Mobile terminal providing content related to beverage-making of a beverage-making apparatus and a recording medium recording a program performing a method of providing the content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10852900-B2
Application number	US-201715806451-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2017
Priority date	Nov 10, 2016
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes: a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a beverage-making apparatus; a display unit; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: receive, through the wireless communication unit, beverage-making state information indicating a state of the beverage-making apparatus; and generate content to be output through the display unit, based on the received beverage-making state information of the beverage-making apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a beverage-making apparatus including:
a fermentation tank that defines a space for fermentation;
a beverage ingredient pack that accommodates a first ingredient and that is configured to be inserted into and removed from the fermentation tank;
a supplier that is connected to the fermentation tank and that includes a space to accommodate a capsule with a second ingredient;
a refrigeration cycle apparatus and a heater configured to control a temperature of the fermentation tank; and
a gas discharger configured to discharge gas in the fermentation tank during a beverage-making process; and

a mobile terminal including:
a wireless communication transceiver configured to communicate with the beverage-making apparatus;
a display; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive, through the wireless communication transceiver, beverage-making state information indicating a state of the beverage-making apparatus; and
generate content to be output through the display, based on the received beverage-making state information of the beverage-making apparatus,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate, based on ingredient information of at least one of the first ingredient or the second ingredient being received by the wireless communication transceiver, content using the received ingredient information.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the beverage-making state information comprises information related to whether the beverage-making apparatus is currently performing the beverage-making process.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the beverage-making state information indicates that the beverage-making apparatus is in one of a first state that is prior to the beverage-making process, a second state that is during the beverage-making process, or a third state that is after the beverage-making process.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to, based on the beverage-making state information indicating that the beverage-making apparatus is in the first state that is prior to the beverage-making process:
generate the content to comprise first content for guiding the beverage-making process, based on information that is stored in the mobile terminal or that is received from at least one computer communicative with the mobile terminal; and
display the generated first content through the display.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to generate the first content for guiding the beverage-making process, based on the information that is stored in the mobile terminal or that is received from at least one computer communicative with the mobile terminal by:
calculating a beverage-making start term, based on a start date of schedule information that is stored in the mobile terminal or that is received from the at least one computer; and
generating the first content comprising the calculated beverage-making start term.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein, based on the beverage-making state information indicating that the beverage-making apparatus is in the second state that is during the beverage-making process, the beverage-making state information further comprises at least one of information regarding a type or an ingredient of the beverage being made, or information regarding a beverage-making progress degree of the beverage, and
wherein the at least one processor is configured to, based on the beverage-making state information indicating that the beverage-making apparatus is in the second state that is during the beverage-making process:
generate the content depending on the type of the beverage being made in the beverage-making process and depending on at least one of the ingredient of the beverage being made or the beverage-making progress degree of the beverage indicated in the beverage-making state information; and
display the generated content through the display.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to, based on the beverage-making state information indicating that the beverage-making apparatus is in the second state that is during the beverage-making process:
generate the content to comprise second content regarding food that is matched to the beverage being made or information regarding the beverage-making progress degree; and
display the generated second content through the display.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to, based on the beverage-making state information indicating that the beverage-making apparatus is in the third state that is after the beverage-making process:
transmit, to at least one computer connected to the mobile terminal, information regarding the beverage-making process that is generated after the beverage-making process has completed.

9. The system of claim 3 , wherein the least one processor is configured to, based on the beverage-making state information indicating that the beverage-making apparatus is in the third state that is after the beverage-making process:
generate the content to comprise at least one of first content related to a review of the beverage made during the beverage-making process, second content for guiding a user to purchase at least one ingredient for the beverage made during the beverage-making process, or third content related to a beverage-making history of the user; and
display the generated content comprising at least one of the first content, the second content, or the third content through the display.

10. A system comprising:
a beverage-making apparatus including:
a fermentation tank that defines a space for fermentation;
a beverage ingredient pack that accommodates a first ingredient and that is configured to be inserted into and removed from the fermentation tank;
a supplier that is connected to the fermentation tank and that includes a space to accommodate a capsule with a second ingredient a refrigeration cycle apparatus and a heater configured to control a temperature of the fermentation tank; and
a gas discharger configured to discharge gas in the fermentation tank during a beverage-making process; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with at least one computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, operate to cause a mobile terminal communicative with the beverage-making apparatus to perform operations comprising:
connecting the mobile terminal to the beverage-making apparatus;
receiving, from the beverage-making apparatus, beverage-making state information indicating a state of the beverage-making apparatus;
generating content based on the received beverage-making state information of the beverage-making apparatus; and
displaying the generated content through a display of the mobile terminal,

wherein the mobile terminal communicative is further configured to generate, based on ingredient information of at least one of the first ingredient or the second ingredient being received, content using the received ingredient information.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the beverage-making state information indicates that the beverage-making apparatus is in one of a first state that is prior to the beverage-making process, a second state that is during the beverage-making process, or a third state that is after the beverage-making process.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein generating the content based on the received beverage-making state information of the beverage-making apparatus comprises:
based on the beverage-making state information indicating that the beverage-making apparatus is in the first

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Suh Mina
• Kim Hyungsun

Classifications

• G07F9/001

  Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices · CPC title

• G06Q50/12

  Hotels or restaurants · CPC title

• G06Q50/04

  Manufacturing · CPC title

• G06Q20/12 Primary

  specially adapted for electronic shopping systems · CPC title

• H04M2250/06

  including a wireless LAN interface · CPC title