US Patent Issued to DIGITAL DRINK DISPENSERS on Oct. 20 for "Electronic table mat" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,181, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to DIGITAL DRINK DISPENSERS Ltd. (Bath, Great Britain).

"Electronic table mat" was invented by Ian Matthew Locke (Hilperton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ordering system (1101) comprises a plurality of electronic table mats (101) and a user terminal (1102) comprising a wireless communication device (1108) for communicating with a wireless communication network (1106). Each electronic table mat (101) comprises a body (102) having first and second faces (103, 104) and supporting an electronic system (105) that comprises: a display device (301), a data processor (304) with access t...