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 |
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.
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