US 12,187,594 B2
Beverage dispenser network and profile management
Franchot Chang, Marietta, GA (US); Joshua Casey Schwarber, Decatur, GA (US); Augusto Elias, Atlanta, GA (US); Jed Lawton Coxon, Suwanee, GA (US); and Martin Kilcoyne, Derby (GB)
Assigned to The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,077.
Application 18/209,077 is a division of application No. 17/257,958, granted, now 11,713,234, previously published as PCT/US2019/040714, filed on Jul. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/694,685, filed on Jul. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0322543 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 13/06 (2006.01); G16H 20/60 (2018.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01)
CPC B67D 1/0888 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0034 (2013.01); G07F 9/002 (2020.05); G07F 13/065 (2013.01); G16H 20/60 (2018.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage dispenser, comprising:
a nozzle configured to dispense beverage ingredients of a beverage;
a user interface configured to receive a selection of a user profile associated with an end user from among a plurality of user profiles locally maintained by the beverage dispenser, each of the plurality of user profiles comprising a personal parameter for a beverage and a performance parameter for the beverage;
a plurality of pumping devices, each configured to supply a beverage ingredient from an ingredient source to the nozzle;
a controller configured to receive a remote update from a server with an updated user profile, wherein the updated user profile comprises a changed personal and a performance parameter for one of the plurality of user profiles, where the controller is configured to send the changed personal parameter and the changed performance parameter of the updated user profile to the plurality of pumping devices in response to the change to the personal parameter and the performance parameter,
wherein the changed performance parameter is received from an administrative user, and the end user is not permitted to provide an update to the performance parameter.