System device and method for monitoring electric users, particularly household appliances
First Claim
1. Method for monitoring one or more household appliances belonging to a same household environment and connected to a network, wherein at least one of the appliances includes an electronic control system having a microcontroller, memory means and interface means, the method being characterized by the following steps:
- the electronic control system for a given appliance generating diagnostic information that is representative of the efficiency status of components of the household appliance and/or statistical information that is representative of the wear status of components of the household appliance, storing within said memory means said diagnostic and/or statistical information, and making the stored diagnostic and/or statistical information available on said network through said interface means; and
a monitoring device that interfaces with said network, the monitoring device selecting, collecting storing and updating the diagnostic and/or statistical information available on said network from each electronic control systems, and making said information explicit to a user or to other devices on or outside the network.
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Abstract
A system that includes one or more household appliances that belong to the same household environment and are connected to a network monitors diagnostic and/or statistical information produced by the electronic control systems of the appliances. The electronic control systems provided the diagnostic and/or statistical information to the network and a monitoring device monitors the household appliances by selecting, picking up, organizing and storing the diagnostic and/or statistical information provided to the network by the electronic control systems of the respective appliances. The monitoring device further makes the organized information explicit, that is, available either locally at the appliances or remotely within or outside the household environment. The diagnostic information for a given appliance is representative of the operational efficiency of various electrical and mechanical components of the appliance. The statistical information for the given appliance is representative of the wear status of the various components. The monitoring device may also monitor and make explicit functional information provided to the network by the electronic control systems of the respective appliances.
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23 Claims
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1. Method for monitoring one or more household appliances belonging to a same household environment and connected to a network, wherein at least one of the appliances includes an electronic control system having a microcontroller, memory means and interface means, the method being characterized by the following steps:
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the electronic control system for a given appliance generating diagnostic information that is representative of the efficiency status of components of the household appliance and/or statistical information that is representative of the wear status of components of the household appliance, storing within said memory means said diagnostic and/or statistical information, and making the stored diagnostic and/or statistical information available on said network through said interface means; and
a monitoring device that interfaces with said network, the monitoring device selecting, collecting storing and updating the diagnostic and/or statistical information available on said network from each electronic control systems, and making said information explicit to a user or to other devices on or outside the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. System for monitoring one or more household appliances belonging to a same household environment and connected to a network, the system including
in at least one of the household appliances an electronic control system that generates and stores at least diagnostic information that is representative of the efficiency status of components of the household appliance and/or statistical information that is representative of the wear status of components of the household appliance, and making the stored diagnostic and/or statistical information available on the network through an interface; - and
a monitoring device that interfaces with the network, the monitoring device selecting, collecting, storing and updating the diagnostic and/or statistical information available on the network from each electronic control system and making the information explicit to a user or other device on or outside the network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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