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US 2016/0213187 A1Published application
Method for operating an appliance in a sabbath operating mode
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEric Xavier Meusburger, Robert John Zanelli
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Abstract
A method for operating an appliance. The method includes establishing a current date and time of day and automatically shifting the appliance to a Sabbath operating mode when the current date and time of day is Sabbath. A related appliance having a controller that is configured for automatically shifting the appliance to a Sabbath operating mode when a current date and time of day of a clock corresponds to Sabbath is also provided.
Claims20
A method for operating an appliance, comprising:
- establishing a current date and time of day in a controller