Portable system for dispensing controlled quantities of additives into a beverage

1. A group processing system comprising:

a control processing portion (CPP) that performs processing;

a system database that contains data used by the CPP;

a container assembly that is associated with a member user, the container assembly comprising:

a container having a known storage capacity for storing a liquid;

a dispensing assembly, the dispensing assembly dispensing variable, non-zero quantities of one or more additives into the liquid stored in the container;

one or more vessels that each contain one of the additives, of the one or more additives, to be dispensed into the liquid;

a container database; and

a processing portion, associated with the container database, that performs processing including performing dispensing that dispenses at least one of the additives into the liquid; and

the CPP performing processing including:

interfacing with a lead user including establishing the lead user based on input of credentials from the lead user;

interfacing with the lead user to form a group, and the group including at least the member user;

interfacing with the lead user to input a dispense command;

the processing portion retrieving the dispense command;

the processing portion performing the dispense command to dispense an additive, of the one or more additives; and

the processing portion performing the dispense command includes the processing portion outputting a communication to the member user regarding the dispense.

2. The group processing system of claim 1 , wherein the outputting a communication to the member user regarding the dispense includes an audio output, via a speaker of the container assembly, that is pushed to the member user.

3. The group processing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more vessels are disposed at least partially within the container.

4. The group processing system of claim 1 , wherein the dispensing assembly is disposed at least partially within the container.

5. The group processing system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more additive vessels are configured to be received by the dispensing assembly.

6. The group processing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more additives are liquid.

7. The group processing system of claim 1 , wherein the CPP is configured to receive input from the member user indicating that the member user will opt-out of the group.

8. The group processing system of claim 1 , wherein the CPP is configured to obtain environmental data including temperature and adjust the dispense command based at least in part on the obtained environmental data.

9. The group processing system of claim 1 , wherein the CPP s configured to obtain a period of time from the member user, and wherein the processing portion is configured to perform the dispense command only during the period of time obtained from the member user.

10. The group processing system of claim 1 , wherein the container assembly is a portable hand-held container assembly.

11. A group processing system comprising:

a control processing portion (CPP) that performs processing;

a system database that contains data used by the CPP;

a container assembly associated with a member user, the container assembly comprising:

a container for storing a liquid;

a vessel containing an additive to be dispensed for mixing with the liquid;

a container database; and

a processing portion, associated with the container database, that performs processing including adjusting the dispense of the additives; and

the CPP configured to perform processing including:

interfacing with a lead user including establishing the lead user based on input of credentials from the lead user;

interfacing with the lead user to form a group including at least the member user; and

interfacing with the lead user to input a dispense command;

the processing portion configured to perform the dispense command to adjust the dispense of the additive from the vessel.

12. The group processing system of claim 11 , wherein the processing portion is configured to output a communication to the member user regarding the dispensing.

13. The group processing system of claim 12 , wherein the outputting a communication to the member user regarding the dispense includes an audio output, via a speaker of the container assembly, that is pushed to the member user.

14. The group processing system of claim 11 , further comprising a dispensing assembly configured to dispense additive from the vessel, wherein the dispensing assembly is disposed at least partially within the container.

15. The group processing system of claim 14 , wherein the additive vessel is configured to be received by the dispensing assembly.

16. The group processing system of claim 11 , wherein the additive is liquid.

17. The group processing system of claim 11 , wherein the CPP is configured to receive input from the member user indicating that the member user will opt-out of the group.

18. The group processing system of claim 11 , wherein the CPP is configured to obtain environmental data including temperature and adjust the dispense command based at least in part on the obtained environmental data.

19. The group processing system of claim 11 , wherein the CPP is configured to obtain a period of time from the member user, and wherein the processing portion is configured to perform the dispense command only during the period of time obtained from member user.

20. The group processing system of claim 11 , wherein the container assembly is a portable hand-held container assembly.

21. The group processing system of claim 11 , wherein the vessel is disposed at least partially within the container.