Patent ID: 11943299
Assignee: BUNN-O-MATIC CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A beverage status communication system comprising:
a brewing device configured to brew a brewed beverage;
a brewed beverage container configured to hold the brewed beverage, wherein the brewed beverage container includes no internal power source, but includes a power cord to dock with a power source; and
a stand with a platform to support the brewed beverage container, wherein the stand includes at least one power port, wherein when the power cord of the brewed beverage container is docked with the at least one power port of the stand, the stand supplies electrical power to the brewed beverage container;
wherein the stand and the brewed beverage container include respective power line communication subsystems to establish data communications therebetween over the power cord of the brewed beverage container, wherein the stand is configured to receive one or more status updates from the brewed beverage container over the power cord; and
wherein the stand is configured to be placed in a service location remote from the brewing device and includes a wireless communication subsystem configured to wirelessly send one or more of the one or more status updates regarding the brewed beverage container received via the power cord.