Title:
WATER HEATER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3841708
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water heater capable of bidirectionally communicating on various domestic information or the like with an external server by using a global network, without using a private network having an internal server or a VPN technology.
SOLUTION: This water heater has an information acquiring device 100 for acquiring at least either one of information related to operation of the water heater 1 and information unrelated to the operation of the water heater 1, a timer device 8 for outputting time information, and a communication terminal unit 9 accessible to an external server connected via the global network, and constituted so as to be capable of starting transmission operation for transmitting event information of associating the time information of the timer device 8 with the acquired information of the information acquiring device 100 to the external server by access to the external server.
Inventors:
Maho Nonami
Hiroaki Dema
Hideki Okamoto
Moto Fujii
Takuhiro Yamada
Hiroaki Dema
Hideki Okamoto
Moto Fujii
Takuhiro Yamada
Application Number:
JP2002078140A
Publication Date:
November 01, 2006
Filing Date:
March 20, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OSAKA GAS CO.,LTD.
International Classes:
F24H1/00; G06F13/00; G06Q10/00; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/06; H04Q9/00; (IPC1-7): F24H1/00; G06F17/60; H04Q9/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2002077427A | ||||
| JP2002006937A | ||||
| JP2001283353A | ||||
| JP2002073966A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shuichiro Kitamura