Encoded coffee packet
First Claim
1. A brewing packet comprising:
- a filter defining a cavity;
a brewing ingredient within the cavity; and
a machine-interpretable feature associated with the filter, wherein the feature includes encoded data regarding the brewing packet.
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Abstract
A brewing packet is provided for use in the preparation of hot or cold beverages. The brewing packet envelops a brewing ingredient chosen according to the tastes of a beverage drinker. The packet includes a machine interpretable feature that contains encoded data capable of being read by a beverage producing device. Furthermore, the data on the packet is capable of directing the beverage producing device to employ a specific brewing operation suited for the particular brewing packet. This allows for producing the optimal beverage from the brewing ingredient. The packet may be utilized with a variety of brewing ingredients to produce a variety of beverages. Similarly, the packet may be configured to produce single or multiple servings of a beverage.
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25 Claims
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1. A brewing packet comprising:
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a filter defining a cavity;
a brewing ingredient within the cavity; and
a machine-interpretable feature associated with the filter, wherein the feature includes encoded data regarding the brewing packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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15. A beverage producing device comprising:
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a fluid path configured to direct fluid through an ingredient enveloping beverage packet into a beverage receptacle;
a sensor configured to detect encoded data stored on the beverage packet; and
a processor configured to interpret the encoded data and to direct production of a beverage according to the encoded data.
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16. A method of automatically directing beverage-brewing comprising:
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placing a brewing packet encoded with packet-characteristic data into a beverage-brewing device;
reading the packet-characteristic data;
interpreting the packet-characteristic data; and
directing beverage-brewing in accordance with interpreted packet-characteristic data.
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22. A multiple beverage coffee-brewing packet comprising:
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a first substantially rounded filter portion;
a second substantially rounded filter portion operatively connected to the first substantially rounded filter portion by an orbicular gasket to collectively define a cavity, the first and second substantially rounded filter portions being at least partially constructed of water-permeable material; and
a coffee-brewing ingredient within the cavity, wherein the coffee-brewing ingredient is proportioned to produce multiple servings of drip coffee. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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