Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Marc Delbreil

Fabien Ludovic Agon

The present invention relates to a beverage preparation machine with ambience emulation functionality. A providing arrangement () provides data with visible 5 content for generating a predefined ambience when reproduced, wherein the provided data are linked to context information, said context information being indicative of a situation. An acquisition arrangement () acquires at least one actual context 10 information indicating an actual situation, and a display () reproduces data being associated to the acquired actual context information for generating an ambience related to the actual situation.

Beverage preparation machine with ambience emulation functionality

The present invention relates to a beverage preparation machine () having an extended user-advisory functionality, comprising a control unit () for recognizing an actual or upcoming event triggering said user-advisory functionality, such as a disturbance of such machine () based on monitored machine parameters or a machine contextual event, a communication module () for communicating with a remote external device () via a communication network (), and a display () for displaying messages, wherein the control unit () in said user-advisory functionality is further adapted to establish a connection via the communication module () to said external device () offering a resource for managing the actual or upcoming event, and to control the display of a message on the display () indicating the actual or upcoming event and advising a user on managing said event. The present invention further relates to a program stored on a memory device and executable by a control unit () of the beverage preparation machine () for providing an extended user-advisory functionality for a beverage preparation machine ().

Beverage preparation machine comprising an extended user-advisory functionality

The present invention relates to a beverage preparation machine, comprising a memory for storing icons, said icons being divided into at least two menu level groups, whereby each icon indicates a selectable menu function of the machine. The machine further comprises a display for displaying: in a first operation mode a first group of icons adjacent a main portion of the display; and in a second operation mode one group of icons as currently selectable icons on said main portion of the display. A touch pad is adapted to accept a touch operation for switching between the first and second operation mode.

Beverage preparation machine with touch menu functionality

The present invention relates to a beverage preparation machine (), comprising a memory for storing icons (), said icons () being divided into at least two menu level groups (), whereby each icon () indicates a selectable menu function of the machine (). The machine () further comprises a display () for displaying: in a first operation mode a first group () of icons adjacent a main portion () of the display (); and in a second operation mode one group () of icons () as currently selectable icons () on said main portion () of the display (). A touch pad () is adapted to accept a touch operation for switching between the first and second operation mode.

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