CN115482053A

CN115482053A - Intelligent household appliance and commodity purchasing method implemented on same

Info

Publication number: CN115482053A
Application number: CN202110598995.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 葛坤坤; 刘鹏达; 许升
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-31
Filing date: 2021-05-31
Publication date: 2022-12-16

Abstract

The invention discloses an intelligent household appliance and a method for purchasing commodities executed on the intelligent household appliance. According to the invention, the payment unit is arranged in the intelligent household appliance, so that the payment information required by payment can be stored in the payment unit, the bill transaction is completed through the payment unit, a server is not required, the hidden danger that user information leaks in the server is avoided, and the security of the transaction through the intelligent household appliance is improved.

Description

Intelligent household appliance and commodity purchasing method implemented on same

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of intelligent household appliances, and particularly relates to an intelligent household appliance and a commodity purchasing method implemented on the intelligent household appliance.

Background

At present, the intelligent household appliances are used for purchasing commodities, the household appliances are only used as ordering entries, and actual purchasing operation is completed by a server side.

For example, chinese patent application No. CN201480042876 discloses a method of enabling payments to be processed based on account identifiers by only one merchant, in which a remotely accessible server, in response to a consumer selection to generate an account identifier, retrieves the account identifier and stores the account identifier in a database. The server receives a request originating from an accepting entity to process a payment based on the account identifier and a merchant identifier of a merchant in support of which the payment is to be processed. The server looks up the account identifier and stores the merchant identifier in a database associated with the account identifier, linking the account identifier to the merchant. When a subsequent payment request based on the account identifier supports the merchant, the server receives the merchant identifier and allows the payment if the merchant identifier matches the merchant identifier associated with the account identifier. Wherein the remotely accessible server is a mobile money server of the mobile payment system. In this case, each consumer may have a registered mobile money account maintained at a remotely accessible server, and the consumer profile may contain details of the mobile money account, such as the consumer's account number, the consumer's personal information, available funds, details of payment instruments, and so forth. In a further embodiment, the remotely accessible server is a server of a conventional financial institution, such as a bank or other financial service provider. In one embodiment, the remotely accessible server is maintained or operated by the customer's issuing bank.

The user personal information used in payment in the above scheme includes, for example: bank card numbers, identity card numbers, mobile phone numbers and the like need to be uploaded to a server side for storage, and certain potential safety hazards exist, so that many users do not trust the method and do not use the functions, and the functions of the intelligent household appliances cannot serve the users well.

The present invention has been made in view of this situation.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art, and provide an intelligent household appliance, through arranging a payment unit in the intelligent household appliance, the payment information required by payment can be stored in the payment unit, the bill transaction is completed through the payment unit, a server is not needed, the hidden danger that user information leaks in the server is avoided, and the security of the transaction through the intelligent household appliance is improved.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for purchasing goods, which is performed on the intelligent household appliance.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:

an intelligent household appliance comprises

A communication unit;

the payment unit is configured to store payment information and pay bills in the order information to a payment mechanism through the communication unit according to the payment information after receiving the order information.

Further, the payment unit includes:

an input module for receiving the payment information;

the encryption module is used for encrypting the payment information;

and the payment module is used for paying the bill in the order information.

Further, the payment information includes a payment account, a password, and a secret-free amount.

Furthermore, the device also comprises a selection unit,

the selection unit is configured to respond to the order placing confirmation or order placing cancellation instruction of the user after receiving the order placing instruction, and feed back the order placing confirmation or order placing cancellation instruction of the user to the server so as to enable the server to generate an order for purchasing the goods or give up generating the order for purchasing the goods.

Furthermore, the device also comprises a display unit,

the display unit is used for displaying whether an order placing instruction is received.

Furthermore, the intelligent household appliance is at least one of a washing machine, a clothes dryer, a refrigerator, an air conditioner, an electric cooker, a microwave oven, an electric oven, a television, a sweeping robot and an electric water heater.

A method for purchasing goods, executed on the intelligent household appliance as described above, comprising the steps of:

receiving the order information of the issued purchased commodities;

controlling a payment unit to pay the order in the order information;

receiving a signal that the order information is paid for;

and sending a signal that the order information is paid to a server.

Further, receiving the issued order information for purchasing the goods includes responding to an order generated by the user for purchasing the goods.

