EP3559920A1 - Procédé pour faire fonctionner une machine de préparation de boissons, machine de préparation de boissons et programme informatique - Google Patents

Procédé pour faire fonctionner une machine de préparation de boissons, machine de préparation de boissons et programme informatique

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EP3559920A1
EP3559920A1 EP17816874.6A EP17816874A EP3559920A1 EP 3559920 A1 EP3559920 A1 EP 3559920A1 EP 17816874 A EP17816874 A EP 17816874A EP 3559920 A1 EP3559920 A1 EP 3559920A1
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beverage preparation
preparation machine
operating device
authentication information
authorization
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Doreen Hartmann
HoSun LEE
Dominik FRANKE
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Tchibo GmbH
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Definitions

  • the invention relates to beverage preparation machines for preparing beverages or the like from a portion package with a portion packaging (eg capsule) and an extraction material (for example coffee) contained in the portion packaging. It relates in particular to a method for operating a beverage preparation machine, a beverage preparation machine and a computer program for operating an operating device.
  • Beverage preparation machines for preparing drinks or the like from an extraction material present in a portion packaging are known, for example, as coffee or espresso machines, in many corresponding systems the portion packages are designed as capsules in which the extraction material is, for example, airtight.
  • the capsule is placed in a capsule holder and pierced, for example on two opposite sides. On the first side then an extraction liquid - generally hot water - is introduced.
  • the extraction product is discharged from the capsule.
  • a brewing module In addition to a brewing module, there may be one or more further units for conveying and adding another beverage component such as, for example, milk.
  • the beverage preparation machine can produce a beverage or, generally speaking, a total product of two partial products.
  • European Patent Application No. 15 194 735 describes a method of operating a beverage preparation machine to produce a product of multiple partial products, wherein proportions of the partial products can be adjusted by a user on a graphical display of the proportions.
  • European Patent Application No. 15 194 667 describes a method of operating a beverage making machine using cooking parameters determined by a serving code of a sachet. In this case, individual preparation parameters can be adapted by a user.
  • the option of communication of the beverage preparation machine with an operating device is described, which may be mobile and portable, such as a mobile phone or smartphone.
  • Preparation instructions or recipes can be transmitted to the beverage preparation machine with the operating device, or preparation instructions stored in the beverage preparation machine can be modified. It is provided that the preparation is triggered by an operating step, which is carried out by the user on the beverage preparation machine itself.
  • the method thus serves to operate a beverage preparation machine, to produce an overall product using a portion pack, the beverage preparation machine having a communication unit designed for wireless communication, and the method having at least the following steps performed by the beverage preparation machine:
  • the authentication is transmitted in format in the form of a password.
  • a password can be a well-known PAP ("Password Authentication Protocol").
  • PAP Password Authentication Protocol
  • the password can always be the same or it can be changed systematically.
  • the authentication information is determined in a multi-step process in which the beverage maker and the operator panel exchange messages. This may be a known CM-AP (Challenge-handshake authentication protocol).
  • the authentication information is determined in another further method, for example, an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method, a certificate-based cryptographic method, or a method using an authentication server, such as Kerberos.
  • EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
  • Kerberos a method using an authentication server, such as Kerberos.
  • the authentication information represents the fact that an HMI device has a specific identity or belongs to a specific group of HMI devices.
  • an authentication information and thus an identity or a group affiliation of an operating device, is assigned to specific authorizations or authorization levels.
  • authorizations can define which actions an operator panel in the beverage preparation machine can trigger.
  • Actions can be machine actions in which a production unit of the beverage preparation machine (for example, a basic unit or an auxiliary unit) are controlled, for example, by operating actuators or hardware units such as pumps, heating elements, valves, etc. to produce a product or to clean the machine.
  • Actions may also be the reading or writing of data stored in the beverage preparation machine.
  • An authorization may, for example, be a table which has one associated logical value "true” or “false” for one or more actions, which expresses whether the action may be executed.
