RU2797612C2 - Method for processing unstructured content with a kitchen appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: kitchen appliances.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the processing of unstructured content of culinary recipes by a kitchen appliance. The technical result consists in ensuring efficient transmission of unstructured content and is achieved by establishing a secure connection (25) between the kitchen appliance (1) and at least one remote server (13, 15); sending a request (31) to search for recipes to at least one remote server (13, 15) using a secure connection (25); receiving a result (33) related to the specified query (31), wherein the result (33) contains a sorted list (35) of loadable unstructured content (11); sending to the address of at least one remote server (13, 15), requesting (37) loading a group (38) of sequential unstructured content (11) from the sorted list (35); loading and saving into the memory area (17) of the connecting block (5) all or part of each unstructured content (11) from the group (38) of sequential unstructured content (11) from the sorted list (35); transferring each unstructured content (11) stored in the memory area (17) of the connecting block (5) to the memory area (19) of the display (7); structuring stored in the memory (19) display (7) unstructured content (11) means (21) display processing (7).

EFFECT: efficient transmission of unstructured content.

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Description

Field of invention

The present invention relates to a method for processing unstructured recipe content by a kitchen appliance.

State of the art

It is known to use a kitchen appliance containing a connection block for downloading recipe-related content from a server. Content can be text files, images and/or videos.

The kitchen appliance may also be configured to search content available on the server according to, for example, a search term such as content related to recipes containing a given food product.

Once the result containing the content is determined, the user of the kitchen appliance may request that the content be downloaded in order to view it.

This solution is useful in that it allows the user on the kitchen appliance to access a content package that meets some search criteria.

However, when it comes to a significant amount or size of content, it is necessary that the kitchen appliance contains a connection unit capable of receiving a package of this content into memory.

It can also be a frustrating experience for the user if the download takes too long or if the connection drops.

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to eliminate all or part of the above disadvantages.

Disclosure of invention

To this end, the present invention relates to a method for processing unstructured content of cooking recipes by a kitchen appliance, wherein the kitchen appliance comprises:

- a connection block containing a communication module configured to receive unstructured content coming from at least one remote server, and a memory; and - a display containing a memory configured to receive said unstructured content coming from the memory of the connecting unit, and processing means configured to structure said unstructured content of culinary recipes;

while the method of processing unstructured content of culinary recipes includes the following steps:

- the step E1 of establishing a secure connection between the kitchen appliance and at least one remote server, which includes sending the kitchen appliance a request to establish a secure connection to the address of at least one remote server, wherein at least one remote server overlays a secure connection limit relating to the maximum amount of unstructured content to be downloaded to the kitchen appliance and/or for a certain duration of maintaining a secure connection;

- step E2 sending a request to search for culinary recipes to at least one remote server using a secure connection;

step E3 of receiving a result relating to said recipe search query, the result containing a sorted list of downloadable unstructured content;

- step E4 sending to the address of at least one remote server, the requirement to download a group of sequential unstructured content from the sorted list;

- the step E5 of loading and storing in the storage area of the connecting block all or part of each unstructured content from the group of consecutive unstructured content from the sorted list until the restriction imposed by the secure connection is reached;

- a step E6 of transferring each unstructured content stored in the connection block memory area to the display memory area, while transferring each unstructured content from the connection block memory to the display memory, freeing the same connection block memory area to allow the loading and saving step to continue;

step E7 of structuring the unstructured content stored in the display memory by the display processing means.

In other words, maintaining a secure connection for a certain period of time and/or depending on the maximum amount of unstructured content to be downloaded corresponds to establishing a stable secure connection.

The connector block is designed in such a way that when the received unstructured content that can be downloaded is transmitted, its memory area is freed. This solution allows the connector block to accept other downloadable unstructured content.

Thus, it is possible to transfer large amounts of unstructured content from the junction box to the display, and this will not be limited by the processing capacity and/or memory size of the junction box.

Indeed, even if the size of the content in its structured form exceeds the memory capacity of the connecting block, it can be transferred to the display as unstructured, that is, in chunks.

The junction box memory is different from the display memory.

