Beverage Dispensing Systems and Methods Thereof

A self-service beverage client-server system, comprising:

• a mobile web application configured to run at least in part from a primary memory of a mobile device and present a self-service graphical user interface (“GUI”) within a mobile web browser on a touchscreen of the mobile device, the self-service GUI including:
• a plurality of consumer-selectable self-service beverage options selected from at least beverage type, beverage brand, amount of beverage, and beverage cost, and
• one or more payment processing options connected with the self-service beverage options;
• one or more programs of an embedded system of a beverage dispensing system configured to run at least in part from a primary memory of a central module of the embedded system and a primary memory of a valve-controlling module of a plurality of valve-controlling modules of the embedded system, the one or more programs including at least a payment processing program of the central module and a valve-controlling program of the valve-controlling module;
• and
• an application stack configured to run at least in part from a primary memory of at least one server host of a backend system, the application stack including a web server, an application server configured to serve the mobile web application, a database server, and a database.