US 11,987,487 B2
Touchless beverage dispensing
Yvan De Boeck, Medford, MA (US)
Assigned to Hydration Labs, Inc., Charlestown, MA (US)
Filed by HYDRATION LABS, INC., Charlestown, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/184,271.
Application 18/184,271 is a continuation of application No. 17/573,164, filed on Jan. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,634,313.
Application 17/573,164 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/044290, filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,464, filed on Aug. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211996 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0884 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0041 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G07F 9/001 (2020.05); G07F 13/065 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2645 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage dispensing method, comprising:
communicating, via a near field sensor, a connection request between a beverage dispensing device and a mobile computing device, the connection request being to pair the mobile computing device with the beverage dispensing device;
generating, via at least one computing device, a session between the mobile computing device and the beverage dispensing device, wherein the session comprises replicating a user interface of the beverage dispensing device on the mobile computing device;
receiving, via the at least one computing device, at least one input from the mobile computing device during the session to obtain configuration parameters for a beverage;
causing, via the at least one computing device, the beverage to be dispensed from a nozzle based on the configuration parameters;
receiving, via the at least one computing device, a plurality of selections for a plurality of configuration options corresponding to at least one configuration parameter of the configuration parameters, wherein each of the plurality of configuration options correspond to a respective mobile computing device of a plurality of mobile computing devices;
determining, via the at least one computing device, a plurality of values individually corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of configuration options based on the plurality of selections;
ranking, via the at least one computing device, the plurality of configuration options based on the plurality of values; and
transmitting, via the at least one computing device, an award to the respective mobile computing device corresponding to a highest ranked configuration option of the plurality of configuration options.