Patents Assigned to PepsiCo
  • Interactive closure device and beverage container
    Patent number: 10735934
    Abstract: An interactive beverage container includes a beverage container that defines an opening which may be sealed by a closure. The closure may further include circuitry that is configured to transmit data to a mobile device. When the closure is in a closed configuration with the closure attached to the opening, the circuitry does not transmit data to the mobile device and when the closure is in an open configuration with the closure removed from the opening, the circuitry transmits data to the mobile device. The data may include nutritional information, marketing materials, videos, track loyalty programs, and/or provide games or contests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Campbell, Bruno Telesca
  • Systems and methods for parallel and scalable processing of telemetry data from connected dispensing machines
    Patent number: 10715632
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for parallel and scalable processing of messages containing telemetry data at an administrator system. The administrator system can receive a large number of messages containing telemetry data from many dispenser machines in a short amount of time. To receive and process those messages, the systems and methods of the present disclosure provide a message queuer to queue the messages (or at least the telemetry data in the messages) in a plurality of queues and a different thread or process for each of the plurality of queues. Each thread or process can pull messages out of its assigned queue in order and process the telemetry data of the messages. The threads or processes can run on one or more central processing unit cores at the administrator system. This setup allows for horizontal scaling in terms of message processing throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventor: George Xu Gong
  • Cold plasma sanitation for a dispensing machine
    Patent number: 10694887
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a dispensing system and a sanitizing system. The apparatus has a dispensing mode and sanitizing mode. The dispensing system may comprise a first valve and at least one component, the at least one component having an inner surface. The first valve is opened to send a free-flowing material to the at least one component when the apparatus is in the dispensing mode. The first valve is closed when the apparatus is in the sanitizing mode. The sanitizing system comprises a processing unit having a discharge cell configured to initiate a cold plasma discharge in an air flow. A tank may be configured to receive the air flow from the discharge cell of the processing unit and expose water in the tank to the air flow for a time sufficient to provide dissolution of ozone from the air flow into the water and form ozone-containing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Indrani Deo, Georgy Martsinovskiy, Mikhail Verbitsky, Dmitry Falkov
  • Beverage dispensing system
    Patent number: 10676339
    Abstract: A method of determining a sold-out state of a beverage dispenser is provided. The method includes providing a beverage dispenser including a pump having a gas exhaust port, a dispensing valve, and a sensor disposed on the pump gas exhaust port. The method may include activating the beverage dispenser to dispense a beverage through the dispensing valve and during the activating, sensing a gas exhaust pattern of the pump. The method may also include generating a signal based on the sensed gas exhaust pattern and determining whether the beverage dispenser is in a normal-pour state or a sold-out state. The method may also include providing feedback about the sold-out state to a user interface of the beverage dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Karol, Robert W. Balstad, Anthony Romano, Alberto Pravato, Alessandro Roncato
  • Preparation and incorporation of co-products into beverages to enhance nutrition and sensory attributes
    Patent number: 10667546
    Abstract: Co-products from juice extraction, in particular for use in beverage and food products to enhance nutrition and sensory attributes of the products, are provided. The co-product has a number average particle size of between 1 and 2000 microns, a total polyphenol content of at least 2500 parts per million, a moisture content of between 70% and 85% by weight, and a combined peel and seed content between 0.01% and 20% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sundar Bala, Bryan William Hitchcock, MongJan Hsieh, Rachel Lisa Jordan, Jeffrey David Mathews, Teodoro Rivera, Jin-E Shin, William B. Small, II
  • Printed user interface
    Patent number: 10664132
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that, in some aspects, provide for a cost-reduced touch sensitive user interface including a static printed display. The methods and systems may include providing illumination to guide a user through interaction with a touch sensitive user interface. The methods and systems may include a configurable printed display. Further aspects are disclosed providing use of a cost-reduced touch user interface in a beverage dispensing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Eduardo Broen, Dominick Salvato, Peter Randall Daly
  • Beverage and food production using Greek yogurt acid whey
    Patent number: 10645954
    Abstract: A method of producing a beverage base or a component for a beverage or a food, providing Greek yogurt acid whey which has been obtained by separating the whey from Greek yogurt during a manufacturing process for the Greek yogurt; removing from the acid whey particulate material having a particle size of greater than 10 ?m; filtering the whey, directly or indirectly thus obtained to remove from the whey any bacteria and germinated bacterial spores therein having a molecular mass of at least 10,000 Daltons, the filtering being through a filter having a pore size of no greater than 1 ?m; and filtering the whey, directly or indirectly thus obtained to remove from the whey any enzymes therein having a molecular mass of at least 1,000 Daltons, the filtering being through a filter having a pore size of no greater than 0.1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Damian Browne, Yvonne Collins, Margaret Dohnalek, Dave McDonagh, Heidi Kleinbach-Sauter, Kyle Shadix, Siow Ying Tan
  • Preservative system for acidic beverages based on sequestrants
    Patent number: 10631557
    Abstract: The present invention provides beverage preservative systems for use in high acid beverage products, and beverage products comprising the beverage preservative systems. The beverage preservative system prevents spoilage by microorganisms in a beverage within a sealed container for a period of at least 16 weeks. The present invention reduces or eliminates the use of conventional preservatives that pose health and/or environmental concerns. The components that make up the beverage preservative system of invention work together in a synergistic manner to reduce the amount of preservative required and so improve the inventive beverage's sensory impact over beverages having conventional preservatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard T. Smith
  • Printed user interface
    Patent number: 10627992
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that, in some aspects, provide for a cost-reduced touch sensitive user interface including a static printed display. The methods and systems may include providing illumination to guide a user through interaction with a touch sensitive user interface. The methods and systems may include a configurable printed display. Further aspects are disclosed providing use of a cost-reduced touch user interface in a beverage dispensing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Eduardo Broen, Dominick Salvato, Peter Randall Daly
  • Dispenser
    Patent number: D886522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Lim, Klaus Rosburg
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D886612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge Manuel Maquita Nakano, Lori Evans Bartman
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D886613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Chase Andersen, Toby Richard David Wingfield, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert J. Groll
  • Cap and container
    Patent number: RE48037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Hernan Marina, Jorge Manuel Maquita Nakano, Tucker Fort, Carlos Francisco Gomez, Paul Katz, Jacob Pamborg, Christopher R. Xydis
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D887204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew Alexander Read Palin, Xavi Cortadellas, Sean Joseph Huls, Tucker H. Fort, Alexander Ian James Wastney, John Traub, Boris Kontorovich, Melissa L. Anderson, Rebecca K. Randell
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D887271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Hu, Antonio Pugliese, Gianmauro Vella
  • Container
    Patent number: D887272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Advait Bhat, Girish Nilkanth Deshpande, Maximiliano Rodriguez, Benjamin Joseph Tantanella, Bruno Telesca, Alexander David Warning, Lei Zhao, Nathan Daniel Grubbs, Ryan Alan Klenke
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D889264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Emilian D. Cartis, William R. Eaton, Niklas Gustafsson, Kamal Mahajan, Charles White
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D889974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Niklas Gustafsson, Christopher Nobles, Gustavo de Souza Messias, Christopher John Miller
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D889975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Emilian Dan Cartis, Ted Murphy
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D890611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Advait Bhat, Bruno Telesca, Marc T. Wiescinski