According to one embodiment of the invention, a secure connection is a connection that involves a secret exchange of data, not intended to be intercepted by unauthorized persons.

According to one embodiment of the invention, a secure connection corresponds to the use of an Internet communication security protocol such as "Transport Layer Security", or TLS ("transport layer security").

Preferably, the kitchen appliance stores one or more authentication certificates in memory to establish a secure connection.

Thus, at least one remote server sends each unstructured content that can be downloaded, either in its entirety or in chunks, i.e. chunks, or "chunks" that the kitchen appliance will itself reassemble to reconstruct the corresponding structured content.

According to one variant of the invention, unstructured content contains several pieces of different data, suitable for downloading separately. According to one embodiment of the invention, structured content consists of only one part and is usable by a display.

According to one variant of the invention, after the restriction imposed when establishing a secure connection is reached, step E1 is repeated and:

- repeat steps E2 to E7 with a new result related to the same request for culinary recipes, or

- steps E2 to E7 are repeated, taking into account the additional result related to the search request, compiled on the basis of the sequential unstructured content not yet loaded from the sorted list, while step E1 is repeated until the group of sequential unstructured content is loaded , available for download, from a sorted list.

This solution allows you to reinitialize the limit set by the remote server regarding the amount of unstructured content that can be downloaded and / or the duration of maintaining a secure connection.

Thus, you can start a new search or continue downloading unstructured content.

According to one embodiment of the invention, after the transfer step E6 and/or simultaneously with it, the step E61 of replacing and/or storing the structured content and/or the unstructured content previously stored in the display memory is performed.

This solution allows you to limit the amount of downloaded content recorded in the display memory.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the processing method includes a plurality of steps E4 for sending download requests, with each step E4 for sending relating to a respective group of sequential unstructured content from a sorted list.

Thus, until the secure connection limit is reached, a new group of sequential unstructured content can be required to be loaded from the sorted list.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the plurality of sending steps E4 comprises two consecutive download request sending steps E4, for which the respective groups contain at least one common unstructured content.

This solution makes it possible to have in the display memory at least one content structured by means of processing corresponding to one unstructured content included in the new download request.

Thus, the waiting time for rendering on the display is reduced, since with a new download request, one or more contents may already be in the display memory.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the sending or each sending of a search request and/or download request results from user interaction with a kitchen appliance interface configured to communicate with the display.

This solution allows the user to have access to the downloadable content of the results, without having to download them all into the kitchen appliance first.

Indeed, only one part is loaded first, then an alternative part, if the requester wishes to see other result content that can be downloaded.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the connection unit is configured to communicate with a plurality of remote servers in such a manner as to establish secure connections with the plurality of servers and receive different unstructured content from different servers of the plurality of servers.

This solution allows you to optimize the speed of receiving downloaded unstructured content, depending on the availability of servers from a plurality of servers.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the processing performance and/or capacity of the volatile and/or non-volatile memory of the display exceeds the processing performance and/or capacity of the volatile and/or non-volatile memory of the connection unit.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the connection block comprises a microcontroller operating at a central processing unit (CPU) frequency below 250 MHz.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the junction box microcontroller comprises a flash memory of a maximum of 2 MB and/or a RAM of a maximum of 512 kB.

According to one embodiment of the invention, each structured content contains information for rendering text, image, video and/or instructions for controlling the operation of the kitchen appliance.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the connection unit communication module is configured to connect to at least one remote server via a local home network gateway, or via a mobile telephone connected to a mobile network, or directly via a mobile network.

The present invention also relates to a computer program product containing machine code instructions for performing the steps of a processing method as described above when said program is executed on a connection block and on a kitchen appliance display.

The present invention further relates to a kitchen appliance comprising a computer program product such as that described above.

The present invention also relates to a kitchen appliance comprising a cooking vessel for holding foodstuffs and a heating element for heating all or part of the cooking vessel, and optionally a stirring means for stirring the food contained in the cooking vessel.

The various options described above, which are not incompatible, may be combined.

Brief description of the drawings

The invention will be better understood with the help of the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a kitchen appliance configured to communicate with two remote servers;

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a search result on a kitchen appliance interface;

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing content on a kitchen appliance interface;

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the steps of a method for processing unstructured content of recipes.

