APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
First Claim
1. A method for providing a person with desired information about an alcoholic beverage in a visual format upon demand by said person, said method comprising(a) feeding identifying information to an alcoholic beverage information dispensing apparatus;
- (b) reading said identifying information;
(c) accessing stored data containing said desired beverage information; and
(d) visually displaying said desired beverage information to said person.
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for providing information about an alcoholic beverage, such as wines, spirits, beers and liqueurs requested by a customer in an on-site alcoholic beverage retailer, residence or other establishment in visual format, and optionally a printed format attachment to a label or tag to a beverage bottle, can, or other container. The beverage information may be augmented by personalized information also printed on the label. The apparatus and method may be part of a network linking a plurality of apparatus to a central control and database of beverage information. The apparatus provides requested printed beverage information, optionally in-depth, with personalized information, for subsequent attachment to the bottle, can or the like by the customer for transfer to another person, as a gift, which provides fully described information.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for providing a person with desired information about an alcoholic beverage in a visual format upon demand by said person, said method comprising
(a) feeding identifying information to an alcoholic beverage information dispensing apparatus; -
(b) reading said identifying information; (c) accessing stored data containing said desired beverage information; and (d) visually displaying said desired beverage information to said person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 21)
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7. A method for providing a person with desired beverage information in a visual format upon demand by said person, said method comprising
(i) providing CPU means; -
(ii) feeding identifying information to said CPU means; (iii) accessing stored data containing said desired beverage information under the control of said CPU means; and (iv) visually displaying said desired beverage information to said person by means of a display screen or on a printed article. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for delivering desired beverage information upon request by a person;
- said apparatus comprising
(a) receiving means for receiving instructions from said person; (b) accessibility means to data storage means containing said desired beverage information cooperable with said receiving means; (c) display means containing said desired beverage information cooperable with said data storage means; and (d) CPU means in communication with said receiving means, said accessibility means, said data storage means and said display means, to effect display of said beverage information to said person upon said instructions from said person. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
- said apparatus comprising
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