Patent ID: 8523065

Claim:
A method for re-use of media for authorizing beverage dispensation, comprising: reading beverage information from a re-usable medium, removably associated with a container into which beverage is dispensed, at a reader associated with a beverage dispenser; and (a) when the information authorizes dispensing a beverage: dispensing a beverage into the container; updating the re-usable medium with revised beverage information; and repeating the steps of reading, dispensing, and updating until the information does not authorize dispensing a beverage; and (b) when the information does not authorize dispensing a beverage: refusing to dispense a beverage; indicating that a beverage will not be dispense; collecting the re-usable medium; placing new beverage information on the re-usable medium; and providing the re-usable medium to a person different than an immediately previous holder of the reusable medium.