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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2015
Applicant:

Bunn-o-matic Corporation, Springfield, IL (US);

Inventors:

John T. Knepler, Springfield, IL (US);

Scott A. Mazzini, Springfield, IL (US);

Brian Yeazel, Springfield, IL (US);

Edward Handley, Murrayville, IL (US);

Assignee:

Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, Springfield, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 13/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); H05B 6/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 13/065 (2013.01); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01); G07F 9/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02);
Abstract

A beverage communication network having a brewer, stands, and servers atop the stands, in which the brewer and the stands communicate in accordance with a suitable wired or wireless communication protocol, such as Bluetooth® Low Energy. The brewer can monitor the status of the servers, including the freshness and temperature of the beverage contained within the servers, the equipment status of the servers, and communication signal quality in the network. The status of the servers can be displayed to an on-site user through a tablet computer coupled to the brewer or to a remote user through a computer connected to the Internet.


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