公开(公告)号：US20230289747A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18017772

申请日：2021-07-23

Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

Inventor： Joshua Casey SCHWARBER ,  Allen LINEBERRY ,  Benjamin John KINGSTON ,  David CARREWYN ,  Matthew BAKER ,  Axel KLING ,  Patrick ETESSE

IPC: G06Q10/30 ,  G06Q30/0207 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G06K19/07

CPC classification number: G06Q10/30 ,  G06Q30/0215 ,  G06K19/06009 ,  G06K19/0723 ,  G06K7/10435

Abstract: A vessel is assigned a unique vessel identifier (620). Before or after the vessel is filled, the vessel identifier is encoded into a machine-readable code that is printed or etched onto the vessel (630; 640). The code may have the property that it can be quickly read by a scanner from a variety of different angles and vessel orientations. When the vessel is sold to a user, the user may scan the machine-readable code (or a different code placed on a label associated with the vessel) using a smartphone (710), and the unique vessel identifier is linked to a user account associated with the user (740). Later, when the user places the empty vessel in the recycling stream, a scanner or camera placed in the recycling facility scans or captures the machine-readable code on the vessel and extracts the vessel identifier from the code (810; 820).

公开(公告)号：US20200184410A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16631658

申请日：2018-07-16

Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

Inventor： Benjamin John KINGSTON

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q20/18 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06K19/077 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D31/00

Abstract: A machine and process for providing consumer products may include a set of positions configured to contain consumer products or containers in which ingredients are used to form consumer products. The consumer products or containers may include radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags. A set of antennas, where at least one antenna is disposed at each position, may be configured to output and receive RF signals. A transceiver may be in electrical communication with the antennas, and be configured to generate the RF signals. A processor may be in communication with the transceiver, and be programmed to (i) receive RFID signals from the RFID tags at the set of positions, and (ii) identify locations of the RFID tags to determine that corresponding consumer products or containers of ingredients are in correct positions.

公开(公告)号：US20200079637A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16609508

申请日：2018-04-30

Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company

Inventor： Stan C. KAPLITA ,  Scott CUPPARI ,  Douglas Jon McDOUGALL ,  Benjamin John KINGSTON

IPC: B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/08

Abstract: The present application provides a beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a cooler and a beverage dispenser positioned within the cooler. The beverage dispenser may include a nozzle, a flow of water, an internal carbonation system in communication with the flow of water and the nozzle, and a number of internal ingredient containers in communication with the nozzle such that the beverage dispenser produces a beverage at the nozzle within the cooler.