Method for operating a domestic appliance, computer program product and arrangement comprising a domestic appliance and an external operating device

A method for operating a household appliance, said method comprising:

• establishing a communications connection between an external operating facility and the household appliance;
• executing on the external operating facility an application that is configured so as to receive data from and/or to transmit data to the household appliance via the communications connection;
• detecting an interaction of a user with the application of the external operating facility;
• and
• terminating the communications connection between the external operating facility and the household appliance in dependence upon an expiration of a predetermined time interval since a last detected interaction of the user with the application of the external operating facility.

An arrangement, comprising:

• a household appliance;
• an external operating facility;
• a communications connection configured to couple the household appliance and the external operating facility;
• and
• an application executable on the external operating facility and configured to receive data from and/or to transmit data to the household appliance via the communications connection, to detect during execution of the application on the external operating facility an interaction of a user with the application, and to terminate the communications connection between the external operating facility and the household appliance in dependence upon an expiration of a predetermined time interval since a last detected interaction of the user with the application on the external operating facility.