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US 8,739,840 B2Granted
Method for managing orders and dispensing beverages
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsLouis Mattos, Jr., Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Arthur G. Rudick, H. Brock Kolls
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Abstract
A method for managing orders and dispensing products into a container. The method may include the steps of prompting a user selection of a product type at an order entry station, printing indicia on the container indicating at least the product type selected, reading the indicia at a product dispensing station, and dispensing the product type selected into the container.
Claims10
A method for managing orders and dispensing products, comprising:
- prompting a user selection of a product type at an order entry station;
- allowing a user to select the product type from a product selection graphical user interface by moving or rotating a container;
- printing indicia on the container indicating at least the product type selected;
- reading the indicia at a product dispensing station;
- and
- dispensing the product type selected into the container.
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A method for managing orders and dispensing beverages, comprising:
- placing an order at an order entry system, the order including an order identification;
- printing indicia on a vessel including the order identification;
- providing the vessel to a consumer;
- reading the indicia at a beverage dispensing station;
- allowing the consumer to select a beverage type from a graphical user interface by moving or rotating the vessel;
- dispensing the beverage type into the vessel;
- and
- updating the order with respect to beverage type selected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.