Patent ID: 8487748
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a household appliance and a remote control device, the household appliance having at least one critical parameter and at least one non-critical parameter which are controlled by the remote control device; wherein in each of the least one critical parameter is a parameter whose modification is likely to cause a situation of risk at home if the electrical household appliance is not visualized or if the electrical household appliance is outside a designated safety range, and wherein in each of the non-critical parameter is a parameter whose modification does not cause a situation of risk at home even when visual contact with the electrical household appliance is not guaranteed; the household appliance and remote control device configured to communicate via a short-range communication system and a long-range communication system, the at least one critical parameter controllable by the remote control device via the long-range communication system only when the short-range communication system is activated, the at least one non-critical parameter controllable by the remote control device via the long-range communication system when the short-range communication system is activated and also when the short-range communication system is not activated, the short-range communication system comprising a short-range transmitter on the remote control device and a short-range receiver on the appliance, the short-range communication system being activated when a short-range signal from the short-range transmitter is being picked up by the short-range receiver.