Wireless communication with a domestic appliance
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsMatthias Jahner, Christoph Söllner, Jürgen Tschögl
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Abstract
A method for wireless communication with a domestic appliance includes the following steps: transmitting radio signals by way of the domestic appliance; receiving the transmitted radio signals by way of multiple gateways; ascertaining an indication of a quality of the received radio signals by each gateway; transferring the indications to the central location; selecting one of the gateways based on the indications; and setting up a wireless communication connection between the domestic appliance and the selected gateway.
Claims12
A method for wireless communication of a small household appliance with a central location on the internet, the method comprising:
- transmitting radio signals from the small household appliance using Bluetooth®;
- receiving the transmitted radio signals by multiple gateways, each gateway being part of a large household appliance and each having a combined Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi module, and Wi-Fi being intended for connection to the central location on the Internet;
- determining an indication of a quality of the received radio signals by each gateway;
- transmitting the indications of quality to the central location;
- selecting one of the gateways to determine a selected gateway based of the indications of quality;
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- establishing a wireless communication connection between the small household appliance and the selected gateway, the selected gateway establishing a connection to the central location, such that the small household appliance can access the central location via the selected gateway.
A gateway on a large household appliance, comprising:
- a combined Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi module including a wireless communication interface based on Bluetooth® and a further Wi-Fi communication interface for connection to a central location on the internet;
- the gateway being configured:
- to receive radio signals from a small household appliance via Bluetooth®;
- to determine an indication of a quality of the received radio signals and transfer the indication of quality to the central location;
- to receive a request from the central location in response to the transferred indication of quality;
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- to set up a wireless communication connection to the small household appliance and establishing a connection to the central location, such that the small household appliance can access the central location via the gateway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.