Further, receiving the order information of the delivered purchased goods includes receiving an order of the purchased consumables delivered by the server, and before receiving the order information of the purchased consumables, the method further includes:

receiving a signal that the allowance of consumable materials is insufficient;

responding to the instruction of ordering confirmed by the user;

a signal is sent to the server that the user confirms placing the order to cause the server to generate an order to purchase the consumable.

And further, receiving the signal of insufficient consumable allowance, which comprises receiving the signal of insufficient consumable allowance issued by the server or receiving the signal of insufficient consumable allowance issued by the intelligent household appliance local machine.

After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.

1. According to the invention, the payment unit is arranged in the intelligent household appliance, so that the payment information required by payment can be stored in the payment unit, the bill transaction is completed through the payment unit, a server is not required, the hidden danger that user information leaks in the server is avoided, and the security of the transaction through the intelligent household appliance is improved.

2. According to the scheme, the generated order for purchasing the consumable supplies is reduced by invalid data fragments generated after the order for purchasing the consumable supplies is cancelled by the user, and the response speed of the server is improved.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention to the right. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can also be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system for purchasing goods using an intelligent home appliance according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a process for purchasing goods using an intelligent household appliance in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method for purchasing an item according to the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of purchasing goods according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 10. an intelligent household appliance; 11. a communication unit; 12. a payment unit, 13 and a selection unit; 14. a display unit;

20. a user; 30. a server; 40. a payment mechanism.

It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the present invention provides an intelligent home appliance and a method of purchasing goods performed on the intelligent home appliance.

The intelligent household appliance is at least one of a washing machine, a clothes dryer, a refrigerator, an air conditioner, an electric rice cooker, a microwave oven, an electric oven, a television, a floor sweeping robot and an electric water heater.

As shown in fig. 1, the smart home appliance 10 includes a communication unit 11 and a payment unit 12, the payment unit 12 being configured to store payment information, for example, a bank account number of a user 20; the validity period of the card; a card verification code; a password; a pin number, etc., and pays the bill in the order information to the payment institution 40 through the communication unit 11 according to the payment information after receiving the order information.

The order information may be an order set by the user 20 to automatically generate an order for the user 20 to purchase a certain commodity at regular time, an order for the user 20 to purchase a consumable part detected by the server 30 when the remaining amount of the consumable part of the intelligent household appliance 10 is insufficient, or an order generated by the user 20 to manually place an order for a certain commodity on the intelligent household appliance 10. The payment unit 12 of the smart home appliance 10, upon receiving the generated order, may pay the bill in the order to the payment mechanism 40 using the payment information stored in the payment unit 12.

The payment mechanism 40 is typically a server 30 of a conventional financial institution, such as a bank or other financial service provider.

In the above scheme, the bill in the payment order information is obtained through the payment unit 12 built in the intelligent household appliance 10, and does not need to pass through the server 30, so that the user 20 does not need to upload payment information, such as a bank account password, an identification number and the like, to the server 30, thereby avoiding a hidden danger that the information leaks in the server 30, and improving the security of the transaction.

In other words, the payment unit 12 in the smart home appliance 10 in the home of the user 20 stores only the payment information of the individual of the user 20. In the prior art, the server 30 of the service provider of the smart home appliance 10 stores a large amount of payment information of the users 20, and the payment information has a hidden danger of being leaked.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a user 20 may purchase a plurality of intelligent home appliances 10 at home, and if the intelligent home appliances 10 belong to one service provider, only one of the home appliances needs to have the payment unit 12, and an order generated in another home appliance may also be sent to the home appliance provided with the payment unit 12 through the home lan and then paid by using the payment unit 12, which undoubtedly greatly increases the security of payment, avoids the repetition of functions of the home appliance, and reduces the manufacturing cost of the home appliance.

As shown in fig. 1, the payment unit 12 of the present invention includes an input module, an encryption module, and a payment module. The input module is configured to receive the payment information input by the user 20, the encryption module is configured to encrypt and store the payment information, and the payment module is configured to pay a bill in the order information.

In detail, when the user 20 purchases the smart home appliance 10 and uses the smart home appliance for the first time, information such as a payment account password of the user 20 may be input through the input module, and the encryption module encrypts the payment information according to an encryption algorithm to ensure security of the smart home appliance.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, the smart home appliance 10 further includes a selection unit 13, and the selection unit 13 is configured to respond to the instruction of confirming or cancelling the order placement of the user 20 after receiving the instruction of placing the order, and feed back the instruction of confirming or cancelling the order placement of the user 20 to the server 30 so as to enable the server 30 to generate an order for purchasing goods or to give up generating an order for purchasing goods.

