# US 8,739,840 B2 · Method for managing orders and dispensing beverages

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- Number: US 8,739,840 B2
- Document ID: US8739840B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/767,050
- Filed: 2010-04-26
- Published: 2011-10-27
- Granted: 2014-06-03
- Earliest claimed: 2010-04-26
- Assignees: The Coca-Cola Company
- Applicants: Louis Mattos, Jr.; Qiuchen Peter Zhang; Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos; Arthur G. Rudick; H. Brock Kolls
- Inventors: Louis Mattos, Jr.; Qiuchen Peter Zhang; Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos; Arthur G. Rudick; H. Brock Kolls
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739840B2

## CPC

- B67D 1/0888: {Means comprising electronic circuitry (e.g. control panels, switching or controlling means)}
- B67D 1/0041: {Fully automated cocktail bars, i.e. apparatuses combining the use of packaged beverages, pre-mix and post-mix dispensers}
- B67D 1/124: {the flow being started or stopped by means actuated by the vessel to be filled, e.g. by switches, weighing}
- B67D 7/34: Means for preventing unauthorised delivery of liquid
- G07F 13/065: {for drink preparation}
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein prompting the user selection of the product type further comprises prompting a consumer, the consumer having access to the product selection graphical user interface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein prompting the user selection of the product type further comprises prompting a crew member, the crew member having access to the product selection graphical user interface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein reading indicia from the container and dispensing the product type into the container are performed in an unattended manner by way of an automated product dispensing system.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating a refill of the container with the selected product type by reading the indicia on the container at the product dispensing station.

### Claim 6

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.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein allowing the consumer to select the beverage type from the graphical user interface by moving or rotating the vessel further comprises:
placing the vessel proximate to a vessel motion detector;
monitoring, by way of the vessel motion detector, vessel rotational or other motion;
enabling the consumer to interact with the graphical user interface via the vessel motion detector; and
allowing the consumer to select the beverage type from a menu of beverages displayed on the graphical user interface.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, further comprising initiating a refill of the vessel with the selected beverage type by reading the indicia on the vessel at the beverage dispensing station.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, further comprising recording the selected beverage type.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, further comprising dispensing a refill of the selected beverage type into the vessel and updating the order with respect to the number of beverage refills.