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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2006
Peter Gilbert Wiles, Palmerston North, NZ;
Peter Gilbert Wiles, Palmerston North, NZ;
Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for dispensing a customized serving. The system includes an ingredient storage module, an ingredient processing module, a serving dispenser, a user interface, and a formulation database containing an inventory of ingredients stored in the storage modulefrom which potential servings will be formulated. The system also includes a controllerthat is operatively linked to the storage module, the processing module, the dispenser, the interfaceand the database. The controlleris programmed: (a) to receive a serving selection from the user; (b) to determine, using the database, a serving recipe that best approximates the user's serving selection; (c) to present the serving recipe to the user via the interface, and (d) upon a command from the user, to actuate the processing moduleto prepare, and the serving dispenserto dispense, a serving prepared from the serving recipe.