In detail, when the intelligent household appliance 10 is a washing machine or other equipment which needs a certain consumable material to realize its function, the server 30 of the washing machine or the washing machine service provider can monitor the usage of the consumable material, when the consumable material is insufficient, a signal indicating that the consumable material is insufficient can be issued to the selection unit 13, and at the same time, the user 20 can confirm whether to generate an order for purchasing the consumable material, if the user 20 confirms that the order for purchasing the consumable material needs to be generated, the confirmation key in the selection unit 13 can be operated, at this time, the selection unit 13 sends the signal indicating that the user 20 confirms that the order needs to be generated to the server 30, and the server 30 can automatically place the order according to the consumable material required by the washing machine, and then send the generated order to the payment unit 12. If the user 20 does not need the server 30 to automatically generate an order for purchasing consumables can operate the cancel key in the selection unit 13, at this time, the selection unit 13 transmits a signal that the user 20 does not need to generate an order to the server 30, and the server 30 does not generate an order.

In the above solution, the washing machine or the server 30 does not directly generate the order for purchasing the consumables for the user 20 to confirm when the remaining amount of the consumables is detected to be insufficient, but selects to inform the user 20 of the signal, and the user 20 confirms the order placement and then generates the order. The above scheme can reduce invalid data fragments generated after the generated order for purchasing consumables is cancelled by the user 20, and improve the response speed of the server 30.

In a further aspect, as shown in fig. 1, the smart home appliance 10 further includes a display unit 14 for displaying whether an order-ordering instruction is received. After receiving the order-ordering instruction from the home appliance 10 or the server 30, the selection unit 13 displays the order-ordering instruction to the user 20 through the display unit 14, so that the user 20 can operate the selection unit 13 in time.

In addition, most of the existing intelligent home appliances 10 are provided with a CPU and an operation screen, and the intelligent home appliance 10 can be used as a small intelligent terminal, such as an IPAD. The user 20 may bind the smart home appliance 10 to the server 30 of the service provider of the smart home appliance 10, so that the server 30 knows the model number of the smart home appliance 10 and the type, model number, capacity, installation structure, etc. of the required consumables, thereby facilitating the server 30 to monitor the use of the consumables.

In some implementations, as shown in fig. 2, for the intelligent household appliance 10 to be a washing machine, especially a washing machine with an automatic putting function, some manufacturers have developed a cartridge type detergent bottle, i.e., the detergent bottle is a disposable product that is disposable, and the capacity and installation manner of the detergent bottle correspond to the model of the washing machine. When the detergent in the detergent bottle is used up, the user 20 takes the detergent bottle out of the washing machine and installs another detergent bottle in the washing machine. Therefore, when the server 30 detects that the remaining amount in the detergent bottle is insufficient, for example, the remaining amount is 5% of the total capacity, a signal indicating that the remaining amount is insufficient may be transmitted to the selection unit 13 and the display unit 14 of the washing machine, and the user 20 confirms the need to purchase the detergent bottle by placing a purchase order or the need to purchase the detergent bottle by placing a purchase order through the selection unit 13 after observing information displayed by the display unit 14. After the server 30 receives a signal that the user 20 needs to place an order to purchase the detergent bottle, the server acquires the characteristics of the structure of detergent corresponding to the model of the washing machine according to the model of the washing machine and other information to generate an order for the user 20 to purchase the detergent bottle, the generated order is sent to the payment unit 12 of the washing machine, the payment unit 12 on the washing machine pays bills in the order, the payment unit 12 sends a signal of completion of payment to the server 30 through the communication unit 11, the server 30 schedules delivery after receiving the signal of completion of payment, and sends a purchase result to the user 20.

