Patent ID: 7032780

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a housing including a refrigeration compartment; at least one door supported by the housing, the door providing access to the refrigeration compartment; a display device supported by the housing; a drink supply container holder supported by the housing, the drink supply container holder configured to removably hold a plurality of removable drink supply containers, each of the drink supply containers having a drink supply outlet valve, wherein each of the drink supply containers can contain a variable volume of drink syrup, and the drink syrup in each of the drink supply containers can have a different flavor, each of the different flavored drink syrups associated with a different beverage; at least one water line supported by the housing; at least one water valve fluidly connected to the water line; a plurality of actuators supported by the housing, including: (a) one actuator operable to enable the drink supply outlet valve to switch between an open position and a closed position; and (b) another actuator operable to enable the water valve to switch between an open position and a closed position; at least one input device enabling a user to provide an input; at least one processor operatively coupled to the display device, the actuators and the input device; a memory device accessible by the processor, the memory device storing a plurality of instructions executable by the processor to: (a) cause the display device to display a plurality of different images, each of the images associated with a different one of beverages; (b) enable different events to occur that are associated with different ones of the beverages; (c) read at least one beverage data file after one of the events occurs, said beverage data file having data relating to one of the beverages; (d) cause the display device to graphically indicate at least a portion of said data relating to said beverage; (e) enable the user to input a request for said beverage using the input device; (f) cause a portion of the drink syrup of one of the drink supply containers to flow to a beverage collector, the flavor of said drink syrup associated with the requested beverage; and (g) cause water from the water line to flow to the beverage collector.