Patent ID: 11903537
Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a computing device; and
a dispenser beacon module configured to monitor actuations of a product dispenser, the dispenser beacon module including:
a bottle presence trigger configured to detect product bottle presence or absence in the product dispenser;
a module controller configured to generate dispenser data for each of a plurality of detected actuations of the product dispenser, the dispenser data including one of a product bottle presence indication or a product bottle absence indication based on the detected product bottle presence or absence in the product dispenser; and
a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit the dispenser data, wherein the computing device is configured to:
identify, based on the dispenser data for each of the plurality of detected actuations of the product dispenser, one or more of the detected actuations of the product dispenser for which the dispenser data includes the product bottle absence indication; and
detect installation of a product bottle in the product dispenser based on a first product bottle absence indication included in first dispenser data associated with a first detected actuation of the product dispenser and a second product bottle presence indication included in second dispenser data associated with a second detected actuation of the product dispenser.