Appliance controller application
OwnerEric Donald Fescenmeyer, Ryan Michael Johnson Shroatinventors
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Abstract
A system and method for preparing food products in a programmable appliance such as a microwave includes an appliance configured with a communication element for communicating with a device such as a smartphone, tablet, or computer. The device is configured to scan a product identifier such as a barcode and match the scanned identifier with a list of known identifiers stored in a database. The database associates each of the product identifiers with a product and instructions for cooking the product in the appliance. In another aspect of the invention, a remote server may be provided and configured to receive information from the device such as demographic information relating to the user of the system and the products used thereby.
Claims20
A system for cooking a food item comprising:
- an appliance;
- and
- a device in operable communication with the appliance configured to read a product identifier associated with the food item and transmit a set of cooking instructions associated with the food item to the appliance.
An appliance comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive communications of cooking instructions associated with a product from an electronic device;
- and
- a controller configured to program the microwave to cook the product according to the cooking instructions.
A method of marketing, comprising the steps of:
- registering a user via a program stored on an electronic device;
- collecting user data at a server in operable communication with the electronic device;
- scanning product information with the electronic device;
- associating the product information with the collected user data;
- presenting targeted advertisements to the user on the electronic device, corresponding to the user data and scanned product information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.