Patent ID: 8600547

Claim:
A sheet product dispenser, comprising: a housing configured to receive a supply of sheet product; a dispensing mechanism disposed and configured to dispense the sheet product from the housing; and a controller operably coupled to the dispensing mechanism, the controller comprising a processer responsive to executable instructions, which when executed by the processor facilitate: recording of usage data associated with the sheet product; using the usage data for prediction of at least one of: a depletion date of the sheet product; a time to depletion of the sheet product; a time to near-depletion of the sheet product; and a near-depletion date of the sheet product; and transmission of at least one of: the depletion date of the sheet product; the time to depletion of the sheet product the time to near-depletion of the sheet product and the near-depletion date of the sheet product.