HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

Title:

HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/016672

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A home appliance and a method for operating the same are provided. The home appliance outputs product information as a predetermined sound signal and the sound signal is transmitted to a remote service center over a communication network so that the state of the home appliance is easily checked at the service center. Data associated with each operation of the home appliance is stored as product information according to the operation state of the home appliance. The product information is also stored when the operation is suddenly terminated and is then output as a sound signal so that it is possible to correctly check the state of the home appliance and to correctly diagnose an error that has occurred in the home appliance.

Inventors:

JEONG HOI JIN (KR)
CHO IN HAENG (KR)
HAN JONG HYE (KR)
LEE PHAL JIN (KR)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2010/005108

Publication Date:

July 21, 2011

Filing Date:

August 04, 2010

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)
JEONG HOI JIN (KR)
CHO IN HAENG (KR)
HAN JONG HYE (KR)
LEE PHAL JIN (KR)

International Classes:

H04L12/12; H04L12/26

Foreign References:

US5940915A	1999-08-24
JP2002045590A	2002-02-12
KR20010036913A	2001-05-07
KR20020030426A	2002-04-25

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