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US 8,245,739 B1Granted
Beverage dispensing system
AssigneeValidFill LLC
InventorsJeremy Wade, Loren Ostema, Ken Kemski, Peter Dorney
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Abstract
A beverage dispensing system comprising a dispensing port for dispensing a beverage, a drip tray located below the dispensing port for collecting the beverage dispensed and an antenna located between the dispensing port and the drip tray is provided. The beverage dispensing system is RFID-enabled by configuring the antenna to receive signals from radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.
Claims10
A dispensing control of a beverage dispensing system, comprising:
- a processor configured to receive information indicating actuation of a switch that is associated with one particular dispensing port of a plurality of dispensing ports and is not associated with the other dispensing ports of the plurality of dispensing ports;
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- a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag reader, wherein the processor directs the RFID tag reader to obtain information from an antenna associated with the particular dispensing port associated with the activation of the switch.
A dispensing control component of a beverage dispensing system, comprising:
- a plurality of antennas that are configured to receive a signal from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, wherein each one of the antennas is associated with a particular and different one of a plurality of dispensing ports;
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- a multiplexer configured to control communication with the plurality of antennas, wherein the multiplexer is configured for sending signals to an RFID tag reader, and wherein a processor directs the RFID tag reader to obtain information from at least one of said antennas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.