US 11,832,758 B2
Beverage preparation system
John Michael Herbert, Winchester, MA (US); Bryan Hotaling, Harvard, MA (US); John Macneill, Acton, MA (US); Scott Leclerc, Ashby, MA (US); Matthew Naples, Acton, MA (US); and Patrick Devine, Townsend, MA (US)
Assigned to Island Oasis Frozen Cocktail Company, Inc., Walpole, MA (US)
Filed by Island Oasis Frozen Cocktail Company, Inc., Walpole, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/004,933.
Application 17/004,933 is a division of application No. 16/412,971, filed on May 15, 2019, granted, now 11,033,143.
Application 16/412,971 is a division of application No. 15/592,767, filed on May 11, 2017, granted, now 10,582,801, issued on Mar. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/335,041, filed on May 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0390274 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 31/52 (2006.01); G01G 19/56 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/52 (2013.01) [A47J 31/521 (2018.08); A47J 2043/0733 (2013.01); G01G 19/56 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage preparation system comprising:
a weigh scale unit including:
a weigh scale to weigh ingredients within a beverage receptacle;
a user input interface to receive a beverage parameter from a user;
a controller configured to receive weight data from the weigh scale; and
a display configured to display a status of ingredient additions to the beverage receptacle based on the weight data, wherein the controller is configured to execute a first recipe display sequence on the display from among a plurality of recipe display sequences based on the received beverage parameter; and
a beverage preparation machine physically separate from the weigh scale unit, the beverage preparation machine being configured to receive the beverage receptacle,
wherein the weigh scale unit and the beverage preparation machine are in communication such that the weigh scale unit is able to send signals to the beverage preparation machine and/or the beverage preparation machine is able to send signals to the weigh scale unit, and
wherein the controller is further configured to, based on an amount of an ingredient, in a recipe corresponding to the first recipe display sequence, added to the beverage receptacle differing from a desired amount of the ingredient, cause the display to display:
a first user prompt that, when selected, causes the controller to continue to execute the first recipe display sequence on the display without modifications to the recipe, or
a second user prompt that, when selected, causes the controller to recalculate necessary amounts of other ingredients in order to maintain proportions of ingredients in accordance with the recipe.