公开(公告)号：US20060164255A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-27

申请号：US10903372

申请日：2004-07-30

Applicant: Chris Humbert ,  David Atkinson ,  Chad Ellis ,  David Odle ,  Michael Nickelson

Inventor： Chris Humbert ,  David Atkinson ,  Chad Ellis ,  David Odle ,  Michael Nickelson

IPC: G08B21/00 ,  G08B1/00

CPC classification number: G05B19/048 ,  G05B2219/24058 ,  G05B2219/24084 ,  G05B2219/2633

Abstract: A method and apparatus for alerting a user of the status of an appliance includes a controller that is coupled to a telephone network and a keypad to permit the entry of a numeric sequence and to communicate the numeric sequence to the controller. The keypad is coupled to the control circuit of the appliance to determine whether the appliance has commenced a requested task, to determine if the requested task has been completed, and to provide the numeric sequence to the controller in response to determination that the requested task has been completed. The controller initiates a call over the telephone network based upon the numeric sequence to provide notification of the completion of the requested tasks by the appliance.

Abstract translation: 用于向用户通知设备状态的方法和装置包括耦合到电话网络和小键盘的控制器，以允许输入数字序列并将数字序列传送到控制器。 键盘耦合到设备的控制电路以确定设备是否已经开始请求的任务，以确定所请求的任务是否已经完成，并且响应于确定所请求的任务具有的数据序列来向控制器提供数字序列 已经完成 控制器基于数字序列通过电话网络发起呼叫，以提供设备完成所请求的任务的通知。