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US 2007/0168486 A1Published application
Software architecture system and method for operating an appliance exposing key press functionality to a network
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsRichard McCoy, Matthew Ebrom, Timothy Knezic, David Kmet
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Abstract
A network control system comprising a software operating layer responsive to a plurality of function calls, a physical user interface capable of generating directly at least some of the function calls, and a virtual user interface configured to invoke at least some of the function calls.
Claims37
A network control system comprising:
- a software operating layer responsive to a plurality of function calls,
- a physical user interface capable of generating directly at least some of the function calls, and
- a virtual user interface configured to invoke at least some of the function calls.
A network control system comprising:
- a software operating layer responsive to a plurality of function calls,
- a physical user interface having a plurality of UI actions, each of the UI actions generating directly one of the function calls, and at least one UI action generating data, and
- a virtual user interface adapted for invocation of at least some of the function calls generated by UI actions as well as for invocation of at least one function call that cannot be generated by a UI action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.