System for and method of acting on beverage bottles

• US 9,152,968 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2007
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medea Inc.
• Original Assignee: Medea Inc.
• Inventors: Goldburt, Tim
• Primary Examiner(s): Zare, Scott
• Assistant Examiner(s): Masud, Rokib
• Application Number:
  US11/821,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20080319876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,028 Days
• Field of Search: 235/381, 235/380, 235/379, 340/10.1, 340/5.61, 340/531, 340/384.7, 340/691.2, 340/691.6, 340/692, 705/1, 705/2, 705/14, 705/26, 705/16, 705/51, 706/21, 706/50
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/14 of tags , labels, cards, coupons, decorations or the like B65D23/008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A system for and a method of acting on beverage bottles has a plurality of bottles each provided with a device selected from the group consisting of an electrical device and an electronic device integrated in each of the beverage bottles without interfering with a content of the bottle and providing a function; and a unit for remotely acting on the devices of at least some of the beverage bottles with the use of internet so that the devices produce corresponding functions.

Claims

1. A system, comprising

a plurality of beverage bottles collocated at a facility, each beverage bottle of the plurality of beverage bottles comprising an electronic device integrated into the beverage bottle without interfering with a content of the beverage bottle, the electronic device comprising a receiver, a display and speakers;

and

a computing device communicatively connected to electronic devices of the plurality of beverage bottles via a network, wherein the computing device is to;

identify that the plurality of beverage bottles are collocated at the facility; and

transmit activation signals to the electronic devices of the plurality of beverage bottles that are collocated at the facility;

wherein the electronic devices of the plurality of beverage containers are to perform the following operations together as a group responsive to receipt of the activation signals;

activate;

display images using the display; and

output audio via the speakers.

2. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein said electronic device further comprises a GPS receiver.

3. A system as defined in claim 2, wherein the network comprises a public internet, the system further comprising:

a communication hub communicatively connected to the electronic devices of the plurality of beverage bottles, wherein the communication hub is located at the facility and connected to the computing device via the public internet, the communication hub to receive the activation signals from the computing device and transmit the activation signals to the electronic devices of the plurality of beverage bottles.

4. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein said facility is selected from the group consisting of a storage facility, a beverage store selling facility and a beverage serving facility.

5. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein said display is to display at least one of an electronic text message in a form of a running strip or moving images.

6. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein said display is to display at least one of video images or movies, and said speakers are to output at least one of music or speech.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises an illumination module to illuminate contents of the beverage bottle, and wherein the electronic devices of the plurality of beverage containers are to illuminate contents of the plurality of beverage bottles together as a group responsive to receipt of the activation signals.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device is further to transmit the video and the audio to the electronic devices of the plurality of beverage bottles via the network.

9. A method comprising:

identifying, by a computing device and via a network, a plurality of beverage bottles that are collocated at a facility, each beverage bottle of the plurality of beverage bottles comprising an electronic device integrated into the beverage bottle without interfering with a content of the beverage bottle, the electronic device comprising a receiver, a display and speakers; and

transmitting, by the computing device, messages comprising activation signals to electronic devices of the plurality of beverage bottles that are collocated at the facility, wherein the messages cause the electronic devices of the plurality of beverage bottles to activate, display images using the display and output audio via the speakers together as a group.

10. A method as defined in claim 9, wherein said electronic device further comprises a GPS receiver.

11. A method as defined in claim 10, wherein transmitting the messages to the electronic devices of the plurality of beverage bottles comprises:

transmitting the messages to a communication hub located at the facility and communicatively connected to the electronic devices; and

causing the communication hub to transmit the messages to the electronic devices of the plurality of beverage bottles.

12. A method as defined in claim 9, wherein said facility is selected from the group consisting of a storage facility, a beverage store selling facility and a beverage serving facility.

13. A method as defined in claim 9, wherein displaying the images comprises at least one of displaying an electronic text message in a form of a running strip or displaying a moving image.

14. A method as defined in claim 9, wherein said messages comprise at least one of images, movies, videos, music or speech.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the messages further cause illumination modules of the electronic devices to illuminate contents of the plurality of beverage bottles together as a group.