Household appliances component tracking systems and methods
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsHairong Li, John Ouseph, Haitian Hu
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Abstract
A method of operating a household appliance includes installing a multi-source mechanical component in the household appliance. The method also includes storing an identity of the multi-source mechanical component in a local memory of the household appliance. The method further includes connecting the household appliance to a remote computing device. The method also includes storing the identity of the multi-source mechanical component in the remote computing device.
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A method of operating a household appliance, the household appliance comprising a controller, the controller comprising a processor and a local memory, the method comprising:
- installing a multi-source mechanical component in the household appliance;
- storing an identity of the multi-source mechanical component in the local memory of the household appliance;
- connecting the household appliance to a remote computing device;
- storing the identity of the multi-source mechanical component in the remote computing device, wherein the multi-source mechanical component is a first multi-source mechanical component;
- installing a second multi-source mechanical component in the household appliance;
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- generating a component tracking table, the component tracking table comprising the identity of the first multi-source mechanical component and an identity of the second multi-source mechanical component, wherein storing the identity of the multi-source mechanical component in the local memory of the household appliance comprises storing the component tracking table in the local memory of the household appliance and storing the identity of the multi-source mechanical component in the remote computing device comprises storing the component tracking table in the remote computing device, wherein the local memory of the household appliance is a partitioned memory comprising a component tracking partition and a control partition, and wherein the component tracking table is stored in the component tracking partition.
A household appliance, comprising:
- a multi-source mechanical component;
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- a controller comprising a processor and a local memory, the controller in operative communication with the multi-source mechanical component, the controller configured for:
- storing an identity of the multi-source mechanical component in the local memory of the household appliance;
- connecting to a remote computing device;
- and
- transmitting the identity of the multi-source mechanical component to the remote computing device,
- wherein the multi-source mechanical component is a first multi-source mechanical component, the household appliance further comprising a second multi-source mechanical component, wherein the controller is further configured for generating a component tracking table, the component tracking table comprising the identity of the first multi-source mechanical component and an identity of the second multi-source mechanical component, wherein storing the identity of the multi-source mechanical component comprises storing the component tracking table, and transmitting the identity of the multi-source mechanical component to the remote computing device comprises transmitting the component tracking table to the remote computing device, wherein the local memory of the household appliance is a partitioned memory comprising a component tracking partition and a control partition, and wherein the component tracking table is stored in the component tracking partition.
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