The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a microwave oven receives a plurality of program recipes from a network that are executed by scanning with a scanner a symbol and associating the scanned symbol with one of the plurality of program recipes while keeping a real-time
The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a microwave oven receives a plurality of program recipes from a network that are executed by scanning with a scanner a symbol and associating the scanned symbol with one of the plurality of program recipes while keeping a real-time clock synchronized and correctly set by receiving period time synchronization messages.
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What is claimed is: 1. A microwave oven apparatus, comprising: a housing; a microwave generator disposed in association with the housing; a code input device; a controller that stores a plurality of recipe programs upon receipt of the plurality of programs at the network interface or the user inter
What is claimed is: 1. A microwave oven apparatus, comprising: a housing; a microwave generator disposed in association with the housing; a code input device; a controller that stores a plurality of recipe programs upon receipt of the plurality of programs at the network interface or the user interface and operates the microwave generator in accordance with a recipe program selected from the plurality of recipe programs in view of a code input by the code input device; a network interface in communication with the controller; and a user interface to permit a user to manually input a user programmed recipe programs; wherein upon entry of a code input by the code input device, the controller determines whether the code corresponds to any one of the plurality of recipe programs stored in the controller; and wherein if the code does not correspond to any one of the plurality of recipe programs stored in the controller, the network interface requests, without user intervention, a recipe program corresponding to the code from an external database, and automatically downloads the recipe program that corresponds to the code. 2. The microwave oven apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a clock in communication with the controller, the clock being set upon receipt of a time synchronization message at the network interface. 3. The microwave oven apparatus of claim 1, wherein a recipe program request message is formatted upon the controller failing to associate the input code from the code input device with one recipe program from the plurality of recipe programs. 4. The microwave oven apparatus of claim 3, wherein the network interface is in receipt of a new recipe program associated with the input code in response to the recipe program request message being sent to the external database. 5. The microwave oven apparatus of claim 1, wherein the network interface is in receipt of a user programmed recipe program request message being sent from the external database. 6. The microwave oven apparatus of claim 5, wherein a response to the user programmed recipe program request message is formatted. 7. A method, comprising: receiving in a microwave oven a plurality of recipe programs at a network interface from an external database; manually inputting user programmed recipe programs via a user interface; storing at least one of the plurality of recipe programs and the user programmed recipe programs in a memory by a controller that are each selectable with a digital signal from a code input device; determining whether a code input by a code input device corresponds to any one of the plurality of recipe programs stored in the memory; requesting, without user intervention, a recipe program from the operably connected, but external device, if the code input by a code input device does not correspond to any one of the plurality of recipe programs stored in the memory; automatically downloading the recipe program that corresponds to the code; and configuring the microwave oven in response to the digital signal being associated with one recipe program in the plurality of recipe programs or the user programmed recipe programs. 8. The method of claim 7, further comprising: formatting a recipe program request message in response to the controller failing to select a recipe program from the plurality of recipe programs that is associated with the digital signal; and receiving a requested recipe program at the network interface from the external database in response to the recipe program request message. 9. The method of claim 7, further comprising: receiving a time synchronization message at the network interface; and setting a clock in the microwave oven by the controller upon receipt of the time synchronization message. 10. A apparatus, comprising: means for receiving in a microwave oven a plurality of recipe programs at a network interface from an external database; means for manually inputting user programmed recipe programs via a user interface; means for storing at least one of the plurality of recipe programs and the user programmed recipe programs in a memory by a controller that are each selectable with a digital signal from a code input device; means for determining whether a code input by a code input device corresponds to any one of the plurality of recipe programs stored in the memory; means for requesting, without user intervention, a recipe program from the operably connected, but external device, if the code input by a code input device does not correspond to any one of the plurality of recipe programs stored in the memory; means for automatically downloading the recipe program that corresponds to the code; and means for configuring the microwave oven in response to the digital signal being associated with one recipe program in the plurality of recipe programs or the user programmed recipe programs. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: means for formatting a recipe program request message in response to the controller failing to select a recipe program from the plurality of recipe programs that is associated with the digital signal; and means for receiving a requested recipe program at the network interface from the external database in response to the recipe program request message. 12. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: means for receiving a time synchronization message at the network interface; and means for setting a clock in the microwave oven by the controller upon receipt of the time synchronization message. 13. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: means for receiving a request for a user programmed recipe program at the network interface. 14. A machine-readable signal-bearing medium containing instructions that cause a system to perform a method for operating a microwave oven, the method comprising: receiving in a microwave oven a plurality of recipe programs at a network interface from an external database; manually inputting user programmed recipe programs via a user interface; storing at least one of the plurality of recipe programs and the user programmed recipe programs in a memory by a controller that are each selectable with a digital signal from a code input device; determining whether a code input by a code input device corresponds to any one of the plurality of recipe programs stored in the memory; requesting, without user intervention, a recipe program from the operably connected, but external device, if the code input by a code input device does not correspond to any one of the plurality of recipe programs stored in the memory; automatically downloading the recipe program that corresponds to the code; and configuring the microwave oven in response to the digital signal being associated with one recipe program in the plurality of recipe programs or the user programmed recipe programs. 15. The machine-readable signal-bearing medium of claim 14, further comprising: formatting a recipe program request message in response to the controller failing to select a recipe program from the plurality of recipe programs that is associated with the digital signal; and receiving a requested recipe program at the network interface from the external database in response to the recipe program request message. 16. The machine-readable signal-bearing medium of claim 15, further comprising: receiving a time synchronization message at the network interface; and setting a clock in the microwave oven by the controller upon receipt of the time synchronization message. 17. The microwave oven apparatus of claim 1 wherein the input interface is further configured to permit the user programmed recipe program to be manually associated with a code capable of being input by the code input device.
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