Method and apparatus and control system for controlling household appliances
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1. A method for controlling a household appliance including at least one device for receiving physical goods and being operable to change the condition of the goods within the household appliance, which comprises:
- connecting the household appliance to a local area network, the household appliance having an internal control unit for controlling the household appliance;
sending a message from the household appliance to the local area network to request control information concerning the change of condition to be performed on the goods, the message containing a basic information item including a new request from a user for a control program, the control program being at least one of a new control program, an improved control program, and an extended control program, the control information having at least one of low-level control commands, subprograms, and programs;
receiving, with the household appliance, the control information from the local area network following a request by the user; and
controlling the household appliance by at least one of evaluating and converting the control information at a location of the household appliance.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for controlling a household appliance controlled using an internal control unit, and also a control system that improves current control of the household appliances includes connecting the household appliance to a local area network and, following a request by a user, receiving a control information item from a network, the control information item being evaluated and/or converted at a location of the household appliance to control the household appliance.
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1. A method for controlling a household appliance including at least one device for receiving physical goods and being operable to change the condition of the goods within the household appliance, which comprises:
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connecting the household appliance to a local area network, the household appliance having an internal control unit for controlling the household appliance; sending a message from the household appliance to the local area network to request control information concerning the change of condition to be performed on the goods, the message containing a basic information item including a new request from a user for a control program, the control program being at least one of a new control program, an improved control program, and an extended control program, the control information having at least one of low-level control commands, subprograms, and programs; receiving, with the household appliance, the control information from the local area network following a request by the user; and controlling the household appliance by at least one of evaluating and converting the control information at a location of the household appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for controlling a household appliance including at least one device for receiving physical goods and being operable to change the condition of the goods within the household appliance, which comprises:
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connecting the household appliance to a local area network, the household appliance having an internal control unit for controlling the household appliance; sending a message from the household appliance to the local area network to request control information concerning the change of condition to be performed on the goods, the message containing a basic information item including a new request from a user for a control program, the control program being at least one of a new control program, an improved control program, and an extended control program, the control information having at least one of low-level control commands, subprograms, and programs; receiving, with the household appliance, the control information from the local area network following a request by the user; controlling the household appliance by at least one of evaluating and converting the control information at a location of the household appliance; and sending the control information to the location of the household appliance by a service provider in the form of a data medium. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A method for controlling a household appliance including at least one device for receiving physical goods and being operable to change the condition of the goods within the household appliance, which comprises:
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connecting the household appliance to a local area network, the household appliance having an internal control unit for controlling the household appliance; sending a message from the household appliance to the local area network to request control information concerning the change of condition to be performed on the goods, the message containing a basic information item including a new request from a user for a control program, the control program being at least one of a new control program, an improved control program, and an extended control program, the control information having at least one of low-level control commands, subprograms, and programs; receiving, with the household appliance, the control information from the local area network following a request by the user; controlling the household appliance by at least one of evaluating and converting the control information at a location of the household appliance; providing the household appliance with at least access to one of a distributed network and a global network through the local area network; inputting personal data in the local area network; and automatically adding the personal data to the message from the household appliance. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for controlling a household appliance including at least one device for receiving physical goods and being operable to change the condition of the goods with the house hold appliance, which comprises:
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connecting the household appliance to a local area network, the household appliance having an internal control unit for controlling the household appliance; sending a message from the household appliance to the local area network to request control information concerning the change of condition to be performed on the goods, the message containing a basic information item including a new request from a user for a control program, the message including a catalog of requirements for the control information, the control program being at least one of a new control program, an improved control program, and an extended control program, the control information having at least one of low-level control commands, subprograms, and programs; receiving, with the household appliance, the control information from the local area network following a request by the user, the control information being specially created at a service provider on the basis of the message; and controlling the household appliance by at least one of evaluating and converting the control information at a location of the household appliance. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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