Implementation of the invention

To simplify the understanding of the invention, in the following detailed description of the figures described above, the same elements or elements that perform identical functions may have the same reference numbers.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the kitchen appliance 1 includes an interface 3, a connection block 5 and a display 7.

The connection block 5 includes a microcontroller 8. The connection block 5 contains a communication module 9. The connecting block 5 is configured to receive unstructured content 11 coming from the first remote server 13 and/or from the second remote server 15.

This unstructured content 11 can be received via a connection to a local home network gateway, such as an Internet box, or via a mobile telephone connected to a mobile network, in particular a smartphone, connected to a mobile network that provides sufficient data transfer rate, such as with a 5G mobile network or higher, or through a direct connection to such a mobile network.

The connection block 5 also contains a memory 17 suitable for temporary storage of unstructured content 11 received from the first remote server 13 and or from the second remote server 15.

The display 7 also includes a memory 19 configured to receive said unstructured content 11 obtained from the memory 17 of the connector 5.

The display 7 contains processing means 21, including a microcontroller and designed to structure said unstructured content 11 into structured content 23.

The display 7 has processing performance and/or volatile and/or non-volatile memory higher than the processing performance and/or volatile and/or non-volatile memory of the connection unit 5.

The microcontroller 8 of the connection block 5 operates at a CPU frequency below 250 MHz and contains a flash memory of a maximum of 2 MB and/or a RAM of a maximum of 512 kB.

The unstructured content 11 contains several pieces of different data that can be downloaded individually. In contrast, structured content 23 is a single-part file that is usable by display 7.

Each structured content 23 contains text, image, video and/or instructions for operating the kitchen appliance 1.

The display 7 is also configured to render one structured content on the interface 3.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the method for processing unstructured recipe content 11 by the kitchen appliance 1 includes steps that are detailed below.

Step E1 consists in establishing a secure connection 25 between the kitchen appliance 1 and the first remote server 13 and between the kitchen appliance 1 and the second remote server 15.

This step includes the kitchen appliance 1 sending a secure connection request 27 to the address of the first remote server 13 and the second remote server 15.

Each of the remote servers 13, 15 places a limit on the secure connection 29 regarding the maximum amount of unstructured content 11 to be uploaded to the kitchen appliance 1 and/or for a certain duration of the secure connection 25.

Thus, the connecting block 5 is configured to communicate with the remote servers 13, 15 in order to establish appropriate secure connections 25 and receive various unstructured content 11 from the two servers 13, 15.

Each secure connection 25 is a strong secure connection. Each secure connection 25 is a connection that involves a secret communication, not intended to be intercepted by unauthorized persons.

Each secure connection 25 corresponds to the use of an Internet communications security protocol such as "Transport Layer Security", or TLS ("transport layer security").

To do this, the connecting block 5 contains in the memory 17 one or more authentication certificates for establishing secure connections 25.

Thus, the remote servers 13, 15 send each unstructured content 11 that can be downloaded, either in its entirety or in chunks, i.e. chunks or "chunks" that the kitchen appliance 1 will collect by itself in order to restore the corresponding structured content 23.

Since the kitchen appliance 1 is connected to two remote servers 13, 15, the unstructured content 11 can be downloaded from the remote server 13 or from another server 15, depending on which one is available and/or has a faster download speed.

Step E2 is to send a recipe search request 31 to remote servers 13, 15 using secure connections 25. This step can be repeated and a new search performed.

The search is carried out in accordance with a certain criterion, for example, the name of the food product, which is entered by the user on the interface 3 of the kitchen appliance 1.

Step E3 consists of receiving a result 33 relating to said recipe search request 31 from the first remote server 13 and/or from the second remote server 15.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, result 33 contains a sorted list 35 of downloadable unstructured content 11.

The result 33 is displayed on the interface 3 of the kitchen appliance 1 and can be viewed by the user. When the user performs a new search, a new result 33 is rendered in the same manner.

Step E4 consists in sending to the address of the first remote server 13 and/or the second remote server 15 a request 37 to download a group 38 of sequential unstructured content 11 from the sorted list 35.

