Patent ID: 11941011
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. The advice provision method of claim 2, wherein
the first household appliance is a laundry machine,
the pieces of advice include a recommendation to select a silent mode and any of a recommendation to automate washing and drying, a recommendation to use a jet drying function, a recommendation to clean a filter in the laundry machine, a recommendation to suppress excessive use of detergent, a recommendation to use a given detergent, and a recommendation to wash a laundry tank,
the profile of the user who needs to refer to the recommendation to select the silent mode indicates any of:
a usage history of the laundry machine at night;
a usage history of an audiovisual device serving as the second household appliance in a mute mode; and
a setting history of a portable phone serving as the second household appliance in a silent mode,
the profile of the user who needs to refer to the recommendation to automate washing and drying indicates any of:
a history of using a house cleaning mode on the first household appliance;
a power consumption for the first household appliance or the second household appliance that is remarkably lower than other users in similar conditions;
a usage history on high-pollen days; and
a difference in volume between washing and drying,
the profile of the user who needs to refer to the recommendation to use the jet drying function indicates any of:
a change in an amount of laundry washed and dried per load exceeding a predetermined value, the change being indicated in the first household appliance log information;
the user's work address;
a usage history of an iron serving as the second household appliance; and
a time slot during which laundry is done daily,
the profile of the user who needs to refer to the recommendation to clean the filter indicates any of:
a count of filter obstructions that is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and
a cumulative laundry time that is equal to or greater than a predetermined duration,
the profile of the user who needs to refer to the recommendation to suppress excessive use of detergent indicates any of:
a usage count of a defoamer that is equal to or greater than a predetermined value;
an amount of used detergent that is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and
a change in registered brand of detergent,
the profile of the user who needs to refer to the recommendation to use the given detergent indicates
a registered brand of detergent, and
the profile of the user who needs to refer to the recommendation to wash the laundry tank indicates any of:
an indication that the laundry tank has not been cleaned; and
a cumulative time of laundry that exceeds a predetermined time.