Patent ID: 7351941

Claim:
An apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a microwave oven having a data transmitting/receiving function from an external system, the apparatus comprising: a wireless data transmitting/receiving unit for conducting wireless data communication with an external system including an information appliance; a data storage unit for storing transmitted/received data through the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit and/or downloaded data from Internet; a display unit for displaying transmitted data from the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit; a load drive unit for driving a magnetron and/or a heater; and Micom interfaced with the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit, the data storage unit, the display unit, and the load drive unit, and interpreting the transmitted data from the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit and/or checking a state of the microwave oven, and controlling the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit to transmit the data on the state of the microwave oven to an information appliance.