IntelliCUP is a fully integrated PCT patented beverage dispensing system.

• It comprises a modular dispensing unit that can be linked to any chiller system and kegged product - the IntelliHead.

• This units settings are controlled via the IntelliHub (a web based management portal) which also provides Merchant data – measuring the number of cups docked and per ml beverage flow which can be equated to money in the merchants account for auditing.

• IntelliApp is the customer interface providing a cloud based pre-paid wallet and cup scanning function, allowing the customer to fund a wallet via various payment gateways and link a cup via a NFC tag in the base of the “IntelliCup” to this wallet for seamless cashless beverage dispensing.

• App usage then provides customer stats in terms of geo location, usage, beverage preference and provides an opportunity to communicate to the customer directly.

The IntelliCup system includes the following key components:

• A modular IntelliHead with NFC reader, programmable washable cup docking station, a bottom fill injector nozzle, a bespoke PCB with remote update software as well as temperature sensors, flow meter and geo location sensor.

• A reusable IntelliCup (20 plus uses) with a non-return valve and 25 mm rewritable NFC chip with unique Account in the base.

• The IntelliHUB used by a merchant to set his beverage descriptor, age setting, beverage pour volume and price – and track/audit his data

• A customer would download the IntelliApp and fund his account and via scanning the NFC or QR code on the chip link the cup to his own cloud based account

• By docking the IntelliCup the NFC communicates via the Intellihead to the Cloud based server and checks the age verification, it then reserves the funds, sends a message back to the IntelliHead to dispense the beverage. On a successful pour (against the volume setting) the funds are transferred to the vendor and the customer account debited. All in a total time of less than 12 seconds per pour.

Live commercial trials in the USA from 23 May 2018.

• IntelliCup has the opportunity to disrupt the existing attempts to increase the speed of pour and enhance profitability. People have been chasing speed of pour, but no one has focussed on the combination of “quality and speed” as well as merchant and customer enhancement.

• Unit price is the same as an upmarket draught beer pull and furthermore offers a data set that no other liquor delivery service currently offers. It is easily retrofitted into existing cold chains or given its size made into mobile solutions

• Given that Draught beer services are notoriously unprofitable, but remain the least expensive method of beer delivery, IntelliCup serves to provide an easy accessible solution that in turn supports environmental responsibility through its cup usage and reduction in waste overall.

• The system has been trialed at a number of events in South Africa in test and commercial venues.

Do long beverage queues, missing game or stage time and warm flat beer remind you of your last event?

With IntelliCUP (a patented IOT beverage dispensing system) it is a thing of the past. It delivers:

integrated solutions for Merchant sales and data tracking, geo location, beverage temp at pour, number of cups docked, volume through the system, funds in the account

and a Customer App which manages cashless dispensing (via a funded cloud based wallet) and customer cup control to link and unlink cups

whilst ensuring a perfectly metered serve via a bespoke "Cup" and modular IntelliHead dispenser.

Feb - Aug 2016 -

- Developed the system prototype,

- Commenced patent filing in 47 countries

- Validated the integrated concept in Rotterdam at the Mendix World Show

- Obtained seed funding

Sep 2016 - May 2017

- Commissioned modular fully integrated system design

- Tested Alpha IntelliHead developments, IntelliHub and IntelliApp

- Tested Beta IntelliHead and revised IntelliHub and IntelliApp

June 2017 - Dec 2017

- South Africa Patent granted 30/08/2017

- Undertook first USA Roadshow

- Signed up USA Licensee

- Elicited initial orders

Jan 2018 to date

- Production IntelliHead development

- bespoke USA IntelliHub development (age verification and banking)

- Bespoke USA IntelliApp development (age verification and banking)

- USA Infrastructural set up

May 2018

- Commercial launch planned Atlanta May 2018

There have been few advances in speeding up “draft” beer / beverage serving processes at events:

historically slow

poor quality and warm

no customer tracking or merchant audit capability.

No-one had yet designed an IOT “beverage” dispensing system supporting both Customer enjoyment and Merchant profitability.

Considerations included:

unit size,

weight and cost,

size and cost / environmental impact of cup and NFC chip,

age regulations / verification in differing countries

as well as system operation with international banking regulations.

IOT was a key development platform and NFC was selected as the control technology between:

allowing a customer to link a reusable cup (IntelliCup) via a cellular device

to allowing the dispensing unit (IntelliHead) to read the NFC cup via a NFC reader in

the device

and communicate with the servers and accounting system to complete and process

the transaction

dispense the beverage and capture the IntelliHead and Customer data accordingly.