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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Motoji Ohmori, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Osaka, JP;
Masao Nonaka, Osaka, JP;
Ryota Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A function update method improving household appliance functions by enabling new and existing household appliances to perform cooperative processing. In the method, a server stores registration information listing identification information for each household appliance owned by a user, combination information listing combinations each including household appliances performing cooperative processing, and update information for each household appliance in each combination, for updating a function for performing the cooperative processing. The method includes: receiving, from a household appliance having identification information not listed in the registration information, a request to list the identification information in the registration information, and listing the identification information in the registration information; selecting a combination listed in the combination information, the combination including the household appliance and all other household appliances in the combination being registered in the registration information; and transmitting update information to each household appliance requiring a function update in the combination.