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HOME APPLIANCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, HOME APPLIANCE INFORMATION SHARING METHOD, AND HOME APPLIANCE INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM

  • US 20140250183A1
  • Filed: 12/26/2012
  • Published: 09/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A home appliance information management apparatus which collects, from a home electrical appliance, home appliance information which is information related to the home electrical appliance, and provides a user with to-be-provided information which is information obtained from the collected home appliance information, the home appliance information management apparatus comprising:

  • a managing unit configured to manage the home appliance information; and

    a home appliance information holding unit configured to hold share information and the home appliance information in association with each other, the share information being for sharing the home appliance information with a different user and being associated with the user and the different user,wherein the home appliance information holding unit is configured to hold, as the home appliance information, operation history collected from the home electrical appliance, for each user who operates the home electrical appliance, in association with the user or the different user who operates the home electrical appliance, andthe managing unit is configured to, when a request for providing the to-be-provided information is issued by the user;

    refer to data held by the home appliance information holding unit;

    obtain (i) home appliance information held in association with the user, and (ii) home appliance information held in association with the different user and with share information identical to the share information associated with the user; and

    provide the user with the to-be-provided information obtained from the obtained home appliance information.

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