Method for controlling hygiene of a portable packaged food container
OwnerWenbin Wei, Ying Zhang +2inventors
InventorsWenbin Wei, Ying Zhang, Zhili Ding, Huarong Yu
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Abstract
A system may automatically conduct hygiene cycles for a confined space such an interior space of a box suitable for storing and/or carrying packaged food. The system may include a hygiene device that can be attached to the box to conduct the hygiene cycles and a user interface device that can wirelessly communicate with the hygiene device to control the conduction of the hygiene cycles. The system may also automatically collect information related to the hygiene cycles using the hygiene device and transmit the collected information to a network directly or through the user interface device.
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A method for controlling a hygiene device communicatively coupled to a network, the hygiene device configured to be attached to a food delivery box to conduct hygiene cycles each including spray of a hygiene agent into the box for a spray duration and to record information related to performance of the hygiene cycles, the method comprising:
- providing a mobile device capable of wirelessly communicating with the hygiene device and wirelessly communicating with the network;
- transmitting a hygiene cycle schedule from the network to the mobile device;
- learning a food ordering and delivery status using the mobile device;
- initiating each hygiene cycle of the hygiene cycles according to the hygiene cycle schedule and the food ordering and delivery status using the mobile device;
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- transmitting the recorded information related to performance of the each hygiene cycle from the hygiene device to the mobile device.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:
- communicating with a hygiene device via a first wireless communication link, the hygiene device configured to be attached to a food delivery box to conduct hygiene cycles each including spray of a hygiene agent into the box for a spray duration and to record information related to performance of the hygiene cycles;
- communicating with a network via a second wireless communication link;
- receiving a hygiene cycle schedule from the network;
- learning a food ordering and delivery status;
- initiating each hygiene cycle of the hygiene cycles according to the hygiene cycle schedule and the food ordering and delivery status;
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- receiving the recorded information related to performance of the each hygiene cycle from the hygiene device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.