KR20220041489A - System and method for providing supply information of home appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing home appliance supply information. According to the present invention, the method for providing home appliance supply information stores, by a sever, matching information of first identification information and second identification information transmitted from a home appliance, checks the second identification information matching the first identification information when a request for supply information is received with the first identification information from a user terminal, transmits supply information of the second identification information corresponding to a unique number of a supply to the user terminal, and displays, by the user terminal, the supply information to provide the supply information to the user.

Description

System and method for providing supply information of home appliance

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information on consumables for home appliances.

In general, consumables of home appliances have an average lifespan, so if they are used for a certain period of time or more, they must be replaced.

In order for the user to replace consumables while using the home appliance, identification information such as the serial number and model name of the home appliance and information on the consumables to be replaced must be checked.

The identification information of home appliances can be found on the outside of the product or through the manual, but the information on the consumables cannot be known.

In general, home appliances are given identification information of a management model name at the time of development, and identification information of another sales model name at the time of sale. The user recognizes the sales model name through the information or manual attached to the product.

In the service center, when the user informs the sales model name and consumables of the home appliance, it is inconvenient to check the management model name corresponding to the sales model name to inform the consumables information.

In addition, since the user cannot know when to replace the consumables of the home appliance, there is a problem in that the user tries to replace the consumables only when a failure occurs.

KR 2001-0113397 (Prior Document 1) discloses a technique for notifying the time of replacement of consumables in a refrigerator. In Prior Document 1, in order to notify the time of replacement of the consumables, the user has to directly input the exchange data of the consumables.

In KR 2018-0052885 (Prior Document 2), a purchase button for purchasing an item is displayed on the screen of the refrigerator to display a shopping screen for purchase by touching the purchase button. The prior document 2 is for the purchase of general goods, and in order to purchase consumables of a specific home appliance, it is inconvenient to check the model name of the home appliance and unique information of the consumables one by one.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2001-0113397 Korea Patent Publication No. 2018-0052885

It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing consumables information of home electric appliances, which enables users to easily and conveniently check consumables information of home electric appliances using a user terminal.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing information on consumables for home appliances, which allows the user to conveniently purchase consumables using a user terminal.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing information on consumables of home appliances, which notify a replacement time of consumables of the home appliance through a user terminal.

A method of providing consumables information of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: transmitting, by the home appliance, first identification information registered therein and second identification information corresponding to the first identification information to a server; storing, by the server, matching the first identification information and the second identification information; requesting information on the consumables by sending, by the user terminal, the first identification information of the home appliance and the unique number of the consumables to the server when a request for information on consumables of the home appliance is selected by the user's manipulation; transmitting, by the server, second identification information matching the first identification information, and consumables information of the second identification information corresponding to the unique number of the consumables of the first identification information to the user terminal; and displaying, by the user terminal, the consumable information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing information on consumables of a home appliance, the method comprising: transmitting, by the home appliance, a plurality of operation data to a server at a set period; diagnosing, by the server, the state of consumables by analyzing the operation data; transmitting information on the consumables to a user terminal based on a state diagnosis result of the consumables; and displaying, by the user terminal, the consumable information.

The displaying of the consumable information may include displaying a button for a purchase request of the consumables, and the user terminal displays a purchase screen of the consumables when a purchase request for the consumables is selected by touching the button. may include more.

A system for providing information on consumables for home appliances according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a home appliance that transmits first identification information registered therein and second identification information corresponding to the first identification information; a server that matches and stores the first identification information and the second identification information received from the home appliance, and transmits consumables information of the second identification information matching the first identification information when a request for consumable information of the home appliance is received; and when a request for information on consumables of the home appliance is selected by a user's operation, the first identification information of the home appliance and a unique number of the consumables are transmitted to the server to request information on the consumables, and consumable information from the server It may include a user terminal for receiving and displaying.

The home appliance transmits operation data to the server according to a preset period, and the server analyzes the operation data to diagnose the state of the consumables of the home appliance, and information on the consumables based on the state diagnosis result of the consumables can be transmitted to the user terminal.

The user terminal may display a button for requesting a purchase of the consumables when displaying the consumable information, and display a purchase screen of the consumables when a purchase request for the consumables is selected by touching the button.

