LAUNDRY MACHINE AND ONLINE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A home appliance provided to enable communication with an outside of the home appliance, comprising:
- a WiFi communication module mounted or connected to the home appliance for supporting a setting mode for making communication connection and a use mode for enabling communication; and
a particular input unit provided to run the setting mode by user'"'"'s selection,wherein the home appliance is changed to the use mode upon reception of SSID (Service Set Identifier;
a name of a wireless LAN) information of an access point AP desired to access and user information required for registration of the home appliance through an external terminal after access to the setting mode through the external terminal provided separate from the home appliance.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a home appliance which can communicate with an outside of the home appliance, an online system including the same and a method for using an online system. According to embodiments of the present invention, a home appliance, an online system and a method for using an online system may be provided, each including a WiFi communication module mounted or connected to the home appliance for supporting a setting mode for making communication connection and a use mode for enabling communication, and a particular input unit provided to run the setting mode by user'"'"'s selection, wherein the home appliance is changed to the use mode upon reception of SSID (Service Set Identifier; a name of a wireless LAN) information of an access point AP desired to access and user information required for registration of the home appliance through an external terminal after access to the setting mode through the external terminal provided separate from the home appliance.
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20 Claims
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1. A home appliance provided to enable communication with an outside of the home appliance, comprising:
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a WiFi communication module mounted or connected to the home appliance for supporting a setting mode for making communication connection and a use mode for enabling communication; and a particular input unit provided to run the setting mode by user'"'"'s selection, wherein the home appliance is changed to the use mode upon reception of SSID (Service Set Identifier;
a name of a wireless LAN) information of an access point AP desired to access and user information required for registration of the home appliance through an external terminal after access to the setting mode through the external terminal provided separate from the home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An online system comprising:
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a home appliance provided to enable communication with an outside of the home appliance, an external terminal, and a server, wherein the home appliance includes; a WiFi communication module mounted or connected to the home appliance for supporting a setting mode for making communication connection and a use mode for enabling communication, and a particular input unit provided to run the setting mode by user'"'"'s selection, wherein the communication module is changed to the use mode upon reception of SSID information of an AP having the home appliance to be communication connected thereto and user information required for registration of the home appliance through an external terminal, after access to the setting mode through the external terminal for the home appliance to communicate with the server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for using an online system comprising the steps of:
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log in a server by inputting user information through an external terminal; determining whether the user information and home appliance information is registered to the server altogether or not after log in; having a product registration method selected if the product is not registered; proceeding to a fixed address site for access to a setting mode of the home appliance if the product registration method is selected; inputting SSID information of an AP, and registering the user information and the home appliance information to the server altogether, to make the home appliance to communicate with the server through the AP; and if the home appliance is registered to the server already, or registered newly, carrying out at least one of remote control, remote diagnosis, firmware or software update, and monitoring of the home appliance through the external terminal. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. An online service system comprising:
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a server; a home appliance having a WiFi communication module for supporting a setting mode for making communication connection to the server, a WiFi communication module for supporting and a use mode for communication, and an input unit for running the setting mode; and an external terminal for changing the communication module to the use mode upon reception of AP SSID information for access to the communication module and user information for registering the home appliance to the server, after access to the setting mode.
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