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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Jeffrey Isaac Libby, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jeffrey Lin Portman, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Andrew Hill Adams, Tucker, GA (US);
Howard Lott Paulk, Cumming, GA (US);
Jeffrey Isaac Libby, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jeffrey Lin Portman, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Andrew Hill Adams, Tucker, GA (US);
Howard Lott Paulk, Cumming, GA (US);
Table Tap, L.L.C., Roswell, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for control of beverage dispensing. In one aspect, authorization data specifying that a beverage dispensing node is authorized to be activated are received. Activation data that request activation of the node are also received, where activation of the node causes a valve that controls flow of fluid to a beverage dispenser to be opened. A determination is made that the activation data are associated with a user identifier for an enabled user, where an enabled user is a user that has been enabled to activate the node. In response to receipt of the authorization data and the activation data a valve that controls flow of fluid to the beverage dispenser is opened. Data (e.g., de-authorization or de-activation data) specifying that an activated beverage dispensing apparatus be de-activated can also be received. In response to receipt of the data, the valve can be closed.