US 11,683,195 B2
Cooking menu communication and methods of operating a cooking appliance
Youngjin Oh, Seoul (KR); Hyuk-chul Kwon, Seongnam (KR); Byung Cheon Lee, Seongnam-Si (KR); and JuChan Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/494,920.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109071 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/2827 (2013.01) [A47J 27/004 (2013.01); A47J 36/321 (2018.08); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a cooking appliance comprising:
receiving a menu set selection comprising a plurality of predetermined dish options at a registered user device apart from the cooking appliance;
commissioning, prior to receiving the menu set selection, the cooking appliance with the registered device such that the registered device and cooking appliance are associated with a common user account;
transmitting the menu set selection to an unregistered user device apart from the cooking appliance and unassociated with the common user account;
receiving a recipe selection of one or more of the plurality of predetermined dish options from the unregistered user device; and
directing a cooking operation at the cooking appliance based on the received recipe selection.