RU181866U1 - DEVICE FOR ORDERING GOODS THROUGH THE INTERNET BY BUTTON - Google Patents

Abstract

This technical solution generally relates to computing devices, and in particular to devices that use the Internet of things to automatically deliver consumer goods to a user. A device for ordering goods via the Internet through a button, comprising a housing, a circuit board on which an illuminated electronic button is mounted, which is mounted in the housing and configured to control the device and indicate its status; a microcontroller configured to form on the chip of the printed circuit board in the microcontroller’s memory the HTML code of the web page providing input of device configuration data; a battery connected to the printed circuit board, where the battery is in electrical contact with the printed circuit board; communication connections that provide communication with other devices over local and global networks, while the button, microcontroller, battery and communication connections are structurally interconnected, and the device in recording mode receives user and product data from the user's communication device, the seller’s web address, after which it writes them to the non-volatile memory of the microcontroller; in the data transfer mode, after the user presses the electronic button, he carries out a request for ordering goods to the seller’s web server address recorded earlier in the non-volatile memory of the microcontroller. The technical result is the provision of data transfer for the formation of the Internet order of goods. 5 cp f-ly, 3 ill.

Description

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

[001] This technical solution generally relates to computing devices, and in particular to devices using the Internet of things environment for the automatic delivery of consumer goods to a user.

BACKGROUND

[002] Currently, the technology of the Internet of things is developing, which is a concept of a computer network of physical objects ("things") equipped with built-in technologies for interacting with each other or with the external environment, considering the organization of such networks as a phenomenon that can rebuild economic and social processes, eliminating the need for human participation from part of actions and operations.

[003] A programmable button based on an Amazon Dash Button device is known in the art. This is an easy-to-configure Wi-Fi device that is designed to help developers get started with various services without writing code for each specific device. The logic of processing button clicks in the data cloud can be configured to count or track products, make phone calls or send messages to someone, enable or disable certain actions, order a service, or even leave feedback in an online store. For example, a user can, at the touch of a button, open or start a car, open a garage, call a taxi, call a spouse or a customer service center representative, track daily household chores, take medicine or consume food, and remotely control home devices.

[004] Also known from the prior art is patent application US No. 20170124633 A1, “Retail Subscription in the Internet of Things,” Applicant: Wal Mart Stores Inc, Publication Date: 05/04/2017. This technical solution describes the so-called “product subscription service”, according to which certain products marked with devices for reading and transmitting the status of the goods, location of the goods, consumption of goods, are able to inform the RTMS service server about the state of the goods using the Internet with the aim of its replacement, renewal of the required quantity, supply of related products. This service allows timely delivery of labeled goods to the consumer, monitoring the consumption of the product of interest, automatically determining the need for replenishment, updating or replacing the product, as well as replenishing, updating or replacing the product of interest based on predefined rules.

[005] The disadvantage of this technical solution is the complexity of the algorithm for the implementation of a fully functional "service subscription for goods" and its configuration, in which the user needs to program one or another function that differs from the basic one. An additional disadvantage is the need to integrate a large number of devices of various types and purposes.

[006] In general, all portable devices for transmitting discrete data to the Internet using a button known from the prior art require very complex configuration operations, integration efforts, and writing special software.

ESSENCE OF TECHNICAL SOLUTION

[007] This technical solution aims to eliminate the disadvantages inherent in existing solutions known in the art.

[008] The technical problem (or technical problem) in this technical solution is to create a device for ordering goods via the Internet using a smart button, in which a web server, a wireless access point and an HTTP client are implemented on a single chip.

[009] The technical result manifested in solving the above technical problem is the provision of data transfer for the formation of an Internet order of goods.

[0010] An additional technical result that is manifested in solving the above technical problem is to reduce the energy consumption of the device, as well as reducing the dimensions of the device.

[0011] The specified technical result is achieved through the implementation of the device for ordering goods via the Internet by means of a button that contains a housing, a printed circuit board on which an illuminated electronic button is mounted, which is mounted in the housing and configured to control the device and indicate its status; a microcontroller configured to form on the chip of the printed circuit board in the microcontroller’s memory the HTML code of the web page providing input of device configuration data; a battery connected to the printed circuit board, where the battery is in electrical contact with the printed circuit board; communication connections that provide communication with other devices over local and global networks, while the button, microcontroller, battery and communication connections are structurally interconnected, and the device in recording mode receives user and product data from the user's communication device, the seller’s web address, after which it writes them to the non-volatile memory of the microcontroller; in the data transfer mode, after the user presses the electronic button, he carries out a request for ordering goods to the seller’s web server address recorded earlier in the non-volatile memory of the microcontroller.

