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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2019
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Kotaro Sakata, Osaka, JP;
Tomoaki Maruyama, Tochigi, JP;
Kenji Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masayoshi Tojima, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A user management method according to the present disclosure includes: storing (S) appliance use information including: appliance identification information for identifying an appliance; user information for identifying a user of the appliance; and an operating state of the appliance when the appliance was used; analyzing (S) the appliance use information stored in the storing (S) to identify, from among a plurality of functions of the appliance, one or more first functions each having a use frequency less than or equal to a threshold value; and providing (S) the user with a notice which prompts use of the one or more first functions identified in the analyzing (S).