Information terminal, information terminal control method, and information terminal control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9690462-B2
Application number	US-201214379714-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2012
Priority date	Mar 2, 2012
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

An information terminal includes a first radio communication unit that performs communication with a server, a condition input unit through which a condition for retrieving a specific cooking recipe information group from cooking recipe information groups stored in the server is input, and a display unit that displays the specific cooking recipe information group specified based on the condition input through the condition input unit. Further, the display unit displays list screen ( 1200 ) that displays as a list the specific cooking recipe information group so that first cooking recipe information that is associated with operation control information is differentiated from second cooking recipe information that is not associated with the operation control information, and a cooking method screen that displays a cooking method relating to specific cooking recipe information in the specific cooking recipe information group displayed on the list screen.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for providing a cooking recipe, comprising:
receiving a plurality of cooking recipe information pieces for performing cooking using a cooking apparatus;
determining from among the plurality of cooking recipe information pieces a first set of cooking recipe information pieces that include operation control information for controlling an operation of the cooking apparatus and a second set of cooking recipe information pieces that do not include operation control information for controlling an operation of the cooking apparatus;
generating first display screen data for separately displaying the first set of cooking recipe information pieces and the second set of cooking recipe information pieces;
displaying a first interface based on the first display screen data including separately displaying the first set of cooking recipe information pieces and the second set of cooking recipe information pieces;
receiving via the first interface an input for designating a cooking recipe information piece designated from among the first set of cooking recipe information pieces and the second set of cooking recipe information pieces; and
generating second display screen data for displaying a cooking method relating to the designated cooking recipe information.

2. The method for providing a cooking recipe of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a second interface that receives an input of a retrieval condition for retrieving specific cooking recipe information,
wherein the plurality of cooking recipe information pieces for performing the cooking using the cooking apparatus are specified based on the input retrieval condition.

3. The method for providing a cooking recipe of claim 1 , wherein
the first set of cooking recipe information pieces is stored in a first database, and the second set of cooking recipe information pieces is stored in a second database.

4. The method for providing a cooking recipe of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, when the designated cooking recipe information is designated from among the first set of cooking recipe information pieces, the operation control information corresponding to the first set of cooking recipe information pieces to the cooking apparatus.

5. The method for providing a cooking recipe of claim 4 , wherein
the second display screen data is display screen data for displaying the cooking method with an order of a lapse of time and for displaying downloading of the operation control information or transmission of the operation control information to the cooking apparatus, in a time series manner at a position where the operation control information is necessary.

6. The method for providing a cooking recipe of claim 5 , wherein
the second display screen data is display information for instructing the transmission of the operation control information to the cooking apparatus by displaying a button so that the button that is already pressed and the button that is not pressed are differentiated from each other.

7. The method for providing a cooking recipe of claim 6 , wherein
in the transmitting of the operation control information, the operation control information is transmitted to the cooking apparatus using short distance radio communication.

8. The method for providing a cooking recipe of claim 4 , wherein
in the transmitting of the operation control information, the operation control information is transmitted to the cooking apparatus using short distance radio communication.

9. The method for providing a cooking recipe of claim 5 , wherein
in the transmitting of the operation control information, the operation control information is transmitted to the cooking apparatus using short distance radio communication.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that is executed in an information terminal that performs communication with a server that stores cooking recipe information for performing cooking using a cooking apparatus, the computer program causing a computer to execute a procedure comprising:
receiving the cooking recipe information from the server, including first cooking recipe information that is associated with operation control information for controlling an operation of the cooking apparatus and second cooking recipe information that is not associated with the operation control information;
displaying the received cooking recipe information so that the first cooking recipe information that is associated with operation control information for controlling an operation of the cooking apparatus and the second cooking recipe information that is not associated with the operation control information are displayed separately so as to differentiated from each other;
providing an interface that receives an input for designating desired cooking recipe information designated from the displayed cooking recipe information; and
displaying a cooking method relating to the designated cooking recipe information.

11. An information terminal comprising:
a communication unit that performs communication with a server to receive cooking recipe information for performing cooking using cooking apparatus from the server;
a display unit;
a controller programmed to cause the display unit to display a first screen on which the cooking recipe information received from the server is displayed so that first cooking recipe information that is associated with operation control information for controlling an operation of the cooking apparatus and second cooking recipe information that is not associated with the operation control information are display separately so as to be differentiated from each other; and
a designation unit that receives an input for designating desired cooking recipe information designated from the displayed cooking recipe information,
the controller further programmed to cause the display unit to display a second screen on which a cooking method relating to the designated cooking recipe information is displayed.

Assignees

• Panasonic Corp
• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kouda Tetsuya
• Yoshimura Yasuo
• Kuroyama Kazuhiro
• Nakaso Mariko
• Matsui Gantetsu
• Toyota Hiromi

Classifications

• H05B6/6438

  allowing the recording of a program of operation of the microwave heating apparatus · CPC title

• F24C7/08 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices · CPC title

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title