| 摘要 |
Methods and systems are presented for transmitting appliance-specific content to a user device associated with an appliance. In some embodiments, a third party platform may serve as a secure intermediary between a user device associated with an appliance (e.g., an oven) and a third party appliance service provider (e.g., appliance manufacturer). In some embodiments, the third party platform database may store appliance ownership data from the user device and compare an appliance search provided by the appliance service provider with the appliance ownership data in order to match an appliance service provider with a user device associated with an appliance meeting the criteria of the appliance search. The appliance service provider may efficiently transmit appliance-specific content (e.g., a list of approved or preferred appliance servicers) to the appliance user by way of the appliance user's user device. In some embodiments, the data exchange facilitated by the third party platform may be customized based on user-specified appliance center settings. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for receiving appliance-specific content on a user device, the method comprising:
receiving a first user input via a user interface at the user device, wherein the first received user input includes a selection of an appliance center setting, the selection identifying at least one appliance manufacturer from a plurality of appliance manufacturers, the appliance center setting included in operating system software of the user device; receiving a second user input via the user interface, wherein the second received user input includes a selection of a function of a plurality of functions corresponding to the selected appliance manufacturer, the selected function included in the operating system software of the user device; transmitting information corresponding to the selected manufacturer and to the selected function for storage to a database of a third party platform, wherein the information corresponding to the selected manufacturer and to the selected function are transmitted over a network from the user device; executing instructions stored in memory, wherein the execution of the instructions by the processor:
activates an appliance center feature on the user device based on the first and second user inputs, andprepares appliance ownership data for transmission from the user device regarding an appliance based on the selected manufacturer and the selected function in response to an appliance search by the third party platform, and wherein the appliance ownership data is transmitted to the third party platform for storage in the database; and receiving appliance-specific content from a requesting appliance service provider identified as an allowed appliance service provider, wherein the third party platform:
receives an appliance search request including appliance-identifying information from the requesting appliance service provider,compares the appliance search request and the transmitted appliance ownership data to identify a match to the appliance associated with the user device, andallows the appliance-specific content to be transmitted from the requesting appliance service provider based on the identified match, wherein the content is specific to the matching appliance, and corresponds to the selected manufacturer and the selected function. |
