ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,335, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SUM LLC (Birmingham, Ala.).
"Remote beverage cartridge system" was invented by Tyler Hurd (Birmingham, Ala.), Stuart Griffin (Birmingham, Ala.), Diego Solano (Oakland, Calif.), Josh Torres (Birmingham, Ala.) and Joseph S. Bird III (Hoover, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a remote cartridge system for managing concentrate cartridges, both for beverages and cleaning, and the dispenser in which they are installed. Each cartridge contains specific cartridge information which is communicated to a controller of a dispenser allowing remote supervision of maintenance, inventory, cleani...