Patent ID: 7801689

Claim:
A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable memory, including instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to: track the composition of distilled spirits in each of a plurality of containers used in the production of a distilled spirit product; specify a blend of a first quantity of a first distilled spirit from at least a first container in the plurality of containers with a second quantity of a second distilled spirit from at least a second container in the plurality of containers to form a third quantity of a third distilled spirit; specify the placement of the third quantity of the third distilled spirit into at least a third container in the plurality of containers; compute the final composition of the distilled spirits in the third container based on the known composition of the first quantity of the first distilled spirit, the known composition of the second quantity of the second distilled spirit, and the known composition in the third container at a time prior to the placement of the third quantity of the third distilled spirit into the third container; store information about the final composition, quantity and age of the distilled spirits in the first container, the second container, and the third container; use the stored information about the final composition, quantity and age of the distilled spirits to compute an amount of taxes owed on the distilled spirits in the first container, the second container, and the third container; and perform compliance tasks with respect to the distilled spirits including automatically populating a plurality of forms for automatic periodic submission to a regulatory agency.