ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,806, issued on Nov. 4.
"Beverage preparation system" was invented by Kuang-F Cheng (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage preparation system comprises a beverage source, a beverage preparation device, a drinking container, a first short-range communication device, a second short-range communication device. The first short-range communication device is situated on the wall portion of the drinking container, which has a first coupling surface oriented outwardly. The second short-range communication device situated on an adjacent region of the beverage preparation device, which includes a first and a second transceive...