Service system for electric home appliances and method thereof
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1. A service system comprising:
- a home appliance having a network interface for being connected on-line and message reporting means for reporting messages received from one or more registered remote clients through the network interface;
a service server network connected to the network interface so as to transmit a message transmitted from each registered remote client to the home appliance; and
a database server communicating with the service server network and having a database, in which registration information of each registered remote client for the home appliances is stored.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an on-line system and service method thereof using an on-line linked Internet washer as a medium so as to enable a communication between a client at a remote place and the other client at home using various home appliances installed in each home. The present invention includes a first step of requesting a selection of a target home appliance for message transmission and a second step of transmitting a transmission message to the selected target home appliance.
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1. A service system comprising:
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a home appliance having a network interface for being connected on-line and message reporting means for reporting messages received from one or more registered remote clients through the network interface;
a service server network connected to the network interface so as to transmit a message transmitted from each registered remote client to the home appliance; and
a database server communicating with the service server network and having a database, in which registration information of each registered remote client for the home appliances is stored. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A service method of transmitting a message in a service system, comprising:
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a first step of requesting a selection of a target home appliance for a message transmission; and
a second step of transmitting a transmission message to the selected target home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An Internet washer comprising:
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a network interface connected to a service server network built on-line so as to transmit/receive various data;
a message reporting means for reporting a client'"'"'s operation status and a remote client'"'"'s message received through the network interface;
an operation unit on which various operations are carried out by the client; and
a control unit controlling the respective components to operate.
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21. A service method of a message transmission of an Internet washer, comprising:
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a first step of checking whether a short message data is received from a service server network or not; and
a second step of decoding a corresponding data, if reception of the short message data is made, so as to report the reception of a message to a corresponding client through a message reporting means. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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