Patent ID: 8467900

Claim:
A dispense system, comprising: a media dispense line; a dispense pump connected to the media dispense line, the dispense pump pumping a media through the media dispense line; a dispense verification meter connected to the media dispense line, the dispense verification meter configured to: receive a descriptor for a desired dispense operation; responsive to a trigger signal indicating an occurrence of a dispense operation, measure flow rates of the media multiple times over the course of the dispense operation; measure an idle flow rate of the media one or more times during an idle period between dispense operations; calculate a dispensed volume of the media based on the multiple flow rate measurements and the idle flow rate measurement(s); and verify the dispense operation based on the calculated dispensed volume; and a control system communicatively coupled to the dispense pump and the dispense verification meter, the control system configured to receive verification from the dispense verification meter, and also configured to control the dispense pump.