Patent ID: 8910674

Claim:
A beverage dispensing system comprising: at least one beverage container, the beverage container comprising: a sidewall disposed around a central bottom, wherein the bottom is distal to an opening for receiving a beverage, and a container wireless transceiver associated with the container; and at least one beverage dispenser, the beverage dispenser comprising: a housing that includes a push-button; a valve extending from the housing configured to dispense liquid into the container located below the valve, wherein pushing the push-button controls a flow of the beverage from the valve to the container; a dispenser wireless transceiver located in close proximity to the beverage dispenser configured to communicate with the container wireless transceiver on the beverage container, wherein one of the container wireless transceiver or the dispenser wireless transceiver transmits an electronic signal that is received by the other of the container wireless transceiver or the dispenser wireless transceiver and the electronic signal meets a threshold signal strength that is required for the valve to dispense the beverage, and further wherein the threshold signal strength is met only when the container is properly located to receive the beverage from the valve, and further wherein the push-button illuminates when the beverage dispenser is communicating with the beverage container.