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US 11,539,547 B2Granted
Network system, information processing method, server, and refrigerator
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Nakashima
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Abstract
A network system includes a refrigerator, a terminal, and a server that is capable of communicating with the refrigerator and the terminal and that provides, to the terminal, at least information based on an opening/closing operation of a door of the refrigerator. When the refrigerator starts an eco-mode, the server restricts an operation related to the watching service.
Claims5
A network system comprising:
- a refrigerator in a first user's home;
- a terminal used by a second user;
- and
- a server capable of communicating with the refrigerator and the terminal and configured to provide, as a watching service, at least information based on an operation of opening and/or closing a door of the refrigerator to the terminal, the information including a notification that the door of the refrigerator is not opened and/or closed in a time zone in which the door of the refrigerator is usually opened and/or closed,
- the server being configured to, when the refrigerator starts an eco-mode, restrict providing the information including the notification.
2 more elements
An information processing method comprising a process performed by a server, the process comprising:
- starting a watching service for providing, to a terminal used by a second user, at least information based on an operation of opening and/or closing a door of a refrigerator in a first user's home, the information including a notification that the door of the refrigerator is not opened and/or closed in a time zone in which the door of the refrigerator is usually opened and/or closed;
- and
- restricting providing the information including the notification based on starting of an eco-mode in the refrigerator.
A server comprising:
- a communication interface for communicating with a refrigerator in a first user's home and a terminal used by a second user;
- and
- a processor configured to provide, as a watching service, at least information based on an operation of opening and/or closing a door of the refrigerator to the terminal via the communication interface, the information including a notification that the door of the refrigerator is not opened and/or closed in a time zone in which the door of the refrigerator is usually opened and/or closed, and, when the refrigerator starts an eco-mode, restrict providing the information including the notification.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a communication interface for communicating with a server;
- and
- a processor configured to provide, as a watching service, at least information based on an operation of opening and/or closing a door of the refrigerator to the server, the information including a notification that the door of the refrigerator is not opened and/or closed in a time zone in which the door of the refrigerator is usually opened and/or closed, and, when an eco-mode is started, restrict providing the information including the notification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.