HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE HAVING TECHNICAL PROGRAM THAT CAN BE SUBJECTED TO SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• Main Authors: HÄPP, Claudia, TROJER, Susanne, RIESMEYER, Jürgen
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.03.2022
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

The invention relates to a household appliance (HG) which can be operated by means of a technical program to make an automatic program sequence of the household appliance (HG) initiated by random inputs of the user possible. Actuators (A1) of the household appliance are controlled by the program sequence and allow an effect on items to be treated, especially when at least one treating agent that can be activated by at least one actuator (A1) is used. At least part of the technical program can be uploaded or installed by a user of the household appliance. An event-related technical program is associated with the at least part of the technical program that can be uploaded or installed, said event-related program being available free of charge until a number of program sequences have been run or a predetermined period has expired. The invention further relates to a method for operating such a household appliance and to a computer program product.