US 10,755,715 B2Granted

Restocking method and system

AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.

InventorsYingbiao Huang, Tian Tang

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Abstract

A restocking system includes a first compartment for storing consumable items; a restocking suggestion unit configured to receive restocking suggestions from a remotely located server; an output interface configured to output the restocking suggestions to a user; and a first hardware button located in an interior of the first compartment. The first hardware button is configured to: after a first restocking suggestion is output by the output interface, prompt the user to provide a confirmation input regarding the first restocking suggestion; send a respective confirmation signal to the remotely located server if the first hardware button is activated by the user within a preset time window after the first restocking suggestion is output; and send a respective rejection signal to the remotely located server if the first hardware button is not activated within the preset time window. A corresponding restocking method is also disclosed.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A restocking system, comprising:

a first compartment for storing a plurality of consumable items;
a restocking suggestion unit that is configured to receive restocking suggestions from a remotely located server over a network communication interface;
an output interface configured to output the restocking suggestions to a user;
and
a first hardware button that is located in an interior of the first compartment, wherein the first hardware button is configured to:
after a first restocking suggestion from the remotely located server is output by the output interface, prompt the user to provide a confirmation input regarding the first restocking suggestion;
send a respective confirmation signal to the remotely located server in accordance with a determination that the first hardware button is activated by the user within a preset time window after the first restocking suggestion is output by the output interface;
and
send a respective rejection signal to the remotely located server in accordance with a determination that the first hardware button is not activated within the preset time window after the first restocking suggestion is output by the output interface.

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A method of providing restocking suggestions, comprising:

at an appliance including one or more processors, memory, and a first compartment for storing a plurality of consumable items:
outputting a first restocking suggestion through an output interface;
after the first restocking suggestion is output by the output interface, providing a first prompt, via a first hardware button that is located in an interior of the first compartment, to request a confirmation input from a user regarding the first restocking suggestion;
while providing the first prompt, detecting activation of the first hardware button by the user;
and
in response to detecting the activation of the first hardware button while the first prompt is provided, sending a respective confirmation signal regarding the first restocking suggestion to a remotely located server.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/799,667Filed 24 Feb 2020 · continuation
Priority: 9 Mar 2018
Published: US 2020/0193996 A118 Jun 2020
Granted: 25 Aug 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification39 codes

G07F 9/009
Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus: user recognition or proximity detection
G10L 15/22
Speech recognition: procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
F25D 29/00
Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
G06F 3/02
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: input arrangements using manually operated…

Family

Application15/917,304Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Mar 2018
US 2020/0193996 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Jun 2020
US 10,614,805 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2019/0279625 A1Published application
US 10,755,715 B2This patent

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