Patent ID: 6137095
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A cooking appliance comprising:an appliance control system for cooking food; anda management system coupled to said appliance control system via a communication pathway for remotely controlling the cooking of said food;said appliance control system comprising:1) a heating space;2) heating means for cooking said food placed in said heating space;3) heating progression detecting means for detecting physical change of said food; and4) an appliance controller comprising i) appliance's reading means for reading information transmitted from said communication pathway and ii) appliance's control means for processing the information,and, said management system comprising:5) management's reading means for reading the information transmitted from said communication pathway; and6) management's control means for processing the information,wherein, said appliance control system transmits to said appliance control system via said communication pathway (a) cooking information for controlling said heating means correspondingly to a cooking recipe selected by a user and (b) information corresponding to physical changes of said food, and, controls said heating means by receiving (c) information for remotely controlling the cooking from said management system via said communication pathway, andsaid management system transmits to said appliance control system via said communication pathway the remote control information based on said cooking information and said information corresponding to physical changes of said food received via said communication pathway, so as to cook said food under the remote control of said management system while exchanging the information bidirectionally between said appliance control system and said management system via said communication pathway.