Patent ID: 7768416

Claim:
A method of managing a laundry room machine that performs at least one of a washing operation or a drying operation, the laundry room machine including a payment device that receives a payment for operation thereof, and a communicator that sets operating conditions and that collects operating information thereof, the method comprising: a) recording operating information of the laundry room machine; b) transmitting recorded operating information of the laundry room machine in response to a request from the communicator; c) recording a time of transmitting the recorded operating information of the laundry room machine to the communicator; d) activating a manager mode after recording the time of transmitting the recorded operating information of the laundry room machine, the manager mode being a mode enabling a manager to set operating conditions of the laundry room machine; and e) determining that an operation of activating the manager mode is an unpermitted operation when the activating of the manager mode is performed after a preset time elapses from the time of transmitting the recorded operating information.