  • an authorization can also be implemented implicitly or procedurally and in the Drink preparation machine may be stored, for example by a program, which processes a variable representing an authorization (for example, with values such as "upper level” or “lower level”) and branches according to the value of this variable and thereby performs an action or not.
  • the beverage preparation machine for wireless communication with a plurality of operating devices is configurable, these operating devices are assigned different permissions, and actions of the beverage preparation machine by an operating device in accordance with the authorization assigned to this operating device are triggered or not triggered.
  • the checking step comprises the following steps performed in the beverage making machine:
  • the determination of the authorization on the basis of the authentication information can be done by providing the authentication information with one or more utilities. are compared, which are stored in the beverage preparation machine, and to which an authorization is assigned.
  • This assignment can be implemented in the beverage preparation machine in various ways, for example in a list which contains a plurality of pairs of authentication information and permissions, so that an authorization is assigned by each of the pairs of authentication information.
  • the assignment can alternatively also be done by assigning each authorization a list of authentication information.
  • each authorization information is assigned an authorization.
  • at least one upper authority and one lower authority are stored in the beverage preparation machine, and the beverage preparation machine is provided for performing machine actions by means of actuators of the beverage preparation machine, wherein
  • Action in particular a manufacturing step, may be triggered
  • the lower authorization includes that no machine action, in particular a production step, may be triggered. This makes it possible to assign different operator control devices such different authorizations, which has the consequence that HMI devices are authorized with an upper authorization to trigger machine actions, and not those with a lower authorization.
  • at least one average entitlement is additionally storable in the beverage preparation machine, wherein
  • the medium authorization includes that at least one machine
  • Action in particular a manufacturing step, may be triggered
  • Other embodiments have groups with several lower, middle, or upper permissions.
  • the permissions of a particular group are the same for the above-mentioned machine actions and the creation or modification of middle permissions, but may differ with respect to other actions.
  • this is associated with associated authentication information in the
  • a first operator device is used to create a middle authorization for a second operator device, wherein the following steps are carried out:
  • the first operating device communicates with the beverage preparation machine or its communication unit and triggers the creation of a medium in the beverage preparation machine
  • the first operating device transmits to the second operating device remote authentication information which allows the second operating device to authenticate itself to the beverage preparation machine based on the basic authentication information stored in the beverage preparation machine.
  • the basic authentication information used here may be the same as an authentication information already stored in the beverage preparation machine, or it may be transmitted from the first operating device to the beverage preparation machine. This implies that the entitlement stored in the beverage maker associated with the first operator is an upper entitlement, and that this has been successfully verified before allowing the transfer or storage in the beverage maker.
  • the basic authentication information and the remote authentication information are identical, for example equal to one common key or a cryptographic "salt", which is used to generate one or more keys.
  • the basic authentication information and the remote authentication information are different from each other and are the basis for the authentication of the second operator device in the beverage preparation machine.
  • they may be a public and a corresponding secret key of a "public-key" encryption method.
  • a second communication medium, via which the first operating device transmits the remote authentication information to the second operating device is different from a first communication medium via which the first operating device communicates with the beverage preparation machine.
  • the first operator device transmits the remote authentication information to the second operator device via a communication that acts only in the near range, in particular by one of:
  • An acoustic signal a near-end radio protocol, such as Bluetooth or NFC.
  • the visual code can also be displayed by means of a temporally changing brightness of the display.
  • the acoustic signal can be sent by means of a loudspeaker of the first operating device and received by a microphone of the second operating device.
  • the assignment of an authorization to an operating device is realized by HMIs of the same authorization using the same (ie common) authentication information and this (common) authentication information is associated with an authorization stored in the beverage preparation machine authorization.
  • the authentication information represents the fact that an HMI device belongs to a specific group of HMI devices, all of which have the same authorization.
  • an authorization stored in the beverage preparation machine and associated with the authentication information can be determined.
  • This authorization applies to all HMI devices in this group. Based on this permission can then be determined whether a specific action or a read or write access in the beverage preparation machine may be triggered by the HMI device.
  • the assignment of an authorization to an operating device is realized by each of the operating devices using an individual authentication information and this individual authentication information is assigned an authorization stored in the beverage preparation machine authorization.