[0012] In some embodiments, the housing is plastic or metal.

[0013] In some embodiments, device configuration data is written to the non-volatile memory of the microcontroller.

[0014] In some embodiments, the device configuration data is a unique identification number of a user, his phone number, name and password of his Wi-Fi router.

[0015] In some embodiments, the electronic button indication is discontinuous.

[0016] In some embodiments, the device configuration data is the identity of the product being ordered.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] The features and advantages of this utility model will become apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0018] FIG. 1 shows an example implementation of a device for ordering goods over the Internet using a button;

[0019] In FIG. 2 shows an example implementation of a microcontroller located on a printed circuit board with non-volatile memory;

[0020] In FIG. 3 shows an example of transmitting the HTML code of a web page from a device to a user communication device, which may be mobile.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNICAL SOLUTION

[0021] This technical solution can be implemented as a device capable of performing a given, well-defined sequence of operations (actions, instructions).

[0022] An instruction processing device is understood to mean an electronic unit or an integrated circuit (microcontroller) that executes machine instructions (programs).

[0023] An instruction processing device reads and executes machine instructions (programs) from one or more data storage devices. Data storage devices may include, but are not limited to, hard disks (HDDs), flash memory, ROM (read only memory), solid state drives (SSDs), and optical drives.

[0024] A program is a sequence of instructions for execution by a computer control device or an instruction processing device.

[0025] The terms and concepts necessary for the implementation of the present technical solution will be described below.

[0026] A web server is a server that accepts HTTP requests from clients, usually web browsers, and provides them with HTTP responses, usually together with an HTML page, image, file, media stream or other data.

[0027] Web page - a document or information resource of the World Wide Web accessed through a web browser. A typical web page is a text file in HTML format that can contain links to files in other formats (text, graphics, video, audio, multimedia, applets, applications, databases, web services, etc.), as well Hyperlinks for quick access to other web pages or access to link files. Many modern browsers allow viewing the contents of link files directly on a web page containing a link to this file. Modern browsers also allow direct viewing of the contents of files of certain formats, in isolation from the web page that links to them.

[0028] A microcontroller is a microcircuit designed to control electronic devices. A typical microcontroller combines on one chip the functions of a processor and peripheral devices, contains RAM and (or) ROM.

[0029] A wireless access point (or wireless access point) is a wireless base station designed to provide wireless access to an existing network (wireless or wired) or create a new wireless network.

[0030] This technical solution shown in FIG. 1, can carry out its work in two modes, namely, in the data recording mode and the data transfer mode.

[0031] During the recording mode, the device operates as an HTTP server in the client-server computing architecture, and this mode is implemented when the user first turns on the device or after a long press of button 100 by the user located on the device’s case.

[0032] A device for ordering goods via the Internet via a button may be a printed circuit board 110, for example, 20 × 70 mm in size (Fig. 1) with a small number of electronic parts mounted on a printed circuit board 110 using surface mounting technology. Also on the circuit board 110 can be mounted electronic button 100 with a backlight, which performs all the necessary functions to control the device and indicate its status.

[0033] The device also includes a housing in which a printed circuit board, a microcontroller, and other details of the device are located.

[0034] In some embodiments, the front and back of the device are metal. In other embodiments, the housing is formed of solid metal, a device is inserted into it, and the button is a plug for the entire structure.

[0035] The housing may have a painted surface, and may use painting or spraying. Spraying on the case gives additional tactile properties and texture.

[0036] In some embodiments, the button display indicates the status of the device, the button may be lit continuously or blink, i.e. work intermittently, attracting the attention of the user. The circuit board 110 along with the button is mounted in the housing. In this technical solution, the printed circuit board 110 can be single-sided (OPP), or double-sided (DPP) or multilayer (MPP). Depending on the rigidity of the base material, determined by its characteristics and the thickness of the base, a flexible (GPP) (thickness up to 0.5 mm) or rigid (thickness over 0.5 mm) circuit board can be used.

