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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2010
Marc Delbreil, Bulle, CH;
Fabien Ludovic Agon, Le Bouveret, CH;
Marc Delbreil, Bulle, CH;
Fabien Ludovic Agon, Le Bouveret, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
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 ().