US 11,941,011 B2
Advice provision method for user using household appliance while viewing terminal screen
Hiroshi Yoshitake, Chiba (JP); Hideo Umetani, Kanagawa (JP); Kentaro Nakai, Hyogo (JP); Keigo Aso, Kanagawa (JP); and Shunsuke Kuhara, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/128,391.
Application 18/128,391 is a continuation of application No. 17/124,777, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,645,291.
Application 17/124,777 is a continuation of application No. 16/239,893, filed on Jan. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,902,008, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Application 16/239,893 is a continuation of application No. 14/427,787, granted, now 10,210,217, issued on Feb. 19, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2014/002075, filed on Apr. 10, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-114485 (JP), filed on May 30, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244679 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/35 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/24578 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/35 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An advice provision method used by a system providing a plurality of pieces of advice pertaining to each of a plurality of household appliances on a user terminal,
receiving (1) first household appliance log information indicating a usage condition of a first household appliance among the household appliances and second household appliance log information indicating a usage condition of a second household appliance among the household appliances, and (2) product information of the first household appliance,
the product information includes a plurality of pieces of advice pertaining to the first household appliance,
with respect to each of the pieces of advice, an indication is defined regarding a profile of a user with respect to which priority corresponding to the piece of advice needs to be changed,
searching, with respect to each of the pieces of advice, the first household appliance log information, and the second household appliance log information for the indication regarding the profile of the user with respect to which the corresponding priority needs to be changed;
performing, with respect to each of the pieces of advice, priority update by increasing the corresponding priority by a predetermined increment, when the searching finds the indication regarding the profile of the user in any of the first household appliance log information, and the second household appliance log information; and
providing the user terminal with two or more pieces of advice corresponding to a higher priority among the pieces of advice as a result of the priority update.