System and method to obtain and optimize mixtures for preparing beverages

Abstract

A device to produce personalized mixtures of substances is configured to be controlled by computer program code running on a user terminal. The computer program code enables a user of the user terminal to create and personalize the formulas for optimizing the beverage according to the specific needs of the user and order the beverages from a remote location.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A server comprising:
 a database to store at least a plurality of personalized preferences, wherein the preferences are collected from a plurality of users;   a processing device configured to create clusters of the personalized preferences according to a plurality of parameters.   
     
     
         2 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the personalized preferences are personalized formulas of mixtures. 
     
     
         3 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the parameters include at least a sensory profile, a purpose of a beverage, an origin profile, a type of blend, a territory, a geographic origin or area, a type of serving. 
     
     
         4 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein stored clustered personalized preferences are referred, or correlated, to other data for data analysis activities, including statistic analyses and/or big data analytics. 
     
     
         5 . A method for storing a plurality of personalized preferences on a server, the method comprising:
 receiving at the server, the plurality of personalized preferences from a plurality of user terminals;   storing the received plurality of personalized preferences in a database;   clustering the plurality of personalized preferences according to a plurality of parameters.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the personalized preferences are personalized formulas of mixtures. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the parameters include at least a sensory profile, a purpose of a beverage, an origin profile, a type of blend, a territory, a geographic origin or area, a type of serving. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein stored clustered personalized preferences are referred, or correlated, to other data for data analysis activities, including statistic analyses and/or big data analytics.