[0037] The device for ordering goods over the Internet by means of a button comprises the microcontroller 200 shown in FIG. 2 and located on the printed circuit board 110, on the chip of which the HTML code of the web page is automatically generated, which provides the input of the device configuration data and its recording in the non-volatile memory 201 of the microcontroller 200. The device’s configuration data is represented by a unique user identification number, his phone number, name and password of his Wi-Fi router. Also, as the configuration data, depending on the model of the service implemented on the device, the identification data for the ordered goods or goods can be used. In some embodiments of the technical solution, the user identification number is symbolic or numerical.

[0038] The HTML code of a web page is a character sequence generated by the rules for creating HTML pages described in RFC 1866, Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0 and later RFC 2854 The 'text / html' Media Type, using start and end of text, start and end line tags, embedded routine tags in the PHP programming language, etc. This sequence of characters is packaged in an HTTP packet in accordance with the RFC 2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol - HTTP / 1.1 standard and transmitted over the Internet to a user’s communication device 301 using a mobile phone or tablet, or a computer, or to a user's smartphone using TCP / IP a request for a software-defined device IP address, as shown in FIG. 3.

[0039] In the data recording mode, the device is a wireless access point using a Wi-Fi standard (eg, IEEE 802.11.) Or Bluetooth, and access to its own HTML page can be made from any third-party access point connected to this Wi-Fi external user communication device (mobile phone, tablet, computer).

[0040] After transmitting the above HTML character sequence to the user's external communication device, the received HTTP packet is unpacked and interpreted on the user's phone / tablet / computer 301 using a standard Internet browser (for example, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera) using a pre-installed software providing and is presented to the user in the form of a web page.

[0041] After displaying the web page of the device for ordering goods over the Internet on his phone / tablet / computer 301, the user has the opportunity in the fields / forms for entering data on this web page to enter his identification data (in some embodiments, this may be mobile phone number or a certain client number issued by the company providing the service), as well as the name and password of the WiFi network through which the connection to the device will take place. After the user has entered his data, by pressing the virtual save button on the web page, another HTTP / TCP / IP request is generated from the client (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, etc.) on the user's communication device to the device for ordering goods through Internet through a button. This HTTP / TCP / IP request encapsulates the data entered on the web page, which is thus sent back to the IP address of the device in its microcontroller 200, where it is processed by built-in PHP scripts in accordance with the PSR (Proposing a Standards Recommendation) standard and stored in the memory of 201 microcontroller 200.

[0042] Depending on the exact configuration and type of computing device, the microcontroller memory 201 may be volatile (eg, random access memory (RAM)), non-volatile (eg, read-only memory (ROM)), or some combination thereof. The memory 201, as a rule, includes one or more application programs, the instructions of which embody the method of interaction between a user communication device and a device for ordering goods via the Internet, and may include data of said programs. In some embodiments, a device for ordering goods over the Internet may also include additional storage devices (removable and non-removable), such as, for example, magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Computer storage media may include volatile and non-volatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any way or using any technology for storing information, such as machine-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact ROM a disc (CD-ROM), universal digital disks (DVDs) or other optical storage devices, magnetic tapes, magnetic tapes, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that may be used to store the desired information and which can be accessed by a device for ordering goods over the Internet.

[0043] A device for ordering goods over the Internet also contains communication connections that allow the device to communicate with other computing devices, for example over a network. Networks include local area networks and wide area networks along with other large, scalable networks, including, but not limited to, corporate networks and extranets. Communication connection is an example of a communication environment. Typically, a communication medium can be implemented using computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated information signal, such as a carrier wave, or in another mechanism, and includes any information delivery medium. By way of example, but without limitation, communication media include wired media such as a wired network or a direct wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, radio frequency, infrared, and other wireless media.

[0044] During the data transfer mode, the device operates as a client in a client-server computing architecture. By pressing the button 100 by the user located on the circuit board 110, the device makes an HTTP request to the IP address of the web server (TCP / IP exchange protocols described in RFC 791, 1349, 2474, 6864 "Internet Protocol), which was previously recorded in the non-volatile memory of the microcontroller 200 ", as a rule, this is the address of the online store where the consumer regularly orders goods).

