1. An automated mix in-cup apparatus for mixing consumable material,
the apparatus comprising:
a frame supporting a reciprocating carriage, the carriage supporting a mixing motor and a splash shield above a cup-receiving position, the splash shield comprising at least one sidewall and a closed lid and an open bottom end, the frame further comprising a well beneath the cup-receiving position, the well comprising a floor, a sidewall, an inlet manifold comprising at least one nozzle, and a drain;
a cup-receiving holder positioned at the cup-receiving position, the cup-receiving holder selectively removable from the frame;
a rotatable mixing blade extending from the mixing motor for mixing a consumable material, the motor operable to rotate the mixing blade; and
the shield further comprising a magnetic portion and the apparatus further comprising a first sensor operable to detect the magnetic portion of the shield and a safety interlock to prevent the actuation of the mixing blade when the magnetic portion is not proximate to the sensor.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the movement of the splash shield is selectively independent of the movement of the mixing blade.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a connection of the splash shield sidewall to the closed lid forms a conical portion, the conical portion effective to selectively seal the cup.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 further wherein a movement of the mixing blade is automatically effected to enter and exit a cup selectively placed at the cup-receiving position and the movement of the splash shield automatically effected to contact the frame, the contact between the splash shield and frame defining an enclosed space, the enclosed space comprising the cup-receiving position.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the carriage is positioned between three operational positions, the operational positions comprising a home position, a mixing position and a cleaning position.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, the apparatus further comprising a motor to drive the rotation of a lead screw, the lead screw passing through the carriage, the lead screw translating the rotational movement into a linear movement of the carriage.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, the apparatus further comprising a cord management system, the cord management system comprising at least one reciprocating pulley, the movement of the reciprocating pulley being directionally opposite of the movement of the reciprocating carriage.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the carriage comprises a carriage magnetic portion, the apparatus comprising a second sensor operable to detect the magnetic portion of the carriage, the apparatus operable to determine the location of the carriage via the detection of the carriage magnetic portion by the second sensor.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for transmitting an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) for roaming users in a digital broadcasting system, the method comprising:
generating a normal ESG indicating services available for local users in a network;
generating a special ESG indicating services available for roaming users in the network, the roaming users entering into the network from a neighboring network of the network; and
transmitting over at least one of an interactive network and a broadcast network the normal ESG and the special ESG to a terminal in the network.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the special ESG includes at least one of user roaming service information for a broadcast service available by the roaming users among the services provided by the network, visited service information for a broadcast service provided for the roaming users in the network, and service roaming service information for a broadcast service provided from a home network to which the terminal belongs, the broadcast service being available in the network through service roaming.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the service information includes at least one of identification information for a corresponding broadcast service, an original network identifier, a cell identifier, frequency information for the corresponding broadcast service, right information for the corresponding broadcast service, and charging information for the corresponding broadcast service.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the normal ESG and the special ESG are transmitted together using a single ESG data model, or transmitted independently using different ESG data models.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting step comprises:
encrypting the special ESG, and transmitting the encrypted special ESG over the broadcast network;
receiving from the terminal over the interactive network a request message for the special ESG; and
transmitting to the terminal over the interactive network in response to the request message a key used for decryption the encrypted special ESG.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting step comprises:
transmitting the special ESG over the interactive network without encryption.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
after transmitting the special ESG, performing a user roaming procedure or a service roaming procedure according to a roaming proposal from the terminal.
