Patent ID: 8863649

Claim:
A machine for creating and dispensing beverages, the machine comprising: a housing that stores cartridges that are used to create a beverage; a plurality of cartridges containing beverage ingredients, wherein each cartridge is replaceable and may be placed in the housing; a preparation unit, wherein a beverage is prepared from the beverage ingredients; a dispenser, wherein the dispenser releases the beverage liquid; a touch screen display; a plurality of icons, wherein the icons are associated with a specific type of beverage or action related to ordering or dispensing the beverage; a user interface (UI) component, wherein the UI component allows a user to order a beverage, and wherein the beverage is created based on a specific order from a customer; a processor; a memory communicatively coupled with the processor; a storage component communicatively coupled with the memory; a wireless transmit and receive communication component; a machine identification (ID); and a plurality of RFID tags, wherein the processor on the machine is configured to access RFID information from one or more RFID tags, wherein the one or more RFID tags are configured with beverage profile information, wherein one more tags are configured for read-only access of beverage related information and one or more tags are configured for read-and-write access of beverage related information, wherein the processor accesses RFID tag information, and wherein the machine sends to a network server separate from the machine beverage or other information accessed from the one or more RFID tags.