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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2008
Itay Sherman, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Eyal Bychkov, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Uri Ron, Tel Aviv, IL;
Hagay Katz, Moshav Herut, IL;
Hagit Perry, Herzilya, IL;
Ran Margalit, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Itay Sherman, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Eyal Bychkov, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Uri Ron, Tel Aviv, IL;
Hagay Katz, Moshav Herut, IL;
Hagit Perry, Herzilya, IL;
Ran Margalit, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for automatically registering an appliance, including a storage housed within an electrical appliance for storing identifying information about the electrical appliance and its purchase, and a communication card including a controller, an interface connector for connecting the communication card to the electrical appliance, a wireless cellular modem for transmitting data, and a card memory for storing program code, wherein when the communication card is connected to the electrical appliance via the interface connector, the program code automatically instructs the controller to collect the identifying information about the electrical appliance and its purchase, to collect owner information and to transmit at least a portion of the collected information to at least one remote recipient using the cellular modem. A method is also described and claimed.