COFFEE BREWER AND A CORRESPONDING NETWORK-BASED METHOD AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A coffee brewing apparatus that comprises:
- means for brewing coffee beverages; and
a sensor configured and arranged to sense food components as used by the means for brewing coffee beverages;
further characterized by;
an external network interface configured and arranged to facilitate interfacing with a remote resource;
an end user interface;
a processor operably coupled to the sensor, the external network interface, and the end user interface and being configured and arranged to independently use information regarding food components used by the means for brewing coffee beverages to facilitate obtaining information from the remote resource and presenting the information to an end user via the end user interface.
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Abstract
A coffee brewing apparatus comprises a corresponding coffee brewer as well as a sensor that is configured and arranged to sense food components as used by that means for brewing coffee beverages. This coffee brewing apparatus then further comprises an external network interface that is configured and arranged to facilitate interfacing with a remote resource (or resources). The coffee brewing apparatus can further comprise an end user interface and a processor that is operably coupled to the sensor, the external network interface, and the end user interface and that is configured and arranged to independently use information regarding food components as are used by the means for brewing coffee beverages to facilitate obtaining corresponding responsive information from the remote resource and to then present that information to an end user via the end user interface.
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19 Claims
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1. A coffee brewing apparatus that comprises:
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means for brewing coffee beverages; and a sensor configured and arranged to sense food components as used by the means for brewing coffee beverages; further characterized by; an external network interface configured and arranged to facilitate interfacing with a remote resource; an end user interface; a processor operably coupled to the sensor, the external network interface, and the end user interface and being configured and arranged to independently use information regarding food components used by the means for brewing coffee beverages to facilitate obtaining information from the remote resource and presenting the information to an end user via the end user interface. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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2. The coffee brewing apparatus of claim I wherein the sensor comprises, at least in part, an optical code reader.
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3. The coffee brewing apparatus of claim I wherein the sensor comprises, at least in part, a radio frequency identification tag reader.
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12. A method comprising:
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at a coffee brewing apparatus; detecting food components as are used by the coffee brewing apparatus; wherein the method is further characterized by; at the coffee brewing apparatus; using a native external network interface to independently contact a remote resource and provide information to the remote resource regarding the food components as are used by the coffee brewing apparatus; receiving from the remote resource, via the native external network interface, responsive information; using a native end user interface to present the responsive information to an end user of the coffee brewing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method characterized by:
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receiving from a coffee brewing apparatus via a modem that is native to the coffee brewing apparatus information regarding a food component as has been used by the coffee brewing apparatus; using the information regarding the food component to develop corresponding responsive information; transmitting the corresponding responsive information directly to the coffee brewing apparatus via the modem that is native to the coffee brewing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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Specification