Domestic appliance, domestic appliance system, and method for operating a domestic appliance
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräe GmbH
InventorsMarkus Kuchler, Kerstin Rigorth, Sebastian Sterz
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Abstract
A network-compatible household appliance includes a communications facility for coupling via a data link to an external database. The household appliance is configured to receive operating parameters relevant for an operating sequence from the database via the communications facility, to store the operating parameters for implementing the operating sequence by the household appliance, and, when triggered by a user, to automatically transfer the operating parameters for the operating sequence to the database via the communications facility.
Claims13
A network-compatible household appliance, comprising a communications facility for coupling via a data link to an external database, said household appliance being configured to:
- receive operating parameters relevant for an operating sequence from the database via the communications facility,
- store the operating parameters for implementing the operating sequence by the household appliance, and
- in response to being triggered by a user, automatically transfer the operating parameters for the operating sequence to the database via the communications facility;
- wherein the household appliance is further configured to query a user specification associated with the operating sequence and to transfer the user specification together with the operating parameters to the database, wherein the user specification comprises a rating of a characteristic of a commodity that is to be handled in response to the operating sequence.
A household appliance system, comprising:
- a network-compatible household appliance comprising a communications facility;
- a database storing operating parameters relevant for an operating sequence to be implemented by the household appliance and providing in a retrievable manner the operating parameters to the household appliance;
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- a network configured to couple the communication facility of the household appliance to the database;
- wherein the database is configured to enable a user to submit a rating for a set of operating parameters of an operating sequence, and the household appliance system is configured to calculate an average rating from multiple individual ratings, wherein the average rating is stored in and retrieved from the database such that the average rating is linked to the operating sequence.
A method for operating a network-compatible household appliance, said method comprising:
- implementing an operating sequence on the household appliance;
- when triggered by a user and after the operating sequence is terminated, automatically transferring operating parameters relevant for the operating sequence to an external database;
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- retrieving the operating parameters stored in the external database by a network-compatible household appliance in order to implement a corresponding operating sequence;
- wherein the external database is configured to enable a user to submit a rating for a set of operating parameters of an operating sequence;
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- wherein the external database is configured to store sets of operating parameters of multiple variants of an operating sequence together with their ratings, and configured to store at least two of the variants as different operating sequences.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.