Automated beverage generating system and method of operating the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9950918
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15045735

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A method of operating an automated beverage generating system. The method comprises receiving one or more electrical signals representative of an order for a specified beverage. The method further comprises translating the order into one or more steps required to generate the specified beverage. The method still further comprises entering at least one of the required steps into a dynamic sequence corresponding to a module of the system configured to perform that particular step, the dynamic sequence representing an order in which one or more steps in the dynamic sequence will be performed by the module for one or more beverages to be generated by the system.

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COSTA EXPRESS LTD3 KNAVES BEECH BUSINESS CENTRE DAVIES WAY LOUDWATER HIGH WYCOMBE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HP10 9QR

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Craparo, John S Georgetown, US 6 70
Hassoun, Marwan Austin, US 30 296
Hudy, Raymond William Austin, US 4 7
Studor, Charles F Austin, US 27 573

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