System and method for preparing a beverage
AssigneeK-Fee System GmbH
InventorsGunter EMPL, Marc KRUGER
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for preparing a beverage, comprising a portion capsule which is filled with a raw beverage material, and a brewing device which comprises a brewing chamber for receiving the portion capsule and for extracting the beverage from the portion capsule by means of an extraction liquid. Said portion capsule comprises a product identifier and said brewing device comprises an identifier detector for identifying the identification of the portion capsule.
Claims42
A system for preparing a beverage having a portion capsule, which is filled with a raw beverage material, and a brewing device, which comprises a brewing chamber for receiving the portion capsule and for extracting the beverage from the portion capsule by means of extraction liquid, characterized in that the portion capsule has a product identifier and in that the brewing device has an identifier detector for identifying the identification of the portion capsule.
A method for handling a portion capsule, in a first method step at least one portion capsule and a sales packaging being provided with the same product identifier, in a second method step the sales packaging being filled with the at least one portion capsule, in a third method step the filled sales packaging being stored, transported and/or sold and in a fourth method step the portion capsule being removed from the sales packaging by a consumer, placed into a brewing device and the brewing device being started to extract a beverage from the portion capsule, characterized in that in the third method step the product identifier located on the sales packaging is read and evaluated in order to identify the portion capsule and/or the manufacturer of the portion capsule for logistical purposes, and in that in the fifth method step the product identifier located on the portion capsule is read and evaluated by an identifier detector of the brewing device in order to check the compatibility of the portion capsule with the brewing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.