PORTABLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING THE COMPOSITION OF A BEVERAGE
A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus computer processor portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion. The beverage apparatus can include various additional features.
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36 . A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus comprising:
a chamber storing a consumable liquid in the chamber;
a dispensing assembly that includes a first receptacle and second receptacle, and
the first receptacle for retaining a first vessel, and the first vessel including a first electronic tag and containing a first additive,
the second receptacle for retaining a second vessel, and the second vessel including a second electronic tag and containing a second additive; and
the dispensing assembly operatively controllable by a controller to (a) output the first additive from the first vessel into the consumable liquid, and (b) output the second additive from the second vessel into the consumable liquid;
an apparatus computer processor (ACP);
an apparatus database portion that includes instructions that are performed by the ACP in operation of the beverage apparatus;
a first antenna that is associated with the first receptacle, and the first antenna for transferring data with the first electronic tag;
a second antenna that is associated with the second receptacle, and the second antenna for transferring data with the second electronic tag;
a transceiver that performs processing of data, and the transceiver in communication with the ACP; and the processing of data including:
the transceiver communicating with the first antenna to transfer data with the second antenna, and
the transceiver communicating with the first antenna to transfer data with the second antenna, and
an antenna switch controllable to selectively connect the transceiver to (a) the first antenna for the ACP to transfer data with the first antenna, and (b) the second antenna for the ACP to transfer data with the second antenna.