US 10,951,751 B2 · Mobile application for controlling outdoor grill

Abstract

Embodiments are directed to controlling an electronically-controlled appliance using a software application and providing a user interface for controlling an electronically-controlled appliance. In one scenario, a computer system receives an indication from a remote computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is communicably connected to the remote computing system. The computer system provides a notification in the software application indicating that the electronically-controlled appliance is available to receive instructions, and receives a user input at the software application indicating that certain functions are to be performed by the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system further generates instructions configured to control the electronically-controlled appliance based on the functions specified in the received user input, and sends the generated instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions. These functions are then interpreted and carried out on the electronically-controlled appliance via the hardware controller.

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Dependent claims

A cloud computing system for communicating with and controlling operation of an electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill, the cloud computing system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the cloud computing system to perform at least the following:
while the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill is unignited, receive an ignition command from a remote device via a software application, wherein the ignition command is configured to cause the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill to ignite wood-pellets within the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill;
receive an indication of a current location associated with the remote device;
determine that the ignition command is not permissible based upon a current location of the remote device;
and
prevent the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill from igniting the wood-pellets within the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill based upon the current location of the remote device, wherein the cloud computing system is in direct communication with the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill.

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A cloud computing system for communicating with and controlling operation of an electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill, the cloud computing system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the cloud computing system to perform at least the following:
cause at least one command for the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill to be displayed within a software application of a remote device;
identify a relative location of the remote device with respect to the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill, wherein the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill is in an unignited state;
and
based upon the relative location, prevent a received ignition command from being sent to the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill from the cloud computing system, wherein the cloud computing system is in direct communication with the electronically-controlled wood-pellet grill.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile application for controlling outdoor grill

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Mobile application for controlling outdoor grill

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