System and method for creating a personalized consumer product
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A system for customizing a product according to a user'"'"'s preferences comprising:
- a remote server including a database configured to store a product preference of a predetermined product for at least one user; and
a first communication module within the product and in communication with the remote server;
wherein the remote server is configured to receive the identity of the predetermined product and the identity of the at least one user, retrieve the product preference from the database based on the identity of the predetermined product and the identity of the least one user and transmit the product preference to the first communication module.
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Abstract
A system and method for creating a personalized consumer product are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure enables a user, e.g., a consumer, to customize products containing solids and/or fluids by allowing a server communicating over the global computer network, e.g., the Internet, to provide product preferences of a user to a product or a mixing device, e.g., a product or beverage dispenser. The method for creating a product according to a user'"'"'s preferences over a network includes the steps identifying a product to a server over the network; identifying a user to the server over the network; retrieving the user'"'"'s product preferences from a database at the server based on the product'"'"'s identity and user'"'"'s identity; transmitting the user'"'"'s product preferences to the product over the network; and mixing at least one element contained within the product based on the user'"'"'s product preferences.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for customizing a product according to a user'"'"'s preferences comprising:
- a remote server including a database configured to store a product preference of a predetermined product for at least one user; and
a first communication module within the product and in communication with the remote server; wherein the remote server is configured to receive the identity of the predetermined product and the identity of the at least one user, retrieve the product preference from the database based on the identity of the predetermined product and the identity of the least one user and transmit the product preference to the first communication module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a remote server including a database configured to store a product preference of a predetermined product for at least one user; and
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9. A product to be consumed by a user comprising:
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a housing containing at least one element to produce a final product; a controller disposed with the housing and configured to control an amount of the at least one element disposed within the housing; a communication module disposed within the housing and configured to transmit an identifier of the product to a server over a network, receive product preferences of the user from the server based on the identifier and communicate to the controller the received product preferences of the user for formulating the final product; and an exit port disposed on the housing for dispensing the final product to the end user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A beverage dispenser comprising:
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at least one compartment containing an element of a beverage; at least one valve coupling the at least one compartment to a dispensing section configured to dispense the beverage; a mixing chamber for mixing the beverage; a user interface module configured to receive an identity of a user and an identifier of the beverage; a communication module configured to transmit the identifier of the beverage to a server over a network; and a controller configured to actuate the at least one valve to control an amount of the element to be dispensed and to actuate the mixing chamber based on user generated beverage product preferences. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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