DRINKWARE WITH ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL
An actively heated mug has a body with a chamber that can receive and hold a beverage and a heating element to actively heat the chamber, batteries, and circuitry that controls the operation of the heating element. A user interface is electrically connected to the circuitry and has one or more buttons actuatable a) to turn on the heating element, b) to adjust a temperature setting to one of multiple temperature settings to control the operation of the heating element to heat or maintain the liquid at a user selected temperature setting, and c) to turn off the heating element.
1 . (canceled)
2 . A mug system, comprising:
a body comprising a circumferential wall having a side surface and a base having a top surface, the side surface and the top surface defining a chamber configured to receive and hold a liquid; and
an RFID tag configured to store a user's beverage preference information and configured to communicate the beverage preference information to an RFID reader.
3 . The mug system of claim 2 , the beverage preference information includes a temperature.
4 . The mug system of claim 2 , the beverage preference information includes a beverage type.
5 . The mug system of claim 2 , wherein the body has a handle.
6 . The mug system of claim 2 , wherein the body comprises a ceramic material.
7 . A mug system, comprising:
a body comprising a circumferential wall having a side surface and a base having a top surface, the side surface and the top surface defining a chamber configured to receive and hold a liquid; and
a tag configured to store a user's beverage preference information and configured to wirelessly communicate the beverage preference information.
8 . The mug system of claim 7 , the beverage preference information includes a temperature.
9 . The mug system of claim 7 , the beverage preference information includes a beverage type.
10 . The mug system of claim 7 , wherein the body has a handle.
11 . The mug system of claim 7 , wherein the body comprises a ceramic material.
12 . The mug system of claim 7 , wherein the tag is configured to communicate via BLUETOOTH®.
13 . The mug system of claim 7 , wherein the tag is configured to communicate via Wi-Fi.
14 . A mug system, comprising:
a body comprising a circumferential wall having a side surface and a base having a top surface, the side surface and the top surface defining a chamber configured to receive and hold a liquid; and
a tag configured to store a user's beverage preference information and configured to communicate the beverage preference information to an external device via near field communication.
15 . The mug system of claim 14 , the beverage preference information includes a temperature.
16 . The mug system of claim 14 , the beverage preference information includes a beverage type.
17 . The mug system of claim 14 , wherein the body has a handle.
18 . The mug system of claim 14 , wherein the body comprises a ceramic material.