US 12,453,438 B2
Software application and computer system for using personal receptacles
Angela M. Rosenwood, Seattle, WA (US); and Jane J. Tsilis, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by STARBUCKS CORPORATION, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,075.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041247 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A47J 31/52 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01)
CPC A47J 31/521 (2018.08) [B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01); G06Q 10/30 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories including instructions executable by the one or more processors for causing the one or more processors to:
receive a request for a beverage transmitted by a software application, the request indicating that a requestor of the beverage is to receive the beverage in a personal receptacle;
determine that the requestor is to receive the beverage in the personal receptacle at a production location based on information included in the request;
based on determining that the requestor is to receive the beverage in the personal receptacle at the production location, generate a digital instruction to create the beverage based on the request, the digital instruction including a name associated with the requestor, and the digital instruction including a modification to the name to indicate that the beverage is to be provided to the requestor in the personal receptacle; and
output a beverage build instruction corresponding to the digital instruction, the beverage build instruction being configured to cause an entity at the production location to create the beverage and provide the beverage to the requestor in the personal receptacle.