# US 8,788,090 B2 · System and method for creating a personalized consumer product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,788,090 B2 - Document ID: US8788090B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/848,984 - Filed: 2013-03-22 - Published: 2013-08-22 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2006-06-20 - Applicants: Reagan Inventions, LLC - Inventors: Leigh M. Rothschild - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8788090B2 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0621: {by configuring or customising goods or services} - B67D 1/0041: {Fully automated cocktail bars, i.e. apparatuses combining the use of packaged beverages, pre-mix and post-mix dispensers} - G06Q 30/0247: {Calculate past, present or future revenues} - G06Q 30/06: Buying, selling or leasing transactions - G06Q 30/0613: {using intermediate agents} - G06Q 30/0633: {Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087)} - G07F 13/06: with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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 system and method for creating a personalized consumer product are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure enables a user, e.g., a consumer, to customize products containing solids and/or fluids by allowing a server communicating over the global computer network, e.g., the Internet, to provide product preferences of a user to a product or a mixing device, e.g., a product or beverage dispenser. The method for creating a product according to a user's preferences over a network includes the steps identifying a product to a server over the network; identifying a user to the server over the network; retrieving the user's product preferences from a database at the server based on the product's identity and user's identity; transmitting the user's product preferences to the product over the network; and mixing at least one element contained within the product based on the user's product preferences. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for customizing a product according to a user's preferences comprising: a remote server including a database configured to store a product preference of a predetermined product for at least one user; and a first communication module within the product and in communication with the remote server; wherein the remote server is configured to receive the identity of the predetermined product and the identity of the at least one user, retrieve the product preference from the database based on the identity of the predetermined product and the identity of the least one user and transmit the product preference to the first communication module. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system as in claim 1, wherein the transmitted product preference is a formulation including a predetermined amount of at least one element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system as in claim 2, wherein the at least one element is a fluid, a solid or any combination thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system as in claim 2, wherein the server is configured to communicate at least one question to a terminal of the at least one user for prompting the user with the at least one question relating to the predetermined product and the server is further configured for determining the formulation based on at least one response of the user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system as in claim 4, wherein the server is further configured for issuing an identity code for the user and cross-referencing the identity code to the formulation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system as in claim 5, wherein the server is configured for storing the identity code and cross-referenced formulation in the database. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system as in claim 6, wherein the terminal is configured to transmit the identity code to the server. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system as in claim 7, wherein the identity code is stored as an Internet cookie on the terminal. ### Claim 9 A product to be consumed by a user comprising: a housing containing at least one element to produce a final product; a controller disposed with the housing and configured to control an amount of the at least one element disposed within the housing; a communication module disposed within the housing and configured to transmit an identifier of the product to a server over a network, receive product preferences of the user from the server based on the identifier and communicate to the controller the received product preferences of the user for formulating the final product; and an exit port disposed on the housing for dispensing the final product to the end user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The product as in claim 9, wherein the final product is a toothpaste, a shampoo, a conditioner, a beverage or a soap. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The product as in claim 9, wherein the at least one element is a fluid, a solid or any combination thereof. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The product as in claim 9, wherein the communication module is configured to receive the product preferences of the user via hardwired or wireless communications from the server over the network. ### Claim 13 A beverage dispenser comprising: at least one compartment containing an element of a beverage; at least one valve coupling the at least one compartment to a dispensing section configured to dispense the beverage; a mixing chamber for mixing the beverage; a user interface module configured to receive an identity of a user and an identifier of the beverage; a communication module configured to transmit the identifier of the beverage to a server over a network; and a controller configured to actuate the at least one valve to control an amount of the element to be dispensed and to actuate the mixing chamber based on user generated beverage product preferences. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The beverage dispenser of claim 13, wherein the user interface module further comprises a voice recognition module for receiving the identity of the user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The beverage dispenser of claim 13, wherein the user interface module further comprises a wireless communication device for receiving the identity of the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The beverage dispenser of claim 15, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to receive credit information of the user. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The beverage dispenser of claim 13, wherein the user interface module further comprises a card reader for receiving the identity of the user. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The beverage dispenser of claim 17, wherein the card reader is configured to receive credit information of the user. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The beverage dispenser of claim 18, wherein the communication module is further configured to transmit the credit information of the user to the server over the network. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The beverage dispenser of claim 13, wherein the user interface module further comprises a display for displaying the product preferences to the user, wherein the user interface module is further configured to receive confirmation of the product preference from the user.