[0045] The transmitted request packet encapsulates data about the user of the online store using the device to complete the order. Special software being created, located on the side of the online store (service provider), processes the information received, records the fact of receiving a new order, determines the customer’s identification number, finds its address data in the database of online store customers and forms an order for sending to the customer.

[0046] The configuration features of the device described above are only examples, and, as is apparent to those skilled in the art, modifications are possible. For example, a device for ordering goods via the Internet via a button and an external communication device can communicate according to ZigBee specifications. Similarly, these devices can communicate via other wired communication channels, such as RS-232, Ethernet, or wirelessly. Alternatively, devices can communicate directly over a wireless link using a compatible wireless data protocol, such as Zigbee, Z-Wave, ANT, IEEE802.11b / g / n or Bluetooth ™.

[0047] A battery 120 is attached to a printed circuit board, with the battery 120 being in electrical contact with the printed circuit board 110.

[0048] In some embodiments, the implementation of the battery 120 is a galvanic cell (battery) or battery, which are not only removable, but suggesting an independent replacement by the user, outside the service centers.

[0049] The microcontroller 200 reads the voltage of the battery 120, which is located in the device body and connected to the printed circuit board, using the output signal of an analog-to-digital converter, determines the total battery capacity and displays the result. In some embodiments, a temperature sensor may be connected to the battery 120. The output signal characterizing the temperature is monitored both to ensure a more accurate determination of the capacity of the battery 120, and to ensure that recharging is carried out only if the temperature is within a certain range. An additional external input to identify the battery 120 can be used to optimize the charging algorithm for the different dimensions of the battery 120.

[0050] In some embodiments, the device uses both an internal and an external battery 120. The device first determines which battery provides power at one time or another, and then determines how and when to charge each battery based on the threshold voltage and hysteresis values controlled by the hardware, software of the device, or a combination of both of these tools. The threshold voltage and hysteresis limits are specifically determined by the operating voltages and load currents of a given device design. Although in the example described above, the connection of the battery 120 to the power input of the device is determined by hardware, it can also be controlled as an option by software. The mode and sequence of charging the battery in this example is controlled by software and this control can also be done with hardware. This approach increases the device’s working time between recharging cycles, allowing you to first use an external battery and switch to the internal battery if necessary. This approach, as noted above, also provides the ability to replace an external portable battery pack during operation. Using an external battery, if present, can extend the life of the internal battery to provide power. When necessary, there is convenient access to the internal battery for replacement through the removable cover on which it is mounted.

[0051] Thus, it has been shown above that all elements of the device are in a constructive and functional relationship.

[0052] The present detailed description is made with reference to various non-restrictive and exhaustive embodiments. At the same time, for specialists having an average level of competence in the considered field of technology, it is obvious that various replacements, modifications or combinations of any of the embodiments disclosed herein (including partially) can be reproduced within the scope of this technical solution. Thus, it is understood and understood that the present description of the technical solution includes additional embodiments, the essence of which is not set forth here in an explicit form. Such embodiments may be obtained, for example, by combining, modifying, or transforming any actions, components, elements, properties, aspects, characteristics, limitations, etc., related to the embodiments presented herein and not being restrictive.

Claims (14)

1. A device for ordering goods over the Internet through a button, containing: • housing; • a printed circuit board, which is mounted in a housing on which an electronic button with a backlight is mounted, and is configured to control the device and indicate its status; • a microcontroller, configured to generate on the chip of the printed circuit board in the microcontroller’s memory the HTML code of the web page providing input of the device configuration data; • a battery connected to a printed circuit board, where the battery is in electrical contact with the printed circuit board; • communication connections that provide communication with other devices over local and global networks, while the button, microcontroller, battery and communication connections are structurally interconnected, • moreover, the device ο in recording mode, it receives data from the user’s communication device about the user and the product, the seller’s web address, and then writes them to the non-volatile memory of the microcontroller; ο in the data transfer mode, after the user presses the electronic button, he carries out a request for ordering goods to the seller’s web server address recorded earlier in the non-volatile memory of the microcontroller. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing is plastic or metal. 3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the configuration data of the device is recorded in the non-volatile memory of the microcontroller. 4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the configuration data of the device is a unique identification number of the user, his phone number, name and password of his Wi-Fi router. 5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the electronic button is displayed intermittently. 6. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the configuration data of the device are identification data on the ordered goods.

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