US 12,481,957 B2
Barmaster item inventory system
Paul Salvatore Mula, San Jose, CA (US); and Scott C Harris, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US)
Filed by Paul Salvatore Mula, San Jose, CA (US); and Scott C Harris, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/451,403.
Prior Publication US 2025/0061415 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for maintaining inventory of liquid containers, comprising:
a first container storage device, in a first location, the first container storage device including a weight measuring part which measures weights of multiple different containers and which includes an identification reader which reads unique identifiers from each of the multiple different containers;
a second container storage device, in a second location different than the first location, the second container storage device including a second weight measuring part which measures weights of multiple different containers in the second location and which includes a second identification reader which reads unique identifiers from each of the multiple different containers in the second location;
a computer having a database that stores information, that computer being in communication with said first container storage device and said second container storage device, said computer receiving identification information and weights from the first and second container storage device, and operating to determine when a first container has been lifted from said first container storage device and moved to said second container storage device, and storing a first weight of the first container when the first container is removed from said first container storage device and storing a second weight of the first container when the first container is placed on said second container storage device;
the computer establishing an incident when the weight of the first container on said second container storage device differs from the weight of the first container on said second container storage device by a threshold amount, and not establishing the incident when the weight of the first container on said second container storage device does not differ from the weight of the first container on said second container storage device by the threshold amount,
where the computer indicates the first container as being in storage when the first container is on said first container storage device and indicates the first container as being in use when the first container when the first container is on said second container storage device.