Systems and methods for formulating customized beverages
In various example embodiments, a system and method for determining an ideal customized beverage for a particular user and generating user-specific instructions to create the beverage. In example embodiments, a beverage request may be received by the system from a network. The system may further receive and store information about a dispenser responsible for creating the beverage and information about the user. The received information may be used by the system to determine a user-specific ideal beverage formulation. The system may further use the determined formulation to generate user-specific composition instructions and export the instructions over a network to the dispensing device.
1. A method for producing a customized beverage, the method comprising:
receiving, from a network, at a dispensing device, a user profile including information relating to a user's nutritional requirements and/or exercise;
storing or accessing information about a work schedule of the user;
receiving, at a user interface of the dispensing device, a request to produce a customized beverage, the request including an identifier unique to the user profile;
based on the user profile, determining a formulation of a customized beverage that includes one or more powdered drink mixtures;
based on an activity identified in the work schedule information, including an activity related ingredient in the determined formulation of the customized beverage to create an activity related beverage composition that includes the activity related ingredient;
dispensing, based at least on weight of a powder in the one or more powder drink mixture, at least one of the one or more powdered drink mixtures to ensure a correct composition in accordance with the formulation;
producing the customized beverage by mixing the one or more powdered drink mixtures with water; and
dispensing the customized beverage from a dispensing device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user profile comprises one or more user preferences including a preferred beverage temperature of the customized beverage, and wherein the method further comprises:
setting the customized beverage to the preferred beverage temperature before dispensing the customized beverage from the dispensing device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the formulation of the customized beverage comprises determining an availability of the one or more powdered drink mixtures in the dispensing device for producing the customized beverage.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the availability of the one or more powdered drink mixtures is stored at a database.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the formulation of the customized beverage comprises using a human-readable beverage formulation specified in a percentages-format to generate machine-readable beverage composition instructions specifying one or more quantities of ingredients in a numeric format.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a formulation of a customized beverage includes receiving, at the dispensing device, a flavor indicator providing instructions for flavoring the customized beverage.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
verifying a sufficiency of the ingredient, in an inventory of the dispensing device, for the formulation of the schedule-based beverage composition.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a native language of the user and automatically presenting information at the user interface of the dispensing device in the native language.
9. A system for producing a customized beverage, the system comprising:
at least one intake module, executing on one or more processors, configured to:
receive a request to produce customized beverage, the request including an identifier unique to a user profile;
receiving a request to store or access information about a work schedule of the user;
at least one memory module, executing on one or more computer processors, configured to store in the user profile user information about a user's nutritional requirements and/or exercise;
at least one formulation module, executing on one or more processors, configured to:
based on the user profile, determine a formulation of a customized beverage that includes one or more powdered drink mixtures;
based on an activity identified in the work schedule information, including an activity related ingredient in the determined formulation of the customized beverage to create activity related beverage composition that includes the activity related ingredient;
dispense, based at least on weight of a powder in the one or more powder drink mixture, at least one of the one or more powdered drink mixtures to ensure a correct composition in accordance with the formulation;
produce the customized beverage by mixing the one or more powdered drink mixtures with water; and
dispense the customized beverage.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the user profile comprises one or more user preferences including a preferred beverage temperature of the customized beverage, and wherein the at least one formulation module is configured to set the customized beverage to the preferred beverage temperature before dispensing the customized beverage.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein determining the formulation of the customized beverage comprises determining an availability of the one or more powdered drink mixtures in the dispensing device for producing the customized beverage.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the availability of the one or more powdered drink mixtures is stored at a database.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein determining the formulation of the customized beverage comprises using a human-readable beverage formulation specified in a percentages-format to generate machine-readable beverage composition instructions specifying one or more quantities of ingredients in a numeric format.
14. A machine readable medium for producing a customized beverage, including instructions, which when performed by a machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising, at least:
receiving, from a network, at a dispensing device, a user profile including information relating to a user's nutritional requirements and/or exercise;
receiving, via a user interface of the dispensing device, a request to produce a customized beverage, the request including an identifier unique to the user profile;
storing or accessing information about a work schedule of the user;
based on the user profile, determining a formulation of a customized beverage that includes one or more powdered drink mixtures;
based on an activity identified in the work schedule information, including an activity related ingredient in the determined formulation of the customized beverage to create an activity related beverage composition that includes the activity related ingredient;
dispensing, based at least on weight of a powder in the one or more powder drink mixture, at least one of the one or more powdered drink mixtures to ensure a correct composition in accordance with the formulation;
producing the customized beverage by mixing the one or more powdered drink mixtures with water; and
dispensing the customized beverage from a dispensing device.
15. The medium of claim 14 , wherein the user profile comprises one or more user preferences including a preferred beverage temperature of the customized beverage, and wherein the operations further comprise setting the customized beverage to the preferred beverage temperature before dispensing the customized beverage from the dispensing device.
16. The medium of claim 14 , wherein determining the formulation of the customized beverage comprises determining an availability of the one or more powdered drink mixtures in the dispensing device for producing the customized beverage.
17. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the availability of the one or more powdered drink mixtures is stored at a database.
18. The medium of claim 14 , wherein determining the formulation of a customized beverage comprises using a human-readable beverage formulation specified in a percentages-format to generate machine-readable beverage composition instructions specifying one or more quantities of ingredients in a numeric format.