A modular liquid vending system positionable at a selected location for a selected period of time, and method of using same, including a housing having a floor, opposing side walls and opposing end walls. At least one fill terminal is positioned within the housing and has an outlet accessible by a customer to provide a selected quantity of the liquid. At least one storage tank suitable for storing the liquid is positioned within the housing and is connected to the fill terminal. The vending system is transportable by a vehicle to the selected location for the selected period of time.

A fuel station controller to dispense fuel and drinks, a fuel station including the fuel station controller, and a product management subsystem including sensors communicatively coupled with the fuel station controller. The controller includes a housing comprising product modules having connectors adapted to connect conductors from an ingestible product dispenser, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled with the product modules and comprises processing instructions operable to receive a value indicative of a quantity of an ingestible product in a box to be dispensed by the ingestible product dispenser and to generate an empty box alert if the value is below an empty box setpoint.

The disclosure generally relates to a system for creating color-customizable customized beverages (e.g., adding various color ingredients to a beverage to customize the color of the beverage). The system may obtain color mappings (e.g., manual color mappings) that map particular color ingredients to particular colors. The system can generate a three-dimensional color map based on the color mappings to identify additional color mappings. The system can receive a request for a particular beverage with a particular color, and based on the three-dimensional color map, the system can identify a color mapping for the particular color. The system can output an instruction set for the color mapping and/or can cause an automated dispensing platform to dispense one or more particular color ingredients for the beverage based on the color mapping.

A liquid product distribution network includes a liquid product distribution monitoring and reporting apparatus for operation in association with a tap handle flow monitoring and reporting apparatus. The liquid product distribution monitoring and reporting apparatus includes a radio transmitter device and sensing circuitry for sensing and communicating physical properties associating with the keg. A tap handle flow monitoring and reporting apparatus senses flow of a liquid through a tap includes a tap handle radio transmitter device for fitting within and protected by a tap handle and a low-energy consumption tap handle radio/processing module. A mobile communications device with geographic position sensing device and/or said tap handle flow monitoring and reporting apparatus passively and without user interaction within the liquid product distribution network, without using network uplink/gateway circuit devices for sensing and reporting fluid storage, flow, and financial operations relating to the distribution of said liquid product throughout the liquid product distribution network.

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.

Systems and methods for beverage dispensing are disclosed herein. The beverage dispensing system can receive a connection request to pair a mobile computing device with a beverage dispensing device via a network. The connection request can include an identifier that can be verified to match a current identifier associated with the beverage dispersing device. The beverage dispensing system can generate a session between the mobile computing device and the beverage dispensing device that replicates a user interface of the beverage dispensing device on the mobile computing device. The beverage dispensing system can receive inputs from the mobile computing device during the session to obtain configuration parameters for a beverage and dispense the beverage from a nozzle based on the configuration parameters.

The disclosure generally relates to a system for managing and dynamically generating beverage recipes. The system can obtain an ingredient modifier and can generate a beverage recipe based on the ingredient modifier and a recipe generation policy. The system can cause an automated dispensing system to automatedly dispense a group of ingredients in accordance with the beverage recipe.

A method for producing a product by way of a drinks preparation machine, including the steps of, by way of a machine backend for a drinks preparation machine, receiving a backend order. The backend order includes an identifier for the identification of a preparation prescript, as well as a configuration identifier. A preparation prescript is determined by way of determining, in the case that the identifier is the same as an individual identifier, a preparation prescript that in one of several user profiles is assigned to the individual identifier. The user profile is determined in accordance with the configuration identifier. By way of the machine backend, a machine order is generated to the drinks preparation machine, wherein the machine order specifies the preparation prescript. By way of the drinks preparation machine, the product is produced in accordance with the preparation prescript.

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.

The embodiments disclose a method including providing a mobile coffee kiosk for automated beverage preparation and serving for customer orders placed wirelessly and on digital touch screens, utilizing a mobile coffee kiosk network for receiving and processing customer orders made from a mobile coffee kiosk app, providing a Wi-Fi communication device and cellular communication device for receiving customer orders from the mobile coffee kiosk network, preparing customer orders automatically received from the mobile coffee kiosk network, verifying a customer ID with a customer order pick-up identification system before the ordered beverage is served to the customer, transmitting automatically a customer order pick-up to the mobile coffee kiosk network, tracking beverage ingredient inventory automatically for reporting ready status on beverage menu selections availability to the mobile coffee kiosk network, and providing an automated sensor system for detecting and reporting contamination presence in the beverage preparation and servings systems.