US 12,459,802 B2
Systems, methods, and devices for ingredient based dispensing
Jonathan Levey, Geneseo, NY (US); and Ryan T. Bell, Mill Creek, WA (US)
Assigned to Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/625,669.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/494,549, filed on Apr. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0336469 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. B67D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0024 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0037 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00031 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ingredient based dispensing system comprising:
a volume-based dispensing system comprising one or more volume-based dispensers configured to dispense ingredients of a first ingredient type, wherein the ingredients of the first ingredient type have a viscosity that is inconsistent;
a time-based dispensing system comprising one or more time-based dispensers configured to dispense ingredients of a second ingredient type, wherein the ingredients of the second ingredient type have a viscosity that is consistent;
a control system comprising:
a communication module configured to receive a beverage order comprising one or more ingredients and a number of doses of each ingredient of the one or more ingredients; and
a controller configured to communicate instructions for dispensing the one or more ingredients to the volume-based dispensing system and the time-based dispensing system based on the beverage order,
wherein the controller is configured to communicate instructions for dispensing each ingredient of the one or more ingredients of the first ingredient type to the volume-based dispensing system to cause the volume-based dispensing system to volumetrically dispense the number of doses of each ingredient of the one or more ingredients of the first ingredient type,
wherein the controller is configured to communicate instructions for dispensing each ingredient of the one or more ingredients of the second ingredient type to the time-based dispensing system to cause the time-based dispensing system to dispense the number of doses of each ingredient of the one or more ingredients of the second ingredient type based on a predetermined dispensing time for the number of doses.