This sending occurs as a result of user interaction with the interface 3 of the kitchen appliance 1.

In practice, and as illustrated in FIG. 2, the user selects on the interface 3 certain content 39 and the group 38 contains a first amount of content preceding it and a second amount of content following it.

Step E5 consists in loading and storing into the memory area 17 of the connecting block 5 all or part of each unstructured content 11 from the group 38 of the sequential unstructured content 11 from the sorted list 35 until the secure connection limit 27 is reached, if it is reached.

Step E6 is to transfer each unstructured content 11 stored in the memory area 17 of the connecting unit 5 to the memory 19 of the display 7, while transferring from the memory 17 of the connecting unit 5 to the memory 19 of the display 7 of each unstructured content 11 releases the same memory area 17 of the connection block 5 to enable the storage step E5 to continue.

Step E7 consists in structuring the unstructured content 11 stored in the memory 19 of the display 7 by the processing means 21 of the display 7.

Thus, as illustrated in FIG. 3, a group 38 from the loaded sorted list 35 can be rendered.

Here, the download request refers to a group 38 of a sorted list 35 containing specific content 39, three content preceding it, and six following it.

The group 38 of the sorted list 35 refers to a portion of the content that forms the sorted list 35.

Four structured content 23 are displayed and six others are stored in memory 19 in case the user wishes to view them without having to wait.

Step 4 can be repeated by user interaction with the interface 3 of the kitchen appliance 1. Thus, each sending step E4 refers to the corresponding group 38 of the sequential unstructured content 11 from the sorted list 35.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the user can select the new defined content 39' and move it to the left side of the interface 3. The new defined content 39' will thus replace the previous defined content 39. Since all three structured content 23 following the new certain content 39' are ready to be rendered because they are in the memory 19 of the display 7, the user does not have to wait.

As a result of this interaction, a new group 38' is loaded from the sorted list 35 using steps E5 to E7.

Step E6 is also followed by step E61 of replacing and/or storing the structured content 23 and/or the unstructured content 11 previously stored in the memory 19 of the display 7.

Thus, all three first contents from figure 3 will be replaced by new structured content 23 and all seven last structured contents 23 will be stored in the memory 19 of the display 7.

If a secure connection limit of 29 is reached, steps E1 to E7 may be repeated:

- either steps E2 to E7 are re-executed with a new result 33 related to the same recipe request 31, or

- Steps E2 to E7 are re-executed with an additional result 33 related to the search query 31 compiled on the basis of the not yet downloaded sequential unstructured content 11 from the sorted list 35, while step E1 is re-executed until it is loaded a group 38 of sequential unstructured content 11 that can be downloaded from a sorted list 35.

The processing method thus described allows only one group 38 of the sorted list to be loaded, while still allowing the user access to the entire sorted list 35, since the loading is dependent on user interactions.

Thus, this method makes it possible to reduce the memory 19 of the display 7, as well as the memory of the connecting unit 5, since the content 11 is loaded as unstructured, that is, in portions.

This is also possible due to the use of a stable secure connection, since in this case, with each download request 37, it is not necessary to restore the connection with one or more remote servers 13, 15.

Therefore, the user has access to the sorted list 35 from the search as if all of the structured content 23 was written to the memory 19 of the display 7, while only a portion of this structured content 23 is in the memory 19.

Needless to say, the invention is not limited to the single embodiment described above as an example, on the contrary, it covers all embodiments.

Claims (24)

