Patent ID: 9560932
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A beverage preparation machine with a virtual shopping functionality, the beverage preparation machine comprising: an arrangement configured to process a beverage ingredient to dispense a beverage according to a purchase request, the arrangement comprising a liquid reservoir connected to a liquid circulation circuit comprising a pump, a heater and a brewing unit, the touch screen is configured to display a graphical representation of an interior of a shop offering goods related to the beverage preparation machine on the touch screen, display a graphical representation of a container on the touch screen, and submit information on a touch operation to the control unit, the control unit is configured to accept selection of a selected good for purchase from the goods upon detecting a touch operation on the graphical representation of the selected good on the touch screen and on the graphical representation of the container on the touch screen, and the goods are boxes comprising at least two capsules, each of the at least two capsules having therein ingredients for preparing the beverage, the boxes comprising different types of the at least two capsules with a different color and/or at a different position on the touch screen, the selection of the selected good for purchase identifying one of the different types of the at least two capsules, and the control unit configured to send from the beverage preparation machine to a remote server the purchase request for the identified type of the at least two capsules entered at the beverage preparation machine.