  • the authentication information represents the fact that an HMI device is a specific individual, for example, with a one-to-one identifier, and no other HMI device exists with the same authentication information.
  • a stored authorization allocated in the beverage preparation machine and the authentication information can be determined. This authorization applies to exactly this one HMI device (although other, same authorizations may exist, but their assignment to an HMI device is expressed by means of a further assignment between an HMI device and an authentication information).
  • a specific action or a read or write access in the beverage preparation machine may be triggered by the HMI device.
  • a particular action in the beverage preparation machine in particular the manufacturing step, may only be triggered if a corresponding trigger command is received in a radio network defined by the beverage preparation machine itself as the base station.
  • the beverage preparation machine or their communication unit thus forms in this case a wireless access point ("wireless access point" or base station) of the wireless network.
  • the beverage preparation machine is designed to carry out the method described above, insofar as the steps described are carried out on the beverage preparation machine.
  • the computer program is used to operate an operating device for interacting with a user and for wireless communication with a communication unit of the beverage preparation machine.
  • the computer program executes at least the following steps to create a middle privilege for a second operator panel:
  • the operating device has an input device and an output device, which can be combined as a touch screen, as well as a data processing unit and a communication unit for communication with the beverage preparation machine.
  • the operating device can be a mobile device, in particular a portable device, for example a mobile phone or smartphone, or a functionally equivalent device such as a smartwatch or a "wearable computer.”
  • the operating device can also be permanently installed, for example as part of a building or kitchen automation system Control unit operating elements, in particular the input device and output device of the operating device, and its programmability and computing power to control the beverage preparation machine can be used.
  • the operating device can be designed to carry out at least part of the method described.
  • the HMI communicates via a communication link with the beverage preparation machine.
  • data are typically transferred to the beverage preparation machine, which are representative of a container selection or a total volume, absolute or relative proportions and optionally further parameters of partial products, such as temperature, order of preparation of partial products, name of the beverage, name of the user.
  • Other data may be acknowledgment inputs indicating to the system that the user has performed a displayed user instruction. From the beverage preparation machine to the operating device display initial values for quantities, user instructions, etc. can be transmitted.
  • the system comprises an auxiliary unit, which is designed both for supplying milk as a second partial product, optionally with heating of the milk, and for forming and supplying milk foam as a third partial product to the total product.
  • the computer program for execution on the operating device is loadable into an internal memory of a digital data processing unit of the operating device and has computer program code means which, when executed in the digital data processing unit of the operating device, bring them to the execution of the intended for the operating device steps of the method described above ,
  • a computer program product has a data carrier or a computer-readable medium on which the computer program code means are stored.
  • the beverage preparation machine is equipped with a feed unit which can automatically feed portion packs and convey into the capsule receptacle.
  • the delivery unit may be equipped to selectively supply portion packs of different types. It is thus an automatic production of total products of different types possible. It can at. the preparation of the total product in accordance with the preparation rule automatically a matching respectively consistent with the preparation rule portion pack are supplied.
  • a plurality of receiving steps, each with a triggering command and an associated preparation rule as a production order can be carried out in the beverage preparation machine. These can be stored and processed one after the other in separate production steps.
  • a completion confirmation step is executed for notification to the user.
  • the checking steps and confirmation steps can be carried out in each case.
  • a user instruction may also be sent between manufacturing steps to prompt the user to replace a newly filled container with an empty one before starting a manufacturing step.
  • programming of manufacture with a certain time delay is not accepted if the absolute time at which the manufacturing step is to take place is within a predetermined length of time, for example three minutes, before or after the absolute time for an already stored manufacturing step.
  • information describing stored preparation instructions or manufacturing orders is displayed on the operating unit or on the operating unit.
  • Such information may be the time of manufacture and / or a name of the recipe. It is also possible to display only the information that a stored preparation specification or a production order exists, for example by means of a light display, in particular an LED.