The system and method for providing information on consumables for home appliances according to an embodiment of the present invention have the following effects.

According to the present invention, a user can easily and conveniently check consumable information of home appliances using his/her terminal.

According to the present invention, the user can automatically check the replacement time of the consumables of the home appliance through his/her terminal.

According to the present invention, a user can conveniently purchase consumables for home appliances using his/her terminal.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system for providing information on consumables for home appliances according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an internal block diagram of devices constituting the system shown in Fig. 1;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing information on consumables of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing information on consumables of a home appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 and 6 are exemplary views of a screen of a user terminal for explaining a process of providing consumable information of a home appliance according to the present invention.
7 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a matching relationship between first identification information and second identification information according to the present invention.
8 is an exemplary view of a screen of a user terminal for purchasing consumables of a home appliance according to the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only these embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and common knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains It is provided to fully inform those who have the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

Before describing the system and method for providing information on consumables for home appliances according to the present invention, the home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention may be any home appliance that uses at least one consumable, such as an air conditioner, a refrigerator, or a vacuum cleaner. can Therefore, it is pointed out that any home appliance that is used by replacing the consumable with a new one after using the consumable for a certain period of time can be applied to the present invention.

A home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system for providing information on consumables for home appliances according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an internal block diagram of devices constituting the system.

1 and 2 , the system for providing information on consumables for home appliances according to the present invention may include a home appliance 110 , a server 120 , and a user terminal 130 .

The home appliance 110 is a product produced and sold by a home appliance manufacturer, and may be, for example, an electronic product that can be used at home or a store, such as an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a washing machine, an air purifier, and a vacuum cleaner.

Consumables may be used in the home appliance 110 . Various consumables may be used according to the type of the home appliance 110 . For example, in the case of an air conditioner, a vacuum cleaner, an air purifier, and the like, it may be a filter.

The home appliance 110 may include a display unit 111 for displaying information such as a control screen and an operating state. When the display unit 111 and the touch sensor for sensing a touch operation form a touch screen by forming a mutually layered structure, the display unit 111 may be used as an input device in addition to an output device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, and a touch pad.

In the present embodiment, the display unit 111 may display function buttons for performing various functions. For example, a product registration button for registering the home appliance 110 to the server 120 may be displayed. When the product registration button is touched by the user, the home appliance 110 may register its own product information or product-specific information to the server 120 .

The home appliance 110 may include a storage unit 112 for storing various types of information, data, and programs for various functions. The storage unit 112 may store matching information in which the first identification information of the home appliance 110 and the second identification information corresponding to the first identification information are matched with each other. When the home appliance 110 is manufactured, the first identification information and the second identification information may be matched with each other in the storage unit 112 and stored in advance.

In this embodiment, the first identification information is unique information used when the home appliance 110 is sold to a user (consumer or customer), for example, a sales model name or a serial number for sale. can be The second identification information is information used when the server 120 manages, and may be, for example, a management model name.

The first identification information is information given to the home appliance 110 at the time of manufacture or sale of the home appliance 110 so that the user can recognize it from the home appliance 110 purchased by the user, and is typically provided to the home appliance 110 ) may be displayed on a sticker attached to the outside surface or in the manual distributed at the time of purchase.

The second identification information is information given at the time of development for each home appliance 110 , and may be information internally given by a manufacturer of a home appliance to manage the home appliance 110 .

Therefore, in general, the first identification information and the second identification information are available for each home appliance 110, the user can recognize only the first identification information, and the second identification information can be recognized only by the home appliance manufacturer. Accordingly, the home appliance 110 matches and stores its first identification information and the corresponding second identification information in the storage unit 112 in advance.

The home appliance 110 may include a device communication unit 113 that performs wired/wireless communication with an external device. The device communication unit 113 may include one or more communication modules and may communicate with external electronic devices and the like. For example, the device communication unit 113 may include a wireless communication module to wirelessly communicate with the server 120 .

The wireless communication module may include a wireless Internet module for wireless Internet access. The wireless Internet module may be configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in a communication network according to wireless Internet technologies. In this embodiment, the wireless Internet technology may be, for example, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, WiMAX, LTE, LTE-A, or the like.

