to transmit the message that the door is open.
A system for monitoring a temperature of a product, the system comprising:
- a product preparation or dispensing unit containing the product;
- at least one temperature sensor proximate the product and configured to measure the temperature of the product
- at least one temperature sensor configured to measure an ambient temperature;
- a database storing a plurality of product profiles each product profile including a ambient temperature limit and a product temperature limit;
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- a processor configured to compare the temperature of the product to the ambient temperature, the processor being configured to transmit a message including the ambient temperature and the product temperature for presentation on a display device when the ambient temperature exceeds the ambient temperature limit associated with the product or the product temperature exceeds the product temperature limit associated with the product;
- the processor further configured to display a user interface at a point of sale location, and to receive data from one of the at least one temperature sensors that prompts a user to input into the user interface at the point of sale a change to the product temperature limit or ambient temperature limit and store the change in the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.