  • Figure 1 shows a system for beverage preparation
  • FIGS. 2-3 are flowcharts of methods of operating the
  • the beverage preparation machine 1 shows a system for beverage preparation with a beverage preparation machine 1 for filling a container 2 with at least one extraction material from a portion pack 3.
  • the beverage preparation machine 1 can be connected via a first communication link 51 to a communication network 5 such as an intranet or the Internet.
  • An operating device 4a, 4b, 4c which may be mobile and portable, for example a mobile phone or smartphone, or a dedicated device which is provided only to operate the beverage preparation machine 1, indirectly via a second communication link 52, 52 'and the communication network 5 or communicate directly with the beverage preparation machine 1 via a third communication connection 53, 53 '.
  • Two operating devices 4a, 4b can communicate with one another via a fourth communication connection 54, either bidirectionally or at least uni directly! onal, for example, from a first operating device 4a to a second operating device 4b.
  • the beverage preparation machine 1 has a base unit 10 for extracting an extraction product by means of an extraction liquid.
  • the beverage preparation machine 1 is, for example, a portion capsule coffee machine of the type known per se, wherein the base unit 10 a Brewing module and the extraction liquid is hot and pressurized water.
  • the extraction product is supplied to the container 2.
  • the portion pack 3 has a portion packaging (eg capsule) and an extraction material (for example coffee) contained in the portion packaging.
  • a portion packaging eg capsule
  • an extraction material for example coffee
  • the beverage preparation machine 1 has an additional unit 1 1, which can promote or produce at least one further product or partial product, for example milk and / or milk foam, which are also fed to the container 2.
  • the auxiliary unit 11 may have heating elements and / or cooling elements for heating or cooling the at least one further product.
  • the extraction product and the at least one partial product are fed simultaneously or sequentially to the container 2 and together form a complete product in the container 2, for example a "caffe macchiato" consisting of coffee, cold or warm milk, and cold or warm milk foam.
  • An overall product is shown schematically as consisting of a first portion 21, a second portion 22 and a third portion 23 consisting.
  • the proportions may be layered or mixed in container 2 depending on the preparation instructions.
  • proportion is meant a volume fraction or proportion.
  • the beverage preparation machine 1 has a control unit 12, a higher-level control unit 13, an operating unit 14 and a communication unit 15 for controlling the base unit 10 and the auxiliary unit 11, for operation by a user and for optional communication with other appliances.
  • the control unit 12 is designed to control the base unit 10 and auxiliary unit 11, for example by controlling the pumps, heating elements, etc. of these units and detecting and processing measured values of temperatures, pressures, flow rates, etc.
  • the function of the control unit 12 can by a single physical electronic unit, for example, a microcontroller, realized, or by a plurality of physical units or microcontroller, which are each assigned to the base unit 10 and the auxiliary unit 1 1 and communicate with each other via a communication bus or transmit single analog or binary signals via signal lines.
  • the higher-level control unit 13 is set up to control the operating unit 14 and the communication unit 15.
  • the higher-level control unit 13 can be implemented physically and / or programmatically separately from the control unit 12, or together with the control unit 12 form a single unit. In this sense, according to embodiments, the control unit 12 and the higher-level control unit 13 may be identical.
  • the operating unit 14 has an input unit 141 with, for example, switches, buttons and / or a jog dial or dial and / or a touch-sensitive surface, as well as an output unit 1 42 with optical display means such as lights or a screen etc. and / or acoustic display means such as a speaker, buzzer, etc.
  • the control unit 14 has no screen. Information about the programming of the beverage preparation machine 1 can then be displayed on the screen of an operating unit 4.
  • the communication unit 15 is configured for communication via the first communication connection 51, which may be wireless (for example by means of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.) or wired (for example by means of Ethernet, USB), in particular for communication with the communication network 5 the communication unit 15 communicate wirelessly (for example by means of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, etc.) or wired (for example by means of USB) to the operating unit 4.
  • the communication unit 15 can also read out and Describe a removable portable disk, for example via a USB interface or SD card interface.