In addition, the wireless communication module may include a short-range communication module for short-range communication. The short-range communication module may be, for example, Bluetooth, RFID, IrDA, UWB, Zigbee, NFC, Wi-Fi Direct, or the like.

The device communication unit 113 may transmit product information or unique information of the home appliance 110 to the server 120 . The unique information may include matching information between the first identification information given to the home appliance 110 and the second identification information corresponding to the first identification information.

The transmission of unique information from the home appliance 110 to the server 120 may be performed by a user's manipulation or may be performed automatically in a situation in which the home appliance 110 is set. For example, when the home appliance 110 is initially turned on or when the wireless communication module is turned on, unique information may be automatically transmitted to the server 120 .

In addition, the device communication unit 113 may transmit the operation data of the home appliance 110 to the server 120 at a set time or every set period. The operation data may include data related to consumables. Specifically, by analyzing the operation data in the server 120, it may be data that can determine the state of the consumables and whether to replace them.

The device controller 114 may control the overall operation of the home appliance 110 . The device control unit 114 may control to display the operating state on the display unit 111 , and may control to transmit matching information between the first identification information and the second identification information to the server 120 through the communication unit 113 . .

In addition, the device control unit 114 may control to transmit the operation data of the home appliance 110 to the server 120 through the communication unit 113 at a set time or every set period.

The server 120 may receive and store information transmitted from the home appliance 110 , and may receive and process request information transmitted from the user terminal 130 .

The server 120 is, for example, a manufacturer that manufactures the home appliance 110 , a sales company that sells the home appliance 110 , a service provider that provides a service related to the home appliance 110 , and manages the home appliance 110 . It may be a server operated by a manager or a seller who sells and distributes consumables of the home appliance 110 .

The server 120 may include a server communication unit 121 that performs wired/wireless communication with the home appliance 110 and the user terminal 130 . The server communication unit 121 may receive unique information and operation data including matching information for the home appliance 110 from the home appliance 110 , and request information on consumables of the home appliance 110 from the user terminal 130 and / or may receive a consumable purchase request. The consumables information request and the consumable purchase request may include first identification information of the home appliance 110 in which the consumables are used and a unique number assigned to the consumables.

The server 120 may include a database (DB) 122 that stores information related to the requested consumables, including transmitted unique information and operation data.

The server 120 may analyze the operation data transmitted from the home appliance 110 to diagnose the state of each of the plurality of consumables. For this purpose, the operation data may be data related to the function or state of the consumable. For example, the state of the filter may be diagnosed by analyzing data related to suction power.

In addition, the server 120 may return the consumables information retrieved from the DB 122 to the user terminal 130 in response to the consumable information request transmitted from the user terminal 130 . Accordingly, the user can easily check consumable information through his/her terminal.

In addition, the server 120 may be a management server managed by an operator operating an online mart. The server 120 may operate an online purchase site, and the user terminal 130 may access an online purchase screen through an Internet address or URL to provide an online sales service.

The user can stably purchase consumables from the online mart provided by the server 120 through the user terminal 130 and receive various services. To this end, the server 120 may include a program and software for providing an online sales service.

The server controller 123 may control the overall operation of the server 120 .

The user terminal 130 is a portable electronic device terminal possessed by a user, and may include, for example, a mobile phone, a cellular foam, a smart phone, a smart pad, a tablet, a notebook computer, or a multimedia device.

In this way, the user can request and check consumable information of the home appliance 110 that he has purchased using the user terminal 130 regardless of location, request the purchase of consumables, and further check the time of replacement of consumables. may be

The user terminal 130 may include a terminal communication unit 131 for performing wired/wireless communication with the server 120 . The terminal communication unit 131 transmits the first identification information of the home appliance 110 and the unique number of the consumables to the server 120 to transmit a request for information on the consumables, and may transmit a purchase request for the consumables. Also, the terminal communication unit 131 may receive consumable information from the server 120 , and may receive a replacement time of the consumable.

The user terminal 130 may include an operation unit 132 for inputting a user operation and a display 133 for displaying operation information and a control screen. The user may input a user's request or command by manipulating (touching) the manipulation unit 132 , and the display 133 may display corresponding screens according to the user's manipulation.

