US 12,481,966 B2
Systems and methods for associating vessels with user accounts
Joshua Casey Schwarber, Decatur, GA (US); Allen Lineberry, Liberty, NC (US); Benjamin John Kingston, Suwanee, GA (US); David Carrewyn, Atlanta, GA (US); Matthew Baker, Atlanta, GA (US); Axel Kling, Newnan, GA (US); and Patrick Etesse, Brussels (BE)
Assigned to THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 18/017,772
Filed by THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/043006
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/020737, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/056,180, filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0289747 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/30 (2013.01) [G06K 19/06009 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0215 (2013.01); G06K 7/10435 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for determining that a vessel has been recycled comprising:
at least one recycling facility scanner;
at least one processor in electronic communication with the at least one recycling facility scanner located in a recycling facility; and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a vessel;
generate a vessel identifier for the vessel, the vessel identifier being associated with or defining a material type;
generate a computer-readable code using the generated vessel identifier;
apply the generated computer-readable code to the vessel; and
in response to receiving an indication of the vessel identifier from the at least one recycling facility, determine that the vessel has been recycled and generate recycling statistics for the vessel,
wherein the at least one recycling facility scanner is configured to:
obtain, via a camera, an image of the vessel,
extract the computer-readable code from the obtained image,
verify a status of the vessel identifier corresponding with the computer-readable code, and
sort the vessel into a recycling path or process at the recycling facility based, at least in part, on the extracted computer-readable code.