Message architecture for an appliance communications network
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsGrant J. DeVilbiss, Richard A. McCoy, David M. Williams
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Abstract
A message architecture is provided for use in a communications network for an appliance having at least one component and further enabled to communicate information about the at least one component. The message architecture includes first and second identifiers where the first identifier identifies the form of the second identifier and the second identifier identifies at least one component in the appliance.
Claims9
A message architecture for use in a communications network for an appliance having at least one component and further enabled to communicate information about the at least one component, the message architecture comprising first and second identifiers wherein the first identifier identifies the form of the second identifier and the second identifier identifies the at least one component.
An appliance having at least one component and further enabled to communicate information about the at least one component, the appliance comprising a software architecture configured to use a message architecture comprising first and second identifiers wherein the first identifier identifies the form of the second identifier and the second identifier identifies one of the appliance and the at least one component.
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