In this embodiment, as an example, the manipulation unit 132 and the display 133 may be integrally implemented. When the display 133 and the touch sensor form a layer structure to form a touch screen to implement the manipulation unit 132 , the manipulation unit 132 and the display 133 may be integrally implemented as an input device and an output device at the same time.

A button or icon for requesting consumable information and/or purchasing consumables may be displayed on the display 133 . For example, the user may touch an icon to request information on consumables and/or purchase requests for consumables.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 130 may be equipped with a dedicated application program (hereinafter, referred to as a dedicated app) for requesting information on consumables and purchasing requests for consumables of the home appliance 110 . When the dedicated app is executed by user manipulation, screens for requesting information on consumables of the home appliance 110 registered in advance in the user terminal 130 may be displayed on the display 133 . Alternatively, screens for requesting purchase of consumables of the home appliance 110 may be additionally displayed on the display 133 . Accordingly, the user may be able to purchase consumables information and consumables using the dedicated app.

The terminal controller 134 may control the overall operation of the user terminal 130 . The terminal control unit 134 executes a dedicated app when a user operation is input through the operation unit 132, and when a user operation for requesting consumables information of the home appliance 110 in the dedicated app is inputted, the first, 2 It is possible to control the matching information of the identification information and the consumables unique number to be transmitted to the server 120 through the terminal communication unit 131 .

In addition, the terminal control unit 134, when a user operation for a request to purchase consumables of the home appliance 110 is input in the dedicated app, the first identification information and the consumables unique number of the home appliance 110 to the server through the terminal communication unit 131 It can be controlled to transmit to (120).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing information on consumables of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing information on consumables of a home appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , when a user's manipulation is input (S11), the home appliance 110 transmits matching information between the first identification information assigned to itself and the second identification information corresponding to the first identification information to the server 120 ) to perform product registration (S12).

Here, if a specific condition preset in the home appliance 110 is satisfied otherwise, the home appliance 110 may automatically perform product registration. For example, when the user turns on the home appliance 110 for the first time after purchasing it, the wireless communication module is operated to connect to the server 120 and automatically transmit the matching information.

After receiving the transmitted matching information and storing it in the DB 122 (S13), the server 120 may maintain a standby state (S14).

In the standby state, when the user terminal 130 transmits the first identification information of the home appliance 110 and the unique number of the consumables to the server 120 to request the consumable information (S15), the server 120 receives the The second identification information matching the first identification information and the consumables information of the second identification information corresponding to the received consumables unique number are retrieved from the DB 122 (S16), and the searched consumable information is transmitted to the user terminal 130 It can be transmitted (S17).

This process will be described in detail. 5 illustrates an example of a display screen for requesting consumable information to the user terminal 130 as an example. A 'find consumables' button or icon 51 may be displayed on the display screen.

When the user touches the corresponding icon 51 , as in the example of FIG. 6 , a unique number of the consumables for the first identification information of the home appliance 110 registered in advance may be displayed. The drawing shows an air conditioner filter as an example.

When the user checks the first identification information and touches the unique number of the consumable, the first identification information and the unique number of the consumable from the user terminal 130 may be transmitted to the server 120 .

Accordingly, the server 120 checks the second identification information matching the first identification information as shown in FIG. 7 , and searches the DB 122 for information on the consumables of the second identification information corresponding to the unique number of the consumables to the user terminal It can be transmitted to (130).

The user terminal 130 may display the consumable information transmitted from the server 120 on the display 133 (S18). The consumable information may include a name, a photo, a unique number, and the like of the consumable. Alternatively or additionally, a purchase request button may be displayed on the display 133 together with consumable information.

When the purchase request button is touched by the user to request the purchase of consumables (S19), the user terminal 130 may display a purchase screen for purchasing the corresponding consumables (S20). Such a purchase screen may be displayed, for example, by accessing an Internet address or URL provided by the server 120 . As another example, it may be displayed by being connected to a server operated by a seller of consumables.

8 shows an example of a screen of the user terminal for purchasing consumables as an example. When purchasing consumables, the user may touch a purchase request button on the screen. When the purchase request button is touched, the purchase process may proceed.

