Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in microwave oven
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting and receiving data in a microwave oven, the method comprising the steps of:
- installing, at a data transmitting/receiving information appliance, a program to be communicated with the microwave;
receiving data from the information appliance over network or a server; and
transmitting the received data to the microwave oven.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for data transmitting/receiving between a microwave oven and an information appliance PDA. The apparatus includes a wireless data transmitting/receiving unit for conducting wireless data communication with an external system including an information appliance; a data storage unit for storing transmitted/received data through the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit and/or downloaded data from Internet; a display unit for displaying transmitted data from the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit; a load drive unit for driving a magnetron and/or a heater; and Micom interfaced with the above elements, and interpreting the transmitted data from the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit and/or checking a state of the microwave oven, and controlling the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit to transmit the data on the state of the microwave oven to an information appliance. According to the invention, although the microwave oven does not include built-in networked communication equipment like a modem, it can interface with Internet through an information appliance, a PDA for example, which download data and transmits to the microwave oven. Thus, increase in price of the microwave oven with the modem is minimized and user interface is provided. Also, repair cost of the microwave oven can be minimized by checking the microwave based on the data on the internal state of the microwave being transmitted to the PDA.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting and receiving data in a microwave oven, the method comprising the steps of:
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installing, at a data transmitting/receiving information appliance, a program to be communicated with the microwave;
receiving data from the information appliance over network or a server; and
transmitting the received data to the microwave oven. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for transmitting and receiving data in a microwave oven, the method comprising the steps of:
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installing, at a data transmitting/receiving information appliance, a program to be communicated with the microwave;
receiving data from the information appliance over network or a server;
transmitting the received data to the microwave oven;
storing and/or displaying the received data; and
cooking, in the microwave oven, food based on the received data. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A method for transmitting and receiving data between a data ransmitting/receiving microwave oven and an information appliance, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying, on the microwave oven or the information appliance, data on a state of the microwave oven at a user'"'"'s request or according to the state of the microwave oven; and
determining the state of the microwave oven on the basis of the displayed data. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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