In some implementations, for the intelligent household appliance 10 to be a floor cleaning robot, consumables such as washing mop, filter screen, or side brush are not disposable products, but have a lifespan, and when the lifespan reaches a set threshold, the remaining amount of the consumables is considered to be insufficient. And the model and the installation structure of the consumable correspond to the model of the sweeping robot. When the service life of the consumable reaches a set threshold, if the consumable is not replaced in time, the working efficiency of the sweeping robot is affected. Therefore, when the server 30 detects that the remaining lifespan of the consumable part is insufficient, for example, 5%, a signal indicating that the remaining lifespan is insufficient may be transmitted to the selection unit 13 and the display unit 14 of the robot cleaner, and the user 20 confirms the need to purchase the consumable part or the need to purchase the consumable part by placing an order through the selection unit 13 after viewing the information displayed by the display unit 14. After the server 30 receives the signal that the user 20 needs to place an order to purchase consumables, the characteristics of the structure and the like of the consumables corresponding to the model of the sweeping robot are obtained according to the model and other information of the sweeping robot, an order for purchasing the consumables is generated for the user 20, the generated order is sent to the payment unit 12 of the sweeping robot, the payment unit 12 on the sweeping robot pays bills in the order, the payment unit 12 sends a signal of completing payment to the server 30 through the communication unit 11, and the server 30 arranges delivery after receiving the signal of completing payment.

It should be noted that, for other types of intelligent household appliances 10, the way of purchasing consumables is similar to that described above, and the detailed description of the present invention is omitted.

The smart home appliance 10 of the present invention is not limited to the purchase of consumables, and may purchase products designated by the user 20.

In some implementations, for the smart home appliance 10 to be a refrigerator, a payment unit 12 may also be provided on the refrigerator. In detail, for some users 20, the fast-paced life does not allow the user 20 sufficient time to visit a supermarket and buy fresh food, but if more food is stocked at one time, the food may become stale due to long-term storage, which may affect the health of the user 20. Thus, for some foods that need to be consumed daily, the user 20 may then make a setup on the refrigerator for regular purchases. The order generated by the part of the regular food purchase can also be paid through the payment unit 12 provided by the present invention.

The method for purchasing a commodity provided by the present invention is executed on the intelligent household appliance 10, as shown in fig. 3, and includes the following steps:

receiving the issued order information of the purchased commodities;

controlling the payment unit 12 to pay the order in the order information;

receiving a signal that the order information is paid for;

a signal is sent to the server 30 that the order information is paid.

Receiving the issued order information for purchasing the goods includes responding to an order generated by the user 20 for purchasing the goods.

Specifically, the order to purchase the goods is manually generated by the user 20 or the order to purchase the goods periodically set by the user 20.

In some implementations, for the smart home appliance 10 to be a refrigerator, a payment unit 12 may also be provided on the refrigerator. In detail, for some users 20, the fast pace of life does not allow the user 20 sufficient time to visit a supermarket and buy fresh food in the market, but if more food is stocked at one time, the food may become stale due to long-term storage, which may affect the physical health of the user 20. Thus, for some foods that need to be consumed daily, the user 20 may then make a setup on the refrigerator for regular purchases. The order generated by the regular purchase of food is paid through the payment unit 12 provided by the present invention.

Or, receiving the issued order information of the purchased goods includes, before receiving the order of the consumable supplies issued by the server 30 and receiving the order information of the consumable supplies, further including:

receiving a signal that the allowance of consumable materials is insufficient;

an instruction in response to the user 20 confirming the order placement;

a signal for confirming the order placement by the user 20 is transmitted to the server 30 to cause the server 30 to generate an order for purchasing consumables.

Specifically, the order for purchasing the goods is automatically generated by the server 30 according to the actual condition of the consumable.

In some implementations, for the intelligent household appliance 10 to be a washing machine, especially a washing machine with an automatic dispensing function, some manufacturers have developed a cartridge type detergent bottle, that is, the detergent bottle is a disposable product, and the capacity and the installation manner of the detergent bottle correspond to the model of the washing machine. When the detergent in the detergent bottle is used up, the user 20 takes the detergent bottle out of the washing machine and installs another detergent bottle in the washing machine. Therefore, when the server 30 detects that the remaining amount in the detergent bottle is insufficient, for example, the remaining amount is 5% of the total capacity, a signal indicating that the remaining amount is insufficient may be transmitted to the selection unit 13 and the display unit 14 of the washing machine, and the user 20 confirms the need to purchase the detergent bottle or the need to purchase the detergent bottle by placing an order through the selection unit 13 after viewing information displayed on the display unit 14. After the server 30 receives a signal that the user 20 needs to place an order to purchase a detergent bottle, the server acquires the characteristics of the structure of detergent corresponding to the model of the washing machine according to the model of the washing machine and other information to generate an order for the user 20 to purchase the detergent bottle, the generated order is sent to the payment unit 12 of the washing machine, the payment unit 12 on the washing machine pays bills in the order, the payment unit 12 sends a signal of completion of payment to the server 30 through the communication unit 11, and the server 30 arranges delivery after receiving the signal of completion of payment.

