Method for interactive programming of a beverage brewing apparatus
OwnerKlaus D. Hoog, Eric Hoog +1inventors
InventorsKlaus D. Hoog, Eric Hoog, Rodney Queen
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Abstract
A method for interactive programming of a beverage brewing apparatus is presented. The method includes activating a beverage brewing apparatus; initiating a beverage brewing process within a microprocessor installed within the beverage brewing apparatus when commanded by a user; recording user responses to setup instructions presented as audible, vocal instructions from a speech circuit the verbal speech element associated with the beverage brewing apparatus; and brewing a selected beverage in accordance with the recorded user responses.
Claims5
A method for brewing beverages under user programmed control, comprising:
- activating a beverage brewing apparatus, the beverage brewing apparatus comprising:
- a microprocessor configured to activate setup and control of the apparatus upon command by a user;
- a user interface comprising a visual display and one or more trigger components that interact with the microprocessor;
- an electronic storage element associated with the microprocessor for storage of commands and instructions;
- one or more sets of verbal step by step programming and/or use instructions stored in the electronic storage element;
- a verbal speech element in communication with the microprocessor, wherein upon activation of one or more of the one or more trigger components the microprocessor causes the verbal speech element to provide a verbal signal to verbally and audibly announce corresponding step by step programming and/or use instructions stored in the electronic storage element, wherein the stored corresponding step by step programming and/or use instructions comprise verbal instructions in spoken English and/or other spoken language instructing the user step by step through a setup process and/or brewing operation;
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- one or more containers for capturing a brewed beverage dispensed from one or more spray nozzles of the apparatus;
- initiating a beverage brewing process within the microprocessor installed within the beverage brewing apparatus when commanded by the user;
- recording user responses to setup instructions presented as audible, vocal instructions from the verbal speech element associated with the beverage brewing apparatus;
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- brewing a selected beverage in accordance with the recorded user responses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.