METHOD FOR THE REMOTE ANALYSIS OF A COOKING APPLIANCE, AND A COOKING APPLICATION FOR CONDUCTING SAID METHOD

• US 20100293375A1
• Filed: 12/19/2007
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rational AG
• Original Assignee: Rational AG
• Inventors: Dobos, Laszlo, Schuller, Erwin, Greiner, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/520,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20100293375A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for storing data in a memory of a cooking appliance and/or for reading data from the memory of the cooking appliance, wherein the cooking appliance comprises at least one interface to a server. In a first step, data of the cooking appliance is stored in the memory, and in a second step, following authentication by the server in relation to the cooking appliance, data is read from the memory by the server via encoded data transmission. The invention further relates to a cooking appliance, comprising at least one memory, a user interface, and at least one interface to at least one server in order to carry out such a method for the purpose of transmitting data between the memory and at least the server.

Claims

1. A method for communicating with a memory of a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance having at least one interface to a server, the method comprising:

storing data of the cooking appliance in the memory of the cooking appliance, and

after an authentication of the server in relation to the cooking appliance, reading, by the server, data stored in the memory of the cooking appliance via an encrypted data transmission, wherein the server performs an exchange of data with the cooking appliance without the cooking appliance requiring access to a memory of the server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the server identifies itself to the cooking appliance using the authentication.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising establishing the encrypted data transmission in accordance with a corresponding configuration of the cooking appliance.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the configuration is determined by at least one of a manual request, a predefined asynchronous event, and a triggering command at regular time intervals or according to a timetable.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein at least one of the manual request, the asynchronous event and the triggering command is recorded in the memory of the cooking appliance.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the server has access to the memory of the cooking appliance, depending on at least one of the manual request, the asynchronous event, and the triggering command.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein depending on at least one of the manual request, the asynchronous event, and the triggering command, the server reads out data from the memory of the cooking appliance, analyzes the data, and stores the data in a databank.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing, by the server, data in the memory of the cooking appliance, wherein the cooking appliance processes data stored by the server in the memory, displays the data on a display unit of the cooking appliance, and/or prints out the data.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data are selected from a set of data which is characteristic for hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) logs, at least one customer input, a type and/or number of at least one completed or aborted cleaning, decalcification, cooling, and/or cooking program, at least one error message, consumption data, and/or a runtime of at least one system component of the cooking appliance.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing associated time data with the data of the cooking appliance.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the encrypted data transmission is performed via a network connection between the cooking appliance and the server.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising disconnecting the memory of the cooking appliance from the cooking appliance and connecting the memory to a computing unit for transmission of data in the memory.

23. The method according to claim 7, further comprising storing, by the server, data from the databank in the memory of the cooking appliance.

24. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing, with the data of the cooking appliance, data on the setup location of the cooking appliance comprising geographic location and/or geodetic altitude.

25. The method according to claim 1, wherein the encrypted data transmission is performed directly if the memory of the cooking appliance is disconnected from the cooking appliance and connected to the server.

11. (canceled)

14. (canceled)

15. A cooking appliance, comprising at least one memory for storing data of the cooking appliance, a user interface, and at least one interface to at least one server for transmitting data between the memory and the server,

wherein, after an authentication of the server in relation to the cooking appliance, the data are transmitted between the memory of the cooking appliance and the server via an encrypted data transmission without the cooking appliance requiring access to a memory of the server.

19. The cooking appliance according to claim 15, wherein the encrypted data transmission is established in accordance with a corresponding configuration of the cooking appliance.

20. The cooking appliance according to claim 19, wherein the configuration is determined by at least one of a manual request, a predefined asynchronous event, and a triggering command at time intervals or according to a timetable.

21. The cooking appliance according to claim 20, wherein depending on at least one of the manual request, the asynchronous event, and the triggering command, the server is configured to read data from the memory of the cooking appliance, analyze the data, and store the data in a databank.

22. The cooking appliance according to claim 15, wherein the cooking appliance is further configured to store data received from the server in the memory of the cooking appliance.

16-18. -18. (canceled)

26. A method for communicating data between a cooking appliance and a server, the method comprising:

receiving a communication request from the cooking appliance;

in response to the communication request;

authenticating the server to the cooking appliance;

establishing an encrypted data transmission connection with the cooking appliance;

receiving data stored in a memory of the cooking appliance via the encrypted data transmission connection; and

storing the data in a memory of the server,

wherein the data are communicated between the cooking appliance and the server without the cooking appliance having access to the memory of the server.

27. The method according to claim 26, wherein the communication request is initiated by at least one of a manual request, a predefined asynchronous event, and a triggering command.