公开(公告)号：US20240076178A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18258229

申请日：2021-12-22

Applicant: WayOut International AB

Inventor： Ulf STENERHAG ,  Mattias LISS ,  Martin RENCK ,  Niclas EMDELIUS

IPC: B67D1/08 ,  B67D1/00 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G06Q10/0631

CPC classification number: B67D1/0882 ,  B67D1/0004 ,  B67D1/0871 ,  B67D1/0888 ,  B67D1/0891 ,  G05B13/0265 ,  G06Q10/06315 ,  B67D2001/0811

Abstract: There is provided a beverage distribution system comprising: a plurality of reusable and portable beverage containers where each of the plurality of beverage containers carries a unique identification tag,



the system further comprising a plurality of identification tag readers, where at least some tag readers are located at different geographical locations, the tag reader being configured to read the identification tags,
said tag readers being connected to a server,
said server being configured to store a state of each of the plurality of beverage containers in a digitally stored dataset, where the state is that the beverage container is present at one of the tag readers,
where the system is configured to apply machine learning to the data set to produce a decision rule for making a decision about taking an individual beverage container out of service.

公开(公告)号：US20240002209A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18258216

申请日：2021-12-22

Applicant: WayOut International AB

Inventor： Ulf STENERHAG ,  Mattias LISS ,  Martin RENCK ,  Niclas EMDELIUS

IPC: B67D1/08

CPC classification number: B67D1/0882 ,  B67D1/0888 ,  B67D1/0801 ,  B67D2001/0811

Abstract: There is provided a system comprising a plurality of reusable and portable beverage containers the system further comprising at least one beverage dispensing station adapted to support one of the beverage containers, and connect to the beverage container such that beverage can be dispensed from the container, said beverage dispensing station comprising an identity tag reader configured to read the identity tag of a beverage container, said beverage dispensing station further comprising a wireless network interface, where the beverage dispensing station has dispensing prevention means which prevents a user from dispensing beverage from the dispenser, the system further comprising a server in communication with the beverage dispensing station, said server having stored a dataset comprising the identities of each of the plurality of beverage containers, wherein a beverage container can be flagged, in the dataset, for activation of the be dispensing prevention means, and the system is configured to, when a beverage container is flagged for activation of the beverage dispensing prevention means, activate the dispensing prevention means of the dispensing station.