Interactive touch screen device for wine

Abstract

Interactive display and rendering device, system and method for wine bottles are disclosed. An interactive wine management and display device and method using a scanning instrument capable of scanning information regarding a bottle of wine; an imaging instrument capable of collecting an image of at least a portion of a bottle of wine; a connection to a wine database containing information regarding wines; a connection to a database having images of wine bottles. The device is able to render the images as well as information on the wine to a display for user interaction.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of recommending to a user a bottle of wine from a wine cabinet having a user interface with a controller and a display device, the method comprising:
 identifying a storage location for at least some bottles of wine in the wine cabinet;   obtaining information regarding at least some of the bottles of wine by the wine cabinet with the controller;   storing the information regarding the at least some of the bottles of wine and the corresponding identified storage location in a memory of the controller;   receiving, by the controller, a selection criteria; and   recommending at least one bottle of wine from the at least some of the bottles of wine based on the selection criteria to define at least one recommended bottle of wine by indicating on the display device the storage location of the at least one recommended bottle of wine.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein identifying the storage location includes indicating on the display device the storage location corresponding to a physical location for the at least one recommended bottles of wine. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein obtaining information regarding at least some of the bottles of wine further includes scanning a label, barcode, or UPC. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  wherein obtaining information regarding at least some of the bottles of wine further includes retrieving information from a database. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein obtaining information further includes receiving user-inputted information. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein receiving the selection criteria further includes receiving a user input at the display device. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein receiving the selection criteria further comprises receiving the selection criteria at the controller. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein recommending the bottle of wine comprises providing an indicator on the display device at a location corresponding to the storage location of the at least one recommended bottle of wine. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein recommending the bottle of wine includes highlighting a portion of the display device to indicate the storage location of the wine cabinet for the at least one recommended bottle of wine. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the at least one recommended bottle of wine includes multiple bottles of wine. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising recommending at least one different bottle of wine from the at least some of the bottles of wine based upon the selection criteria and related to the at least one recommended bottle of wine. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11  wherein recommending at least one different bottle of wine includes indicating on the display device the storage location of the at least one different bottle of wine in addition to the at least one recommended bottle of wine. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein recommending the at least one different bottle includes connecting the at least one recommended bottle of wine to the at least one different bottle of wine with a line indicated on the display device. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the selection criteria is one or more of locations of origin, vineyard, type, food pairing, price, image of label, or peak. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising displaying, on the display device, information regarding the recommended bottle of wine. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  wherein displaying further includes displaying an image of a label of the recommended bottle of wine on the display device. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising requesting, at the display device, additional information regarding the bottle of wine. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the display device is a transparent touchscreen display device;
 wherein identifying the storage location for at least some of the bottles of wine in the wine cabinet includes indicating on the transparent touchscreen display device the storage location of the at least some bottles of wine; 
 wherein obtaining information regarding at least some of the bottles of wine includes scanning, with a scanner, a label, barcode, or UPC of the at least some bottles of wine, 
 wherein receiving, by the controller, the selection criteria includes inputting the selection criteria at the transparent touchscreen display device; and 
 wherein recommending at least one bottle of wine includes highlighting a portion of the transparent touchscreen display device corresponding to a physical location in the wine cabinet as the storage location of the at least one recommended bottle of wine. 
 
     
     
         19 . A method of recommending to a user a bottle of wine from a wine cabinet having a wine rack with multiple bottle storage locations, a user interface with a controller, and a transparent touchscreen display device forming a door of the wine cabinet and in communication with the controller, the method comprising:
 identifying, at the transparent touchscreen display, a storage location for at least some bottles of wine in the wine cabinet;   obtaining information regarding the at least some bottles of wine by the wine cabinet with the controller;   storing the information regarding the at least some bottles of wine and the corresponding identified storage location in a memory of the controller;   receiving by the controller a selection criteria; and   recommending at least one bottle of wine from the at least some of the bottles of wine based on the selection criteria to define at least one recommended bottle of wine by indicating on the transparent touchscreen display the storage location of the at least one recommended bottle of wine.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising receiving, at the transparent, touchscreen display, at least one selection criteria. 
     
     
         21 . A method of recommending a food pairing for a bottle of wine from a wine cabinet having a door including a transparent touchscreen display device in communication with a controller, the method comprising:
 receiving an input at the controller indicative of a touch location on the transparent touchscreen display device corresponding to a physical location of a selected bottle of wine in the wine cabinet;   displaying information regarding the selected bottle of wine on the transparent touchscreen display device; and   recommending the food pairing for the selected bottle of wine by displaying the food pairing in the displayed information regarding the selected bottle of wine.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21  further comprising inputting, at the transparent touchscreen display device, a selection criteria. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22  further comprising recommending at least one recommended bottle of wine related to the selection criteria wherein the recommended food pairing relates to the at least one recommended bottle of wine. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21  wherein selecting the selected bottle of wine further comprising highlighting a portion of the transparent touchscreen display device corresponding to the physical location of the selected bottle of wine. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 21  further comprising recommending at least one different bottle of wine related to the selected bottle of wine.