  • Such an operating device 4 typically a mobile phone or smartphone, has a user interface 44, for example a touch-sensitive screen or touch screen, which functions as an input and output unit. Additionally or alternatively, buttons of the operating device 4 can serve as input units. Additionally or alternatively, a voice input can be realized.
  • information to the user and inputs of the user via the control unit 14 and / or the HMI device 4 can be output or input. If interactions with the user are described in the present description, it is understood that this refers to outputs or inputs by means of the operating unit 14 and / or by means of the operating unit 4. Generalized, these can therefore be called an interface unit.
  • the higher-level control unit 13 has a memory 131 in which, inter alia, preparation instructions or recipes are stored.
  • a preparation rule has at least control information that can be converted into commands for controlling the basic unit 10 and the auxiliary unit 1 1.
  • file information formats have sequence information which specifies a sequence of steps to be carried out by the basic unit 10 and / or the additional unit 11 for generating an overall product.
  • the control information for example, temperatures, volumes, times, etc. - in the following also generally called preparation parameters - which parameterize a flow.
  • flow information represents "turn on the auxiliary unit heater, switch on the pump for 15 seconds, wait for at least 5 seconds after the pump stops for the heater to be at the set temperature, turn on the breast pump for 12 seconds".
  • a preparation rule may also contain user instructions. These instructions are part of the overall product preparation and must be performed by a user.
  • the user instructions can be displayed by means of the output unit 142 or the user interface 44 of the operating device 4.
  • user instructions are "add ice cubes now” or “measure 20ml caramel syrup” or “add the prepared caramel syrup now” or “stir please” or “please check if inserted capsule and recipe match” etc.
  • a user instruction may be of a visual nature Be accompanied representation, for example, the product to be produced, a selected or actually inserted capsule, etc.
  • control information or corresponding commands are converted by the basic unit 10 and auxiliary unit 11 in accordance with the preparation specification and thus a preparation procedure is implemented. If the preparation rule has user instructions, these are displayed to the user at appropriate points in the process. Following an acknowledgment by the user by means of the input unit 141 or the user interface 44, which confirms the execution of the user instruction to the system, subsequent control information of the preparation procedure is implemented.
  • a preparation rule may include preparation parameters that may be adjusted by the user, as well as preparation parameters that are not user-customizable. Adaptable preparation parameters are, for example, (volume) fractions of partial products in the overall product, a total amount, or the temperature of a partial product.
  • the cooking instructions may include a default or default value that is used when the user does not adjust the parameter.
  • the user is shown a selection of one or more such preparation parameters on the operating unit 14 of the beverage preparation machine 1 or the user interface 44 of the operating device 4, and an input of the user for adaptation of the preparation parameter is recorded.
  • the input can be made by pressing real buttons and / or virtual buttons such as buttons or "buttons", in particular "arrow keys” and / or sliding markers or “slider” on a touch screen of the control unit 14 or the control unit 4.
  • the HMI device 4 transmits information representing the detected user inputs such as quantities, choice of container or total amount, temperature selection, etc. directly to the beverage preparation machine 1 via the third communication connection 53 or indirectly via the second communication connection 52 and the first communication connection 51 is provided with a machine-readable portion code 33.
  • This can be realized by, for example, optically, mechanically or wirelessly readable by radio information carrier, or by a combination of two or more such information carrier.
  • the portion code 33 represents a portion category 31 which specifies a category to which the portion pack 3 is assigned. Such categories can be different categories of Beverages or products such as "espresso", "normal coffee", “filter coffee”, “tea”, and also 1 'cleaning capsule''.
  • the portion code 33 further represents a portion identity 32 to which the portion pack 3 is assigned.
  • identities may represent certain individual products or varieties, such as "Arabica No. 42" or "Colombia special".
  • Portion packs 3 having the same portion category 31 may have different portions in the items 32. By means of the portion category 31, therefore, portion packs 3 or corresponding products of different identities can be grouped into categories.
  • an assignment of the portion code 33, respectively of portion categories 31 and / or portion identities 32, to respectively recommended or permitted ranges for preparation parameters may be stored.
  • a warning can be displayed and / or further processing of the portion pack 3 can be stopped.
