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US 2026/0105421 A1Published application
Dispensing System
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsReilly Howell, Stephen Becker
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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsReilly Howell, Stephen Becker
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Methods, systems and apparatus for operating a dispenser system including receiving product usage information and battery status from each of a plurality of dispensers, determining expected product depletion dates for each of the plurality of dispensers based on the respective product usage information; determining expected battery depletion dates for each of the plurality of dispensers based on the respective battery status; determining respective dispenser tasks for one or more of the plurality of dispensers that specify tasks a dispenser is responsible to perform over a given time period to cause, for each of one or more of the plurality of dispensers, the respective expected product depletion date and expected battery depletion date to be within a threshold range of one another, and communicating the respective dispenser tasks to the one or more of the plurality of dispensers.
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A dispensing system comprising:
A method of managing a plurality of dispensers, each configured to dispense one of soap, sanitizer, paper towels, or air freshener and to report product usage information and battery status, wherein the battery status of a dispenser represents battery energy available to the dispenser to complete a dispenser task, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.