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US 12,004,680 B2Granted
Server system with communication
AssigneeBunn-O-Matic Corporation
InventorsJosh Craig, Prashanth Sankaran
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Abstract
A beverage brewing system with a beverage server and a brewer. The beverage server includes an information device to store a beverage recipe. The brewer includes a communication device to wirelessly read the recipe from the beverage server. During the brewing process, the brewer reads the recipe from the beverage server and sends control signals to create a brewed beverage according to the beverage recipe.
Claims18
A beverage brewing system comprising:
- a beverage server to hold a brewed beverage, wherein the beverage server includes an information device to store brewed beverage data comprising a beverage recipe;
- a beverage brewer comprising:
- a brewing assembly to create a brewed beverage;
- a communication device to wirelessly read the brewed beverage data from the information device of the beverage server;
- one or more processors;
- one or more data storage devices having stored therein a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the beverage brewer to:
- read, using the communication device, the brewed beverage data from the information device of the beverage server;
- provide at least a portion of the beverage data to a user interface in response to reading the brewed beverage data, wherein the user interface is formed, at least in part, on one or more of the beverage server or a mobile device;
- and
- send control signals to the brewing assembly to create the brewed beverage according to the beverage recipe.
7 more elements
A beverage brewing system comprising:
- a beverage server to hold a brewed beverage, wherein the beverage server includes an information device to store brewed beverage data comprising a beverage recipe;
- a beverage brewer comprising:
- a proximity sensor to detect the beverage server being within a reference range of the beverage brewer;
- a brewing assembly to create a brewed beverage;
- a communication device to wirelessly read the brewed beverage data from the information device of the beverage server;
- one or more processors;
- one or more data storage devices having stored therein a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the beverage brewer to:
- read, using the communication device, the brewed beverage data from the information device of the beverage server;
- and
- send control signals to the brewing assembly to create the brewed beverage according to the beverage recipe.
7 more elements
A beverage brewing system comprising:
- a beverage server to hold a brewed beverage, wherein the beverage server includes an information device to store brewed beverage data comprising a beverage recipe;
- a beverage brewer comprising:
- a brewing assembly to create a brewed beverage;
- a proximity sensor to detect when the beverage server is within a reference range of the beverage brewer;
- a user interface including a display;
- a communication device to wirelessly read the brewed beverage data from the information device of the beverage server;
- one or more processors;
- one or more data storage devices having stored therein a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the beverage brewer to:
- read, using the communication device, the brewed beverage data from the information device of the beverage server in response to the proximity sensor detecting that the beverage server is within the reference range of the beverage brewer;
- present at least a portion of the beverage recipe on the display;
- prompt for a confirmation input on the user interface to create a brewed beverage according to the beverage recipe;
- and
- in response to receiving the confirmation input, send control signals to the brewing assembly to create the brewed beverage according to the beverage recipe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.