Patents by Inventor David CARREWYN

David CARREWYN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for associating vessels with user accounts
    Patent number: 12481966
    Abstract: A vessel is assigned a unique vessel identifier (620). Before or after the vessel is filled, the vessel identifier is encoded into a machine-readable code that is printed or etched onto the vessel (630; 640). The code may have the property that it can be quickly read by a scanner from a variety of different angles and vessel orientations. When the vessel is sold to a user, the user may scan the machine-readable code (or a different code placed on a label associated with the vessel) using a smartphone (710), and the unique vessel identifier is linked to a user account associated with the user (740). Later, when the user places the empty vessel in the recycling stream, a scanner or camera placed in the recycling facility scans or captures the machine-readable code on the vessel and extracts the vessel identifier from the code (810; 820).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Joshua Casey Schwarber, Allen Lineberry, Benjamin John Kingston, David Carrewyn, Matthew Baker, Axel Kling, Patrick Etesse
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATING VESSELS WITH USER ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20230289747
    Abstract: A vessel is assigned a unique vessel identifier (620). Before or after the vessel is filled, the vessel identifier is encoded into a machine-readable code that is printed or etched onto the vessel (630; 640). The code may have the property that it can be quickly read by a scanner from a variety of different angles and vessel orientations. When the vessel is sold to a user, the user may scan the machine-readable code (or a different code placed on a label associated with the vessel) using a smartphone (710), and the unique vessel identifier is linked to a user account associated with the user (740). Later, when the user places the empty vessel in the recycling stream, a scanner or camera placed in the recycling facility scans or captures the machine-readable code on the vessel and extracts the vessel identifier from the code (810; 820).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Casey SCHWARBER, Allen LINEBERRY, Benjamin John KINGSTON, David CARREWYN, Matthew BAKER, Axel KLING, Patrick ETESSE