US 11,788,731 B2
Method and device for the targeted conveying of information to customers using cooking appliances and/or to cooking appliances of a cooking appliance manufacturer
Konstantin Stroh, Murnau am Staffelsee (DE); Stan Smits, Weilheim (DE); Gisela Rosenkranz, Munich (DE); Hannes Wild, Riegsee (DE); Marina Fischer, Peiting (DE); and Cornelia Chowanetz, Wielenbach (DE)
Assigned to WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Herborn (DE)
Filed by WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Herborn (DE)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 17/105,061.
Application 17/105,061 is a continuation of application No. 16/490,734, granted, now 10,920,991, previously published as PCT/EP2018/054651, filed on Feb. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017203 511.0 (DE), filed on Mar. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0080113 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G09F 23/00 (2006.01); H05B 6/68 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 7/08 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G09F 23/0058 (2013.01); H05B 6/687 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2643 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food processing device for the targeted communication of information to a person using the food processing device or to the food processing device, the food processing device comprising:
a user interface having an input and a display;
a determination unit operatively connected to the user interface that determines the utilization behavior of persons operating the food processing device or the operating behavior of the food processing device;
a transmission unit comprising a network connection via a data cable or via a radio frequency connection operatively connected to an internal or external antenna that transmits the utilization behavior of persons operating the food processing device or the operating behavior of the food processing device to the food processing device manufacturer; and
a control unit operatively connected to the user interface and to the transmission unit that receives and processes targeted information from the food processing device manufacturer, wherein the targeted information is based on a comparison by the food processing device manufacturer of information comprising information sent to the manufacturer from producers of seasonings, suppliers of accessories, suppliers of raw ingredients and information determined in a manufacturer-internal manner compared to the transmitted utilization behavior of persons operating the food processing device or the operating behavior of the food processing device, wherein the targeted information was evaluated by the cooking appliance manufacturer before being received such that only information of potential interest is received by the control unit and sent to the display.