  • a positive message can be generated if the selected capsule is particularly well suited for the selected proportions. For example, an espresso capsule is not optimally suitable if the user has selected a quantity of coffee intended for a normal coffee. Also, a cleaning capsule or a tea capsule are generally not suitable if the preparation of a beverage with milk was chosen.
  • FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of a sequence of a method for operating the beverage preparation machine 1. This method ensures the feasibility of a production process. Unless stated otherwise, the steps are carried out by the beverage preparation machine itself. The steps are the following: Receiving step 61: a wireless communication unit 15 of the beverage preparation machine 1 receives a triggering command.
  • Verification step 62 It is checked whether the beverage preparation machine 1 is ready to produce the whole product.
  • Branching 63 depending on whether the beverage preparation machine 1 is ready or not.
  • Confirmation step 64 for sending, by the communication unit 15, a confirmation that the trigger command has been received and the beverage preparation machine 1 is ready to produce the whole product;
  • Production step 65 in which the production of the total product takes place by the beverage preparation machine 1;
  • Second branch 66 depending on whether the production went without errors.
  • Final confirmation step 67 in which a confirmation of completion is sent by the communication unit 15, that the production of the entire product is completed.
  • the HMI device 4 displays a corresponding display for the user.
  • the implementation of the final confirmation step 67 can be done in various ways, for example by a "push” method, in which the beverage preparation machine 1 actively sends a message to the operating unit 4, or by means of a "polling” method, in which the operating unit 4 the status the beverage preparation machine 1 queried repeatedly.
  • Manufacturing error notification step 68 in which a communication error message is sent by the communication unit 15, that an error occurs in producing the entire product occured.
  • the generation error message may contain information about the type of error and / or its remedy or refer to such information which is stored, for example, in the HMI device 4 and displayed.
  • Manufacturing defect recovery step 69 where a user can troubleshoot based on the manufacturing fault message.
  • Error information step 70 in which an error information is sent by the communication unit 15, with a confirmation that the release command has been received but the beverage preparation machine 1 is not ready to produce the entire product.
  • the error information depends on the type of verification step that has determined this. It can refer to the absence of components and / or an optional unit, or to an operating state of the beverage preparation machine or to inconsistencies between the preparation instructions and the current state of the beverage preparation machine.
  • Troubleshooting step 71 in which a user can be used on the basis of the error information to troubleshoot and / or adjust the preparation rule.
  • FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a sequence of a method for operating the beverage preparation machine 1. This method adjusts the authorization Execution of a manufacturing process safely. Unless stated otherwise, the steps are carried out by the beverage preparation machine itself. The steps are the following:
  • Receiving step 81 a wireless communication unit 15 of the beverage preparation machine 1 receives a triggering command and associated authentication information.
  • the authentication information can be transmitted as a key.
  • the authentication information may be determined by a multi-step method of exchanging messages between the beverage preparation machine 1 and an HMI device 4.
  • Verification step 82 it is checked on the basis of the authentication information, whether the trigger command from an operating device 4a, 4b, 4c, which is entitled to trigger this particular action in the beverage preparation machine 1, in particular the remote triggering of a production. For example, this is done by using the authentication information, a permission stored in the beverage preparation machine 1 is determined, which specifies whether a particular action, in particular the triggering of a manufacturing step, may be triggered.
  • Branch 83 depending on whether the HMI device 4 a, 4 b, 4 c is authorized or not.
  • Authorization error step 90 i which is sent by the communication unit 1, error information that the trigger command was received but the operating device 4a, 4b, 4c to trigger this particular action, in particular the remote triggering of Manufacture, not ready. This error information can be displayed on the operating unit 4.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 can be combined with one another. For example, from FIG.
  • the checking step 62 whether the beverage preparation machine 1 is ready to produce the whole product.
  • the first operating device 4 a is assigned an upper authorization (or "administrator authorization"), which makes it possible to trigger a production process in the beverage preparation machine 1.
  • the third operating device 4c does not have this authorization, but only a "lower authorization” or "user authorization”.
