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US 6,549,818 B1Granted
Cooking appliance and cooking system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorMohamed Ahmed Ali
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Abstract
A cooking appliance, such as a stove or oven, includes a food-heating unit having a computer-controlled temperature controller and an Internet-accessing appliance computer having a computer program. The program downloads a cooking recipe from the Internet. The recipe includes a food list and pre-cooking directions which are displayed to a user and also includes a cooking temperature schedule which is used by the temperature controller of the food-heating unit. A cooking system includes the cooking appliance and an Internet-accessible host computer containing cooking recipes.
Claims18
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a) a food-heating unit having a computer-controlled temperature controller;
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- b) an appliance computer containing an executable program which inputs a cooking recipe including a food list, pre-cooking directions, a user profile, and a cooking temperature schedule, wherein said appliance computer displays said food list and said pre-cooking directions to a user, wherein said appliance computer outputs a signal representing said cooking temperature schedule to said temperature controller of said food-heating unit during execution of said program, and wherein said program inputs said user profile and modifies said cooking recipe based on said user profile.
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a) a food-heating unit having a computer-controlled temperature controller;
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- b) an Internet-accessing appliance computer containing an executable program which inputs an Internet-downloaded cooking recipe including a food list, pre-cooking directions, a user profile, and a cooking temperature schedule, wherein said Internet- accessing appliance computer displays said food list and said pre-cooking directions to a user, and wherein said Internet-accessing appliance computer outputs a signal representing said cooking temperature schedule to said temperature controller of said food-heating unit during execution of said program, and wherein said program inputs said user profile and modifies said Internet-downloaded cooking recipe based on said user profile.
A cooking system comprising:
- a) a host computer containing a plurality of cooking recipes each including a food list, pre-cooking directions, a user profile and a cooking temperature schedule;
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- b) a cooking appliance including:
- (1) a food-heating unit having a computer-controlled temperature controller, and
- (2) an appliance computer linkable to said host computer and containing an executable program which inputs one of said cooking recipes from said host computer, wherein said appliance computer displays said food list and said pre-cooking directions of said one of said cooking recipes to a user, wherein said appliance computer outputs a signal representing said cooking temperature schedule of said one of said cooking recipes to said temperature controller of said food-heating unit during execution of said program;
- and wherein said program inputs said user profile and modifies said cooking recipe based on said user profile.
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A cooking system comprising:
- a) an Internet-accessible host computer containing a plurality of cooking recipes each including a food list, pre-cooking directions, a user profile, and a cooking temperature schedule;
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- b) a cooking appliance including:
- (1) a food-heating unit having a computer-controlled temperature controller;
- and
- (2) an Internet-accessing appliance computer linkable to said Internet-accessible host computer over an Internet and containing an executable program which inputs one of said cooking recipes from said Internet-accessible host computer, wherein said Internet-accessing appliance computer displays said food list and said pre-cooking directions of said one of said cooking recipes to a user, wherein said Internet-accessing appliance computer outputs a signal representing said cooking temperature schedule of said one of said cooking recipe to said temperature controller of said food-heating unit during execution of said program, and wherein said one of said cooking recipes is modified in response to said user profile.
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