Home Appliance Information Management via Server Mediator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current home appliance networks are limited in their ability to create synergy effects among appliances, as they primarily offer remote control functions without enabling the transmission and reception of diverse information and signals, restricting their collaborative capabilities and user convenience.
Innovation Solution
An information management system that allows home appliances to communicate with a server system, enabling the transmission and reception of various information and signals, which includes a home appliance with a predetermined ID recorded on the server system, allowing for enhanced user convenience, remote diagnosis, firmware updates, and optimized energy usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If home appliances are connected through home network for remote control, then user convenience is improved, but the ability to create synergy effects among appliances deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling home appliances to perform multiple functions beyond original control: they can transmit various types of information (text, images, audio), receive commands, and collaborate with other appliances through the server system. This multi-functionality transforms single-purpose control into versatile communication and collaboration capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The server system acts as an intermediary that facilitates communication between home appliances. It receives information from appliances, processes it, and transmits appropriate responses or coordination signals back to appliances, enabling synergy effects without requiring direct peer-to-peer connections between all devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If home appliances provide additional functions individually without joining home network, then functional versatility is improved, but collaboration capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables appliances to maintain their original functions while simultaneously acquiring new capabilities through the server system. Appliances can perform additional functions like receiving external commands, sharing data with other appliances, and accessing remote services, all while maintaining their individual operational independence.
3Loss of information
If communication between home appliance and server system is established, then information transmission capability is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The server system serves as a centralized intermediary that handles all communication protocols, data formatting, and transmission management. This abstraction layer simplifies the complexity for individual appliances, as they only need to implement basic communication interfaces while the server manages the complex coordination of information exchange.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the communication system into distinct functional components: the home appliance interface layer for local operations, the server system layer for centralized processing, and the communication transmission layer for data exchange. This segmentation allows each component to be developed and optimized independently.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to information management systems for a home appliance, and more particularly, to an information management system for a home appliance which is embodied to enable to communicate between the home appliance and a server system for providing information a user requires, quickly. The information management system for a home appliance includes a home appliance having a predetermined ID, and a server system having the ID of the home appliance recorded thereon, and provided to be able to communicate with the home appliance for transmitting/receiving predetermined information with the home appliance upon request from the home appliance with the ID recorded thereon, already.