Refill station using an intelligent beverage container

a beverage container and refill station technology, applied in liquid handling, instruments, packaged goods types, etc., can solve the problem of not having a solution for dynamically updating the label of the beverage container

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-02-27
ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA
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[0012]According to some examples, the refill station may also include an imaging module configured to capture an image of the user of the beverage container. The processor module may also be confi

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Thus, even though a beverage container may be refilled with multiple different bevera

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[0025]Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for an intelligent refill station that utilizes an intelligent beverage container. In one set of examples, communication may be established between a refill station and an intelligent beverage container. The communication may detect the beverage container at the refill station. The beverage container detected at the refill station may be associated with a user account for the user of the beverage container. The refill station may identify the user account associated with the beverage container. Based on information stored in the associated user account, the refill station may determine if the beverage container is permitted to be refilled. If the beverage container is determined to be permitted, the refill station may refill the beverage container.

[0026]According to certain examples, the intelligent refill station may include one or more integrated sensing devices (e.g., RFID reader, image sensor, NFC wireless device, etc.). The info...

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Systems, devices, and methods are provided for conducting a refill of a beverage container. A beverage container may be detected at a refill station. The beverage container may be associated with a user account. The refill station may access information stored in the user account to determine if the beverage container is permitted to be refilled. Based on the determination, the refill station may refill the beverage container. Information indicative of the refill process may be displayed on an electronic display of the refill station. The refill station may also capture an image of the user of the beverage container and compare the captured image with an image stored in the associated user account to confirm the identity of the user. The determination that the beverage container may be refilled may be based, at least in part, on the identity confirmation.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)[0001]The present application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 691,609 entitled “BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC DISPLAY,” filed Aug. 21, 2012; to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 691,617 entitled “BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH DYNAMIC LABEL,” filed Aug. 21, 2012; to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 691,618 entitled “STATE-BASED CONTAINER MANAGEMENT,” filed Aug. 21, 2012; to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 691,622 entitled “SOCIAL ACTIVITIES USING INTELLIGENT BEVERAGE CONTAINERS,” filed Aug. 21, 2012; to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 691,627 entitled “CENTRALLY COORDINATED SOCIAL ACTIVITIES USING INTELLIGENT BEVERAGE CONTAINERS,” filed Aug. 21, 2012; and to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 691,630 entitled “ACCOUNT-BASED MANAGEMENT OF INTELLIGENT BEVERAGE CONTAINERS,” filed Aug. 21, 2012; of which the ent...

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IPC IPC(8): B67C3/00
CPCB67C3/007B67D7/348B67D1/0005B67D1/0872B67D1/0888B67D1/0894B67D2001/0811B67D2001/0812B67D2210/00083B67D2210/00089B67D2210/00091G07F7/0609G07F13/025G06Q20/145G07F13/02H04L67/535H04H60/33H04H20/63
Inventor WANG, WINSTON
Owner ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA
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