1. A method for processing unstructured content (11) of culinary recipes by a kitchen appliance (1), while the kitchen appliance (1) contains: a connecting block (5) containing a communication module (9) configured to receive unstructured content (11) coming from at least one remote server (13, 15) and a memory (17); And a display (7) containing a memory (19) configured to receive said unstructured content (11) coming from the memory (17) of the connecting block (5), and processing means (21) configured to structure said unstructured content (11 ) cooking recipes; wherein the method for processing unstructured content (11) of culinary recipes includes the following steps: (E1) - the stage of establishing a secure connection (25) between the kitchen appliance (1) and at least one remote server (13, 15), including sending a request (27) by the kitchen appliance (1) to establish a secure connection (25) at the address of at least one remote server (13, 15), while at least one remote server (13, 15) imposes a restriction on the secure connection (25) related to the maximum amount of unstructured content (11) for loading into a kitchen appliance (1), and/or for a certain duration of maintaining a secure connection (25); (E2) - the stage of sending a request (31) to search for culinary recipes to the address of at least one remote server (13, 15) using a secure connection (25); (E3) - the step of receiving the result (33) related to the specified query (31) to search for culinary recipes, while the result (33) contains a sorted list (35) suitable for downloading unstructured content (11); (E4) - the step of sending to the address of at least one remote server (13, 15), the requirement (37) to download a group (38) of sequential unstructured content (11) from the sorted list (35); (E5) - the stage of loading and saving into the memory area (17) of the connecting block (5) all or part of each unstructured content (11) from the group (38) of sequential unstructured content (11) from the sorted list (35) until reaching the superimposed secure connection (25) restrictions; (E6) - the stage of transferring each unstructured content (11) stored in the memory area (17) of the connecting block (5) to the memory area (19) of the display (7), while transferring from the memory (17) of the connecting block (5) to the memory (19) of the display (7) of each unstructured content (11) releases the same memory area (17) of the connecting block (5) to allow the loading and saving step (E5) to continue; (E7) - the step of structuring the unstructured content (11) stored in the memory (19) of the display (7) by means (21) of processing the display (7). 2. The method according to claim 1, in which, after reaching the restriction (29) imposed when establishing a secure connection (25), step (E1) is repeated and steps (E2) to (E7) are repeated, taking into account the new result (33 ) related to the same query (31) for recipes, or Steps (E2) to (E7) are re-executed, taking into account the additional result (33) related to the search request (31) compiled on the basis of the sequential unstructured content (11) not yet loaded from the sorted list (35), while the step (E1) is repeated until the group (38) of sequential unstructured content (11) available for download from the sorted list (35) is loaded. 3. The method according to claim. 2, in which after the step (E6) of the transfer and/or simultaneously with it, the step (E61) of replacing and/or storing the structured content (23) and/or the display (7) previously stored in the memory (19) is performed ) unstructured content (11). 4. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 1-3, including a plurality of stages (E4) of sending download requests (37), wherein each stage (E4) of sending refers to the corresponding group (38, 38') of sequential unstructured content (11) from the sorted list (35). 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of sending steps (E4) comprise two successive steps (E4) of sending download requests (37) for which the respective groups (38, 38') contain at least one common unstructured content (eleven). 6. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 1-5, in which the sending or each sending of the search request (31) and/or download request (37) occurs as a result of user interaction with the interface (3) of the kitchen appliance (1) configured to communicate with the display (7 ). 7. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 1-6, in which the connecting block (5) is configured to exchange data with a plurality of remote servers (13, 15) in such a way as to establish secure connections (25) with several servers (13, 15) and receive various unstructured content (11 ) from different servers (13, 15) from a set of servers (13, 15). 8. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 1-7, in which the processing performance and/or capacity of the volatile and/or non-volatile memory of the display (7) exceeds the processing performance and/or capacity of the volatile and/or non-volatile memory of the connecting block (5). 9. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 1-8, in which the connecting block (5) contains a microcontroller (8) operating at a central processing unit (CPU) frequency below 250 MHz. 10. The method according to claim 9, in which the microcontroller (8) of the connecting unit (5) contains a flash memory with a maximum of 2 MB and/or a RAM with a maximum of 512 KB. 11. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 1-10, in which each structured content (23) contains information for rendering text, images, videos and/or instructions for controlling the operation of a kitchen appliance. 12. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 1-11, in which the communication module (9) of the connecting block (5) is configured to connect to at least one remote server (13, 15) via a local home network gateway or via a mobile telephone connected to a mobile network , or directly through the mobile network. 13. A kitchen appliance (1) containing a computer program containing instructions in machine codes designed to carry out the steps of the processing method according to paragraphs. 1-12 when the said program is executed on the connection block (5) and on the display (7) of the kitchen appliance (1).

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