US 12,067,584 B2
Information providing method
Masaki Yamauchi, San Jose, CA (US); Nanami Fujiwara, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Shota Shimonaka, San Jose, CA (US)
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, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,279.
Application 17/217,279 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/038861, filed on Oct. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,021, filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,033, filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,099, filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341219 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01) [F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25D 2700/02 (2013.01); F25D 2700/06 (2013.01); F25D 2700/14 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information providing method that uses a first information processing apparatus which includes a processor and memory,
wherein a refrigerator and a sensor are disposed in a home, and
the processor:
obtains, via the sensor, door information indicating whether a door of the refrigerator is open or closed;
obtains, via the sensor, information indicating a change in an amount of an item in the refrigerator;
when (i) the door information indicating whether the door of the refrigerator is open or closed and the information indicating a change in the amount of the item in the refrigerator indicate that there is no change in the amount of the item in the refrigerator between the door of the refrigerator being opened and closed, generates first information indicating that a user opened the door of the refrigerator but an item the user wanted was not in the refrigerator;
obtains, from a second information processing apparatus connected to the first information processing apparatus via a network, first request information indicating first request content;
determines whether content of the generated first information is included in the first request content; and
when it is determined that the content of the generated first information is included in the first request content, outputs, to the second information processing apparatus, second information including information for identifying the user or the home, using the generated first information.