Patent ID: 9294575
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for receiving appliance-specific content on a user device, the method comprising: receiving a first user input via a user interface at the user device, wherein the first received user input includes a selection of an appliance center setting, the selection identifying at least one appliance manufacturer from a plurality of appliance manufacturers, the appliance center setting included in operating system software of the user device; receiving a second user input via the user interface, wherein the second received user input includes a selection of a function of a plurality of functions corresponding to the selected appliance manufacturer, the selected function included in the operating system software of the user device; transmitting information corresponding to the selected manufacturer and to the selected function for storage to a database of a third party platform, wherein the information corresponding to the selected manufacturer and to the selected function are transmitted over a network from the user device; executing instructions stored in memory, wherein the execution of the instructions by the processor: receiving appliance-specific content from a requesting appliance service provider identified as an allowed appliance service provider, wherein the third party platform: