Wireless control system for dispensing beverages from a bottle

A method for dispensing a beverage from a bottle comprising:

• a stationary control unit wirelessly transmitting a dispensing authorization message to a server interface that is being carried by a person who serves beverages;
• the server interface responding to the dispensing authorization message by wirelessly transmitting a dispensing command to a pour spout attached to the bottle;
• and
• the pour spout responding to the dispensing command by opening a valve through which the beverage flows from the bottle and out of the pour spout.

A method for dispensing a beverage from a bottle comprising:

• determining a desire of a person to dispense the beverage from the bottle;
• in response to determining that desire, wirelessly transmitting a spout identifier from a pour spout attached to the bottle to a server interface that is being carried by the person;
• the server interface wirelessly transmitting a request message to a stationary control unit, wherein the request message contains a server identifier unique to that server interface and the spout identifier;
• the control unit responding to the request message by wirelessly transmitting to the server interface, a reply message that thereby authorizes beverage dispensing;
• the server interface responding to the reply message by wirelessly transmitting a dispensing command to the pour spout;
• and
• the pour spout responding to the dispensing command by opening a valve through which the beverage flows from the bottle.

A method for dispensing beverages bottles comprising:

• a person selecting a cocktail via a user input device;
• in response to the cocktail that was selected, obtaining a designation of a plurality of liquor ingredients from an electronic memory;
• wirelessly transmitting the designation of the plurality of liquor ingredients from a control unit to a server interface carried by the person;
• sequentially for each of the plurality of liquor ingredients, the server interface wirelessly transmitting a dispensing command to a given pour spout attached to a bottle containing the respective liquor ingredient;
• and
• the given pour spout responding to the dispensing command by opening a valve through which the respective liquor ingredient flows from the bottle.