Monitoring center and service system of air conditioner
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1. A service system of an air conditioner connected through a network to a monitoring center;
- whereinsaid air conditioner receives a radio wave transmitted from a GPS satellite and transmits information obtained by calculating position data on a reception position of said radio wave and transmits a manufacturer'"'"'s serial number of said air conditioner to said monitoring center, wherein said monitoring center identifies, from said calculated position information, an installed location of said air conditioner, and also identifies, from said serial number, a machine type of said air conditioner to permit a service of said air conditioner to be performed.
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Abstract
In a service system of an air conditioner connected through a network to a monitoring center, the air conditioner receives radio wave transmitted from a GPS satellite to transmit information of the received radio wave and a manufacturer'"'"'s serial number on the air conditioner to the monitoring center and the monitoring center performs service of the air conditioner on the basis of the received information and the serial number. The service system of the air conditioner can perform service, update or renewal, maintenance and the like of an air conditioner more correctly and exactly and attain speedup thereof.
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1. A service system of an air conditioner connected through a network to a monitoring center;
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said air conditioner receives a radio wave transmitted from a GPS satellite and transmits information obtained by calculating position data on a reception position of said radio wave and transmits a manufacturer'"'"'s serial number of said air conditioner to said monitoring center, wherein said monitoring center identifies, from said calculated position information, an installed location of said air conditioner, and also identifies, from said serial number, a machine type of said air conditioner to permit a service of said air conditioner to be performed. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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2. A service system of an air conditioner for performing maintenance and management of said air conditioner from a monitoring center, comprising:
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a concentrated controller connected to said air conditioner to receive a radio wave transmitted from a GPS satellite to calculate position data on a position of said concentrated controller;
wherein said concentrated controller transmits to said monitoring center said calculated position data and a manufacturer'"'"'s serial number of said air conditioner, said monitoring center identifies, from said position data, an installed location of said air conditioner and also identifies, from said serial number, a machine type of said air conditioner, and transmits a control program required for said air conditioner to said concentrated controller, and said concentrated controller loads said received control program into said air conditioner. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A monitoring system connected through the Internet to an air conditioner and a terminal unit, comprising:
a monitoring unit to prepare a home page based on information of position data and a manufacturer'"'"'s serial number of said air conditioner so as to be accessible from a location of said air conditioner as well as from said terminal unit so as to permit an operation monitoring service to be carried out, wherein said air conditioner receives a radio wave transmitted from a GPS satellite and calculates said information on said position data using said radio wave. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An air conditioner for use in an air conditioner service system, comprising:
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a receiver to receive a radio wave transmitted from a GPS satellite; and
a transmitter to transmit information obtained by calculating data of a position of reception of said radio waves and a manufacturer'"'"'s serial number of said air conditioner through a network to a monitoring center, so that an installed position of said air conditioner is identified by said position data and a machine type of said air conditioner is identified by said serial number, so as to permit an operation monitoring service to be executed. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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