Patent ID: 6936802
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A microwave oven system, comprising: a communication network; an information processing apparatus having an output unit, an externally operable input unit, a transmitting/receiving unit transmitting/receiving information through said communication network, and information storage unit for storing various information including information received by said transmitting/receiving unit; a microwave oven receiving information stored in said information processing apparatus; and a host computer connected to said communication network and having an information storing unit storing home page information corresponding to a home page screen displayed on said output unit; wherein said home page information includes information related to a plurality of recipes; recipe data corresponding to each of said plurality of recipes including a heating control code, said heating control code being a generic code common to a variety of types of microwave ovens for heating and cooking, and a transfer instruction button operated through said input unit for transferring said recipe data through said communication network to said information processing apparatus; said microwave oven has procedure storing means for storing a plurality of different pieces of procedure information, said pieces of procedure information being the control procedure of heating operation for a type of microwave oven and when a desired recipe is selected from among the plurality of recipes of said home page information, said heating control code for said selected recipe is interpreted by reading one or more pieces of procedure information from the procedure storing means, and said heating operation is performed in accordance with said one or more said pieces of procedure information read from said procedure storing means.