8. A method for receiving an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) for roaming users in a digital broadcasting system, the method comprising:
receiving over at least one of an interactive network and a broadcast network a normal ESG indicating services available for local users in a network and a special ESG indicating services available for roaming users in the network, the roaming users entering into the network from a neighboring of the network; and
performing a user roaming procedure or a service roaming procedure depending on the special ESG.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the special ESG includes at least one of user roaming service information for a broadcast service available by the roaming users among the services provided by the network, visited service information for a broadcast service provided for the roaming users in the network, and service roaming service information for a broadcast service provided from a home network to which each roaming user belongs, the broadcast service being available in the network through service roaming.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the service information includes at least one of identification information for a corresponding broadcast service, an original network identifier, a cell identifier, frequency information for the corresponding broadcast service, right information for the corresponding broadcast service, and charging information for the corresponding broadcast service.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the normal ESG and the special ESG are received together using a single ESG data model, or received independently using different ESG data models.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving step comprises:
receiving over the broadcast network an encrypted special ESG including the special ESG;
sending to the network over the interactive network a request message for the encrypted special ESG; and
receiving over the interactive network in response to the request message a key used for decryption the encrypted special ESG.
13. The method of claim 8, where the receiving step comprises:
receiving the special ESG over the interactive network without encryption.
14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
selecting the user roaming procedure based on the special ESG when a service expected by each roaming user cannot be received in the network, and selecting the service roaming procedure when the expected service can be received in a visited network.
15. An apparatus for transmitting an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) for roaming users in a digital broadcasting system, the apparatus comprising:
an ESG entity for generating a normal ESG indicating services available for local users in a network, and a special ESG indicating services available for roaming users in the network, the roaming users entering into the network from a neighboring network of the network; and
an interactive network and a broadcast network for transmitting the normal ESG and the special ESG to a terminal in the network.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the special ESG includes at least one of user roaming service information for a broadcast service available by the roaming users among the services provided by the network, visited service information for a broadcast service provided for the roaming users in the network, and service roaming service information for a broadcast service provided from a home network to which the terminal belongs, the broadcast service being available in the network through service roaming.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein each of the service information includes at least one of identification information for a corresponding broadcast service, an original network identifier, a cell identifier, frequency information for the corresponding broadcast service, right information for the corresponding broadcast service, and charging information for the corresponding broadcast service.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the normal ESG and the special ESG are transmitted together using a single ESG data model, or transmitted independently using different ESG data models.
19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the broadcast network transmits an encrypted special ESG including the special ESG to the terminal, and wherein the interactive network receives a request message for the special ESG from the terminal, and transmits to the terminal over the interactive network in response to the request message a key used for decryption the encrypted special ESG.
20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the interactive network transmits the special ESG to the terminal without encryption.
21. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a Mobility Management (MM) block for, after transmitting the special ESG, performing a user roaming procedure or a service roaming procedure according to a roaming proposal from the terminal.
22. An apparatus for receiving an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) for roaming users in a digital broadcasting system, the apparatus comprising:
an interactive adaptor and broadcast receiver for receiving over at least one of an interactive network and a broadcast network a normal ESG indicating services available for local users in a network and a special ESG indicating services available for roaming users in the network, the roaming users entering into the network from a neighboring network of the network; and
a control block for performing a user roaming procedure or a service roaming procedure based on the special ESG.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the special ESG includes at least one of user roaming service information for a broadcast service available by the roaming users among the services provided by the network, visited service information for a broadcast service provided for the roaming users in the network, and service roaming service information for a broadcast service provided from a home network to which each roaming user belongs, the broadcast service being available in the network through service roaming.
24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein each of the service information includes at least one of identification information for a corresponding broadcast service, an original network identifier, a cell identifier, frequency information for the corresponding broadcast service, right information for the corresponding broadcast service, and charging information for the corresponding broadcast service.
25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the normal ESG and the special ESG are received together using a single ESG data model, or received independently using different ESG data models.
26. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the broadcast receiver receives an encrypted special ESG including the special ESG over the broadcast network, and wherein the interactive adaptor sends a request message for the encrypted special ESG to the network over the interactive network, and receives a key used for decryption the encrypted special ESG, over the interactive network in response to the request message.
27. The apparatus of claim 22, where the interactive adaptor receives the special ESG over the interactive network without encryption.
28. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the control block selects the user roaming procedure depending on the special ESG when a service expected by each roaming user cannot be received in the network, and selects the service roaming procedure when the expected service can be received in a visited network.