  • this preparation rules can be adapted and transmitted to the Getränkezurungsmaschme 1, the triggering of the production but must take place on the beverage preparation machine 1 itself, i. by actuating an operating element on the operating unit 14 of the beverage preparation machine 1. This can ensure that not any user can uncontrollably trigger a first 11 Ilungs revitaliz.
  • the second operating device 4b may be assigned a medium authorization (or "subadministrator"). This average authorization allows triggering the production of a product by this second control unit 4b.
  • the assignment of an average authorization to an operating unit 4 can be done only by means of an operating unit 4, which is an upper authorization zugordnet.
  • the first operator control device 4a with the upper authorization can thus assign a medium authorization to another, for example the second operator device 4b.
  • This can be realized by the first operating device 4a assigns a key or generally an authentication information to the second operating device 4b, wherein this authentication information in the beverage preparation machine 1 is assigned an average authorization. This authentication information is transmitted to the second operating device 4b from the first operating device 4a.
  • the fourth communication connection 54 which is a different channel than the channel via which the operating devices 4 communicate with the beverage preparation machine 1.
  • This other channel is preferably designed for transmission only in the near range, for example according to an NFC standard or Bluetooth standard, in contrast to a WiFi standard for communication with the beverage preparation machine 1.
  • the other channel may also be unidirectional, for example by an optical Signal, such as a barcode or Morse code, which is output by the first operator control device 4 and received or scanned by the second operator device 4b. As a unidirectional signal and an acoustic signal can be used.
  • the information transmitted by the signal can for example be modulated onto a carrier signal, in particular by modulation in the frequency domain and / or modulation in the time domain.
  • the acoustic signal can be generated by means of a loudspeaker or a vibrating element.
  • a vibration element or vibration alarm can be a motor with a rotating mass with imbalance.
  • the authentication information associated with the second operator device 4b may be unique to each of the operator devices 4: Enliser as a combination of a common administrator key with an individual identification key, which identifies only the HMI device 4 but does not correspond to an authorization. Then, to determine the authority to initiate a manufacturing process in the beverage preparation machine 1, it may be examined whether the administrator key for the beverage preparation machine 1 is valid. For determining whether an operating device 4a has an upper authorization, then the identification key is used. When setting up a beverage preparation machine 1, it can be determined that exclusively the first operating device 4a that is used for setting up has this upper authorization. Then, only the administrator key can be transmitted to the second operating unit 4b for assigning an average authorization. The second operating device 4b can therefore, because it has a different identification key than the first, have no upper authority and can not modify permissions.
  • each authorization for such a combined key is assigned an authorization which specifies the authorization for triggering a production process and also for assigning (average) authorizations to other operating devices 4. Then, when assigning an average authorization, the combined key is transmitted to the second operating unit 4b, and in the beverage preparation machine 1, the assignment of the combined key with a medium authorization is stored.
  • the various keys or authentication information need not be sent from and generated in the first HMI device 4a. It is relevant that the authentication information is shared. It will generating a key pair from a private and a public key also referred to as "sharing the authentication information".
  • the transmission of authentication information can also be done via a public communication network 5 using appropriate cryptographic methods.

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L'invention concerne un procédé pour faire fonctionner une machine de préparation de boissons (1) destinée à produire un produit complet en utilisant un conditionnement en portions (3), comprenant les étapes suivantes, exécutées par la machine de préparation de boissons (1) : une étape de réception (81) consistant à recevoir, par le biais d'une unité de communication (15), une instruction de déclenchement destinée à déclencher une action donnée dans la machine de préparation de boissons (1) et une information d'authentification ; une étape de contrôle (82) consistant à contrôler, à l'aide de l'information d'authentification, si l'instruction de déclenchement est issue d'un appareil de commande (4a, 4b, 4c) qui est autorisé à déclencher cette action donnée dans la machine de préparation de boissons (1), notamment autorisé à déclencher à distance une production ; et, uniquement dans le cas où l'appareil de commande possède l'autorisation à cet effet : exécution de l'action, notamment d'une étape de production (85) consistant à préparer le produit complet.
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