Digital table
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsStephen Lim, Martin Eduardo Broen
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Abstract
The disclosure concerns a dispensing system, having at least one dispense location with at least one dispensing head configured to dispense a beverage through a bottom portion of a container. In one aspect, the dispensing head may dispense a plurality of different beverage ingredients which a user may select to dispense a custom beverage. In another aspect the dispensing system comprises a modular dispensing system having a plurality of dispense locations each connected through piping to a central, remote ingredient system.
Claims8
A method for dispensing a beverage into a container having a bottom and a sidewall, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection of a beverage via one of a plurality of user interfaces of a dispensing system, wherein the plurality of user interfaces are disposed on a table top of a table;
- engaging the bottom of the container with a dispensing head of the dispensing system, wherein the container comprises an identifier on the bottom of the container, wherein the dispensing head is disposed on the table;
- detecting the identifier of the container by a sensor arranged at a dispensing location of the dispensing system;
- dispensing a first beverage ingredient of the beverage into the container through the bottom of the container via a first outlet of the dispensing head;
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- dispensing a second beverage ingredient of the beverage into the container through the bottom of the container via a second outlet of the dispensing head, wherein the first and second beverage ingredients are dispensed based on the identifier of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.