Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Cameron McLeod

James P Lynch

Ian Tinkler

Samuel Ross Rulli

Jianming Huang

Philip Hadley

Yvona Hlobilova

Nicholas George Ioannidis

Brian David Rheaume

Kevin William Hartley

Jeffrey Sol Hadden

An apparatus and method for sharing capsule image data and beverage preparation parameters, from one or more beverage preparation machines with a remote computer system via a network, such as the Internet, is disclosed. The remote computer system may process the capsule image data to determine characteristics of the capsule (e.g., a type of capsule, such as a brand, or beverage ingredients in the capsule), thereby relieving the beverage preparation from having to determine information about the capsule. The remote computer may track a user's consumption of capsules, may compare this value to the user's past capsule purchase history, and may determine if the user's supply of capsules is below a threshold value (e.g., below a week's worth of capsules).

Beverage preparation machine arranged to share capsule image and machine operation data

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Newton, MA, United States of America

Cameron McLeod