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Abstract

A beverage preparation system comprising: a capsule dispenser to dispense a capsule to a user as a dispensing operation; a beverage preparation machine to extract an ingredient of a beverage from a capsule supplied thereto by a user as a beverage preparation operation, the capsule dispenser and beverage preparation machine being operatively linked by a control system, the control system being configured to: obtain dispensing information for determining a dispensing count, which comprises a running count of the capsule dispensing operations; obtain beverage preparation information for determining a beverage preparation count, which comprises a running count of the beverage preparation operations; wherein the control system is configured to disable a subsequent beverage preparation operation if the dispensing count is less than or equal to beverage preparation count or if the dispensing count is less than beverage preparation count by more than a first predetermined amount.

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First Claim