In some implementations, for the intelligent household appliance 10 to be a floor cleaning robot, consumables such as washing mop, filter screen, or side brush are not disposable products, but have a lifespan, and when the lifespan reaches a set threshold, the remaining amount of the consumables is considered to be insufficient. And the type and the installation structure of the consumable also correspond to the type of the sweeping robot. When the service life of the consumable reaches a set threshold, if the consumable is not replaced in time, the working efficiency of the sweeping robot is affected. Therefore, when the server 30 detects that the remaining lifespan of the consumable part is insufficient, for example, 5%, a signal indicating that the remaining lifespan is insufficient may be transmitted to the selection unit 13 and the display unit 14 of the robot cleaner, and the user 20 confirms the need to purchase the consumable part or the need to purchase the consumable part by placing an order through the selection unit 13 after viewing the information displayed by the display unit 14. After the server 30 receives the signal that the user 20 needs to place an order to purchase consumables, the characteristics of the structure of the consumables corresponding to the model of the sweeping robot and the like are obtained according to the model and other information of the sweeping robot, an order for purchasing the consumables is generated for the user 20, the generated order is sent to the payment unit 12 of the sweeping robot, the bill in the order is paid by the payment unit 12 on the sweeping robot, the payment unit 12 sends the signal of completing payment to the server 30 through the communication unit 11, and the server 30 arranges delivery after receiving the signal of completing payment.

It can be understood that the timing of detecting the remaining amount of the consumable items may be when the system is started or when the tasks are executed in sequence.

In a specific implementation, as shown in fig. 4, the method for purchasing the commodity of the present invention may include the following steps:

s1, receiving a signal of insufficient consumable allowance by an intelligent household appliance 10;

s2, displaying information of insufficient consumable allowance;

s3, judging whether an order placing confirmation instruction is received or not, if so, executing the step S4, and if not, waiting;

s4, sending a signal for confirming ordering to the server 30 so that the server 30 generates an order for purchasing consumables;

s5, receiving an order for purchasing consumables and then paying bills in the order;

s6, a signal of completion of the payment is transmitted to the server 30 to cause the server 30 to transmit a signal of completion of the order to the user 20.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An intelligent household appliance, which is characterized in that: comprises that

A communication unit;

2. The intelligent household appliance according to claim 1, wherein:

the payment unit includes:

an input module for receiving the payment information;

the encryption module is used for encrypting the payment information;

and the payment module is used for paying the bill in the order information.

3. The intelligent household appliance according to claim 2, wherein:

the payment information comprises a payment account, a password and a secret-free amount.

4. The intelligent household appliance according to claim 2, wherein: also comprises a selection unit which is used for selecting,

5. The intelligent household appliance of claim 4, wherein: and a display unit is also included, wherein,

the display unit is used for displaying whether an order ordering instruction is received.

6. The intelligent household appliance of claims 1-5, wherein:

7. A method of purchasing goods, performed on the intelligent home appliance as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: comprises the following steps

Receiving the issued order information of the purchased commodities;

controlling a payment unit to pay the order in the order information;

receiving a signal that the order information is paid for;

and sending a signal that the order information is paid to a server.

8. The method of purchasing an article according to claim 7, wherein:

receiving the issued order information for purchasing the goods comprises responding to the order for purchasing the goods generated by the user.

9. The method of purchasing an article according to claim 7, wherein:

receiving the order information of the delivered purchased goods comprises receiving an order of consumable items delivered by the server, and before receiving the order information of the consumable items, further comprising:

receiving a signal that the allowance of consumable materials is insufficient;

responding to the instruction of ordering confirmed by the user;

10. The method of purchasing an article according to claim 9, wherein:

and receiving a signal of insufficient consumable allowance, wherein the signal of insufficient consumable allowance issued by the server or the signal of insufficient consumable allowance issued by the intelligent household appliance local machine is received.