The Coca-cola Company

Joshua Casey Schwarber

Franchot Chang

Scott M Harrison

Benjamin John Kingston

Martin Kilcoyne

Jed Lawton Coxon

Augusto Elias

Gregg Carpenter

Damian James Reec Mycroft

Jevawn Sebastian Roberts

Scott Cuppari

Akhil Karibandi

Stan C Kaplita

Kyusang Kim

Christopher J Dennis

Eric Scott Lewis

Allen Lineberry

Raymond J Vanassche

Hitesh Patel

Matthew William Baker

Axel Kling

David Carrewyn

Patrick Etesse

Kuil Park

Tao Peng

Thomas Stubbs

Chetan Polavaram

Christopher Dennis

A vessel is assigned a unique vessel identifier (). Before or after the vessel is filled, the vessel identifier is encoded into a machine-readable code that is printed or etched onto the vessel (). The code may have the property that it can be quickly read by a scanner from a variety of different angles and vessel orientations. When the vessel is sold to a user, the user may scan the machine-readable code (or a different code placed on a label associated with the vessel) using a smartphone (), and the unique vessel identifier is linked to a user account associated with the user (). Later, when the user places the empty vessel in the recycling stream, a scanner or camera placed in the recycling facility scans or captures the machine-readable code on the vessel and extracts the vessel identifier from the code ().

Systems and methods for associating vessels with user accounts

The present application provides a bottling facility for filling a refillable package. The bottling facility may include a filler for filling the refillable package, a radio frequency identification tag positioned on the refillable package, a radio frequency identification reader, and a data processing system in communication with the radio frequency identification reader. The radio frequency identification reader identifies the radio frequency identification tag when the refillable package is refilled and the data processing system tracks the number of times the refillable package is refilled.

Systems and methods for tracking refillable packages filled at a bottling facility

Athletes in an athletic organization are provided access to a network of beverage dispensers associated with the organization. User profiles for each of the athletes are actively synchronized on the beverage dispensers within the network in response to changes to any of the user profiles. The user profiles are centrally maintained on a profile database and each profile includes performance parameters and personal parameters. Different users are given different levels of access to the user profiles. Each athlete is given access to view their entire profile and make modifications to personal parameters in their profile. Likewise, trainers or other training staff of the athletic organization are given access to view personal parameters of athlete's profiles and access to make modifications to performance parameters. Upon receiving a selection of an athlete's profile, a dispenser in the network is configured according to the personal and performance parameters stored in their profile.

Beverage dispenser network and profile management

A system and method for creating a mixed consumable item may include displaying a first set of selectable indicia on a touchscreen, where the indicia may be (i) indicative of respective consumable ingredients and (ii) distinctly positioned relative to one another. A swype gesture may be received from a user via the touchscreen that forms a path extending between a first position and a second position that touches or passes close to multiple selectable indicia. From the first set of consumable ingredients, a plurality of combinations of consumable ingredients most likely to have been intended to be selected by the user based on the path of the swype gesture may be predicted. Selectable predicted combinations of consumable ingredients may be displayed on the touchscreen to enable one of the selectable combinations of consumable ingredients to be selected by the user for mixing by a dispenser of consumable items.

Selecting and dispensing blended beverages from a post-mix beverage dispenser

One embodiment may include a machine for providing beverages. The machine may include a reader configured to read data representative of an available balance for a user to obtain beverages from the machine from a machine-readable medium and electronics. The electronics may be configured to receive the data from the machine-readable medium in response to the user positioning the machine-readable medium within reading distance of the reader, enable the user to dispense a beverage into a vessel, and update the available balance of the machine-readable medium so as to reduce or prevent the user from dispensing unlimited beverages.

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Display screen with graphical user interface for a beverage dispenser

The present application provides a beverage dispensing system for providing a personalized sports drink with one or more additives based on biometric data. The beverage dispensing system may include an input section for the biometric data, an analytics section for analyzing the biometric data and providing a recipe for the personalized sports drink based upon the analysis, and a beverage dispenser for dispensing the personalized sports drink. The beverage dispenser may include a number of cartridges with the one or more additives therein.

Beverage dispensing system for sports drinks with personalized hydration solutions

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Joshua Casey Schwarber