As described above, the user may check information on consumables through the user terminal 130 in his/her possession, and optionally additionally purchase the corresponding consumables.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the home appliance 110 may transmit its operation data to the server 120 at a set time or at a set period ( S21 ). The operation data may be data related to a function or state of the consumable.

The server 120 may analyze the operation data to diagnose the state of the consumables (S22). For example, the state of the filter can be diagnosed by checking the value of the suction power.

And, the server 120 may check the replacement time of the consumables based on the diagnosis result of the consumable state. If it is determined that it is the replacement time of the consumables (S23), the replacement time of the consumables may be transmitted to the user terminal 130 (S24).

The user terminal 130 may display the transmitted consumable replacement time on the display 133 (S25). Accordingly, the user can check the replacement time of a specific consumable.

At this time, alternatively or in addition to this, a purchase request button may be displayed on the display 133 together with the replacement time of the consumables.

When the purchase request button is touched by the user to request the purchase of consumables (S26), the user terminal 130 may display a purchase screen for purchasing the corresponding consumables (S27).

In this way, the user may check the replacement time of the consumables through the user terminal 130 he owns, and optionally purchase the consumables.

As described above, in the system and method for providing information on consumables for home appliances according to the present invention, information of home appliances is registered in the server, and the user terminal requests and receives consumables information from the server, and the user can check the consumables information, , may be purchased directly. In addition, in the present invention, the server analyzes the operation data transmitted from the home appliance to confirm the replacement time of the consumables, and transmits the replacement time to the user terminal so that the user can check the replacement time of the consumables, and can purchase immediately. .

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but may be manufactured in various different forms, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

110: home appliance 120: server
130: user terminal

Claims (11)

transmitting, by the home appliance, transmitting first identification information registered therein and second identification information corresponding to the first identification information to a server;
storing, by the server, matching the first identification information and the second identification information;
requesting information on the consumables by sending, by the user terminal, the first identification information of the home appliance and the unique number of the consumables to the server when a request for information on consumables of the home appliance is selected by the user's manipulation;
transmitting, by the server, second identification information matching the first identification information, and consumables information of the second identification information corresponding to the unique number of the consumables of the first identification information to the user terminal; and
Consumables information providing method of the home appliance comprising the step of displaying the received consumable information by the user terminal.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying of the consumable information comprises displaying a button for requesting a purchase of the consumables.
The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of displaying, by the user terminal, a purchase screen of the consumables when a purchase request for the consumables is selected by touching the button.
transmitting, by the home appliance, a plurality of operation data to a server at a set period;
diagnosing, by the server, the state of consumables by analyzing the operation data;
transmitting information on the consumables to a user terminal based on a state diagnosis result of the consumables; and
Consumables information providing method of the home appliance comprising the step of displaying the consumable information by the user terminal.
The method of claim 4, wherein the consumable information includes a replacement time of the consumable.
The method according to claim 4, wherein the displaying of the consumable information comprises displaying a button for requesting a purchase of the consumables.
The method of claim 6 , further comprising displaying, by the user terminal, a purchase screen of the consumables when a purchase request for the consumables is selected by touching the button.
a home appliance that transmits first identification information registered therein and second identification information corresponding to the first identification information to the outside;
A server that matches and stores the first identification information and the second identification information received from the home appliance, and transmits consumables information of the second identification information matching the first identification information when a request for consumable information of the home appliance is received ; and
When the request for information on the consumables of the home appliance is selected by the user's manipulation, the first identification information of the home appliance and the unique number of the consumables are transmitted to the server to request the information of the consumables, and the consumable information is received from the server Consumables information providing system of home appliances including a user terminal to display.
The method according to claim 8, wherein the home appliance transmits operation data to the server according to a preset period, and the server analyzes the operation data to diagnose the state of the consumables of the home appliance and based on the state diagnosis result of the consumables Consumables information providing system of home appliances for transmitting the consumable information to the user terminal.
The system of claim 9 , wherein the consumable information includes a replacement time of the consumable.
The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the user terminal displays a button for requesting the purchase of the consumables when displaying the information on the consumables, and displays the purchase screen of the consumables when the purchase request for the consumables is selected by touching the button A system for providing information on consumables for home appliances.

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