Method for controlling information terminal apparatus

• US 10,292,213 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2017
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Unagami, Yuji, Ohmori, Motoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Viet D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Edwards, James A
• Application Number:
  US15/791,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20180049278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/6435 Aspects relating to the user interface of the microwave heating apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/668 Microwave heating devices connected to a telecommunication network

Abstract

A method for controlling an information terminal apparatus is disclosed. The method includes, receiving first display data indicating a condition to permit collecting selection information indicating recipe information selected by a user, and recipe information for selection. Once a recipe is selected by the user, selection information indicating selected recipe information is received. Based on the received information, a determination of whether the selected recipe information has a specific health identifier, and a determination of whether the user has granted a comprehensive permission for collecting the selection information under the indicated condition are made. When the selected recipe information is determined to include the specific health identifier and it is determined that the user has granted the comprehensive permission, the selected recipe information is uploaded to a server without requesting an individual permission from the user.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an information terminal apparatus having a display, the method comprising:

receiving, from a first server via a first network, first display data (i) causing the information terminal apparatus to indicate a condition to permit collecting selection information indicating recipe information selected by a user and (ii) asking the user for a comprehensive permission to collect the selection information under the indicated condition, recipe information (i) indicating a cooking recipe used in a cooker, and (ii) being provided by a second server, wherein certain recipe information among a plurality of items of recipe information additionally including a specific health identifier when the certain recipe information concerns a food item related to a specific constitution, disorder, disease, or allergy;

displaying the first display data on the display;

receiving, from the second server via a second network, the selection information indicating the recipe information selected from among the plurality of items of recipe information;

displaying the selected recipe information on the display;

determining whether the selected recipe information has the specific health identifier;

determining whether the user has granted the comprehensive permission for collecting the selection information under the indicated condition; and

transmitting, to the first server for collection without asking the user for an individual permission, the selected recipe information when the selected recipe information is determined to include the specific health identifier and it is determined that the user has granted the comprehensive permission for collecting the selection information under the indicated condition.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first display data includes a selectable item for specifying a validity period for the granted comprehensive permission.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the condition includes a plurality of items, each of the plurality of items indicating a use purpose for the collected selection information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein

the first display data includes a selectable item for specifying, for each of the plurality of items, a validity period for which the granted comprehensive permission is effective.

5. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a program for controlling an information terminal apparatus having a display, the program causing, when executed by a computer, the computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a first server via a first network, first display data (i) causing the information terminal apparatus to indicate a condition to permit collecting selection information indicating recipe information selected by a user and (ii) asking the user for a comprehensive permission to collect the selection information under the indicated condition, recipe information (i) indicating a cooking recipe used in a cooker, and (ii) being provided by a second server, wherein certain recipe information among a plurality of items of recipe information additionally including a specific health identifier when the certain recipe information concerns a food item related to a specific constitution, disorder, disease, or allergy;

displaying the first display data on the display;

receiving, from the second server via a second network, the selection information indicating the recipe information selected from among the plurality of items of recipe information;

displaying the selected recipe information on the display;

determining whether the selected recipe information has the specific health identifier;

determining whether the user has granted the comprehensive permission for collecting the selection information under the indicated condition; and

transmitting, to the first server for collection without asking the user for an individual permission, the selected recipe information when the selected recipe information is determined to include the specific health identifier and it is determined that the user has granted the comprehensive permission for collecting the selection information under the indicated condition.