Patent ID: 11871865
Assignee: CIRKUL, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  G  B  H | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus so as to be portable, the beverage apparatus comprising:
a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber, and the chamber storing a consumable liquid in the chamber;
a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle, and the receptacle retaining a vessel, and the vessel containing an additive,
the dispensing assembly operatively controllable to perform dispensing of the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid in the beverage apparatus;

a first element that includes an accelerometer, the accelerometer outputting acceleration data regarding acceleration that the beverage apparatus experiences;
an apparatus computer processor (ACP);
an apparatus database portion that includes instructions that are performed by the ACP in operation of the beverage apparatus, and the ACP performing processing including:
inputting the acceleration data from the accelerometer;
determining volume data, regarding the consumable liquid in the chamber, based on the acceleration data; and
performing processing based on the volume data.