# US 11,906,242 B2 · Systems and methods for adjusting appliance control settings > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,906,242 B2 - Document ID: US11906242B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/540,329 - Filed: 2021-12-02 - Published: 2023-06-08 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-02 - Assignees: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. - Applicants: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. - Inventors: Martin Mitchell Zentner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906242B2 ## CPC - F25D 29/00: Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices - F25D 2400/34: Temperature balancing devices - F25D 2400/36: Visual displays - F25D 2700/14: Sensors measuring the temperature outside the refrigerator or freezer - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) ## Abstract A method for adjusting temperature controls of a refrigerator appliance. The method includes scanning an indicium with a user interface, transmitting data corresponding to a registration request from the user interface to a server, and receiving, at the user interface, data corresponding to a temperature control adjustment instruction from the server. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for adjusting temperature controls of a refrigerator appliance, comprising: scanning an indicium with a user interface separate from the refrigerator appliance, the indicium positioned on the refrigerator appliance; transmitting data corresponding to a registration request from the user interface to a server, the data corresponding to the registration request comprising a location of the refrigerator appliance; and receiving, at the user interface, data corresponding to a temperature control adjustment instruction from the server in response to an ambient temperature at the location of the refrigerator appliance comprising one of the ambient temperature less than a lower threshold temperature and the ambient temperature greater than an upper threshold temperature, wherein a temperature setting of the refrigerator appliance is only manually adjustable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the indicium comprises one of a barcode and a QR-code. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises one of a cellphone and a tablet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the location comprises GPS data transmitted by the user interface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the lower threshold temperature is no greater than thirteen degrees Celsius. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the upper threshold temperature is no less than thirteen degrees Celsius. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the ambient temperature at the location of the refrigerator appliance is determined based on a weather service at the location of the refrigerator appliance. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the weather service comprises average weather data corresponding to a postal code, the average weather data is indicative of the temperature control adjustment instruction received by the user interface. ### Claim 9 A method for adjusting temperature controls of a refrigerator appliance, comprising: receiving, at a server, data corresponding to a registration request from a user interface located proximate the refrigerator appliance, the data corresponding to the registration request comprising a location of the refrigerator appliance; determining an ambient temperature at the location of the refrigerator appliance; and transmitting, from the server, data corresponding to a temperature control adjustment instruction to the user interface in response to the ambient temperature at the location of the refrigerator appliance comprising one of the ambient temperature less than a lower threshold temperature and the ambient temperature greater than an upper threshold temperature, wherein a temperature setting of the refrigerator appliance is only manually adjustable. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface comprises one of a cellphone and a tablet. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the location comprises GPS data transmitted by the user interface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the lower threshold temperature is no greater than thirteen degrees Celsius. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the upper threshold temperature is no less than thirteen degrees Celsius. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the ambient temperature at the location of the refrigerator appliance is determined based on a weather service at the location of the refrigerator appliance. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the weather service comprises average weather data corresponding to a postal code, the average weather data is indicative of the temperature control adjustment instruction received by the user interface. ### Claim 16 A method for adjusting temperature controls of an appliance, comprising: scanning an indicium located on an appliance with a user interface separate from the refrigerator appliance, the user interface being separate from the appliance; transmitting a data from the user interface to a server, the data comprising a location of the appliance; and receiving, at the user interface from the server, data corresponding to instructions for a control adjustment based upon the location of the appliance, wherein a temperature setting of the appliance is only manually adjustable.