Location-Based Data Transmission for Home Appliances
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manufacturers of household appliances face challenges in obtaining information about the usage and conditions of their products to better adapt to customer needs, provide targeted maintenance, and improve regional market success, as existing systems lack effective data transmission and geographic-specific adaptation capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A data transmission system that determines and transmits the geographic position and type of household appliances to a central server, using an additional database to retrieve region-specific information, allowing for tailored interaction between customers, producers, and service providers, and enabling controlled adjustments to appliance settings based on regional characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manufacturers collect detailed usage data from household appliances, then customer service quality and product adaptation improve, but data transmission infrastructure and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a central server as an intermediary between household appliances and manufacturers. The server receives appliance data via communication interfaces, processes location and usage information, and enables targeted services without requiring complex direct connections between appliances and manufacturer systems. This mediator approach simplifies the overall system architecture while enabling comprehensive data collection and adaptation capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manufacturers implement region-specific service adaptation, then market success and customer satisfaction improve, but information processing requirements and server complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary determination of geographic position and appliance type data before processing service adaptations. By pre-capturing location information through GPS receivers, mobile phones, or access point triangulation, and storing appliance characteristics in advance, the system prepares all necessary data elements beforehand. This allows the central server to efficiently retrieve and apply region-specific parameters without losing critical geographic information during processing.
3Productivity
If the system collects comprehensive appliance data including location and type, then targeted marketing and maintenance offerings improve, but data transmission volume and communication bandwidth requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and transmits only the most essential data elements needed for targeted services: geographic position information (via IP address, GPS coordinates, or access point data) and appliance type characteristics (device ID, model information). By selecting and transmitting only these critical parameters rather than complete appliance operational data, the system enables effective targeted marketing and maintenance offerings while minimizing communication bandwidth requirements and data transmission volume.
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AI summary
A data transmission system (10, 20, 30) is described, comprising a household appliance (1a, 1b, 1c) and a central server (2). The data transmission system is configured to determine information (IP) about the position of the household appliance (1a, 1b, 1c) and additional information (IZ) including the appliance type (1a, 1b, 1c), and to transmit this information to the central server (2). Furthermore, a method for operating a household appliance (1a, 1b, 1c) is described. A household appliance (1a, 1b, 1c) is also described.