US 12,034,809 B2
Coupling a domestic appliance to a mobile device
Jochen Grimminger, Dillingen (DE); Philipp Kleinlein, Bergen (DE); Philip Koene, Munich (DE); and Frank Schaefer, Puchheim (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/041,578
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/078021
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/089926, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291800 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 12/12 (2006.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 67/125 (2013.01) [H04L 12/12 (2013.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising steps of:
wirelessly coupling a household appliance to a mobile device as a Bluetooth input apparatus; and
allocating a sensor of the household appliance, as a local appliance of the mobile device, to a function running on the mobile device, the sensor being made available by an operating system of the mobile device as a virtual device.