US 12,071,336 B2
Beverage dispensing prevention
Ulf Stenerhag, Varmdo (SE); Mattias Liss, Jarfalla (SE); Martin Renck, Stockholm (SE); and Niclas Emdelius, Saltsjo-Boo (SE)
Assigned to Wayout International AB, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/258,216
Filed by WayOut International AB, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/087388
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/136595, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2051540-9 (SE), filed on Dec. 22, 2020; application No. 2051541-7 (SE), filed on Dec. 22, 2020; application No. 2051542-5 (SE), filed on Dec. 22, 2020; application No. 2051543-3 (SE), filed on Dec. 22, 2020; application No. 2051545-8 (SE), filed on Dec. 22, 2020; application No. 2051546-6 (SE), filed on Dec. 22, 2020; and application No. 2051547-4 (SE), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0002209 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC B67D 1/0882 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0004 (2013.01); B67D 1/0801 (2013.01); B67D 1/0871 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/0891 (2013.01); G05B 13/0265 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0811 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a plurality of portable beverage containers where each of the plurality of beverage containers carries a unique identification tag,
the system further comprising:
a plurality of beverage dispensing stations adapted to support one of the beverage containers, and connect to the beverage container such that beverage can be dispensed from the container, said beverage dispensing stations comprising an identity tag reader configured to read the identity tag of a beverage container that is supported by or mechanically connected to the dispensing station, said beverage dispensing stations further comprising a wireless network interface,
where the beverage dispensing stations has dispensing prevention means which prevents a user from dispensing beverage from the dispenser,
the system further comprising a server in communication with the beverage dispensing stations, said server having stored a dataset comprising the identities of each of the plurality of beverage containers, said beverage containers being authorized containers, the server being configured to:
a) detect a flag for activation of the dispensing prevention means for a certain beverage container in the dataset, said flag being caused by the detection of a non-authorized beverage container being attached to a beverage dispensing station,
b) identify, in the dataset, the dispensing station which is associated with the beverage container that is flagged,
c) provide a signal to the dispensing station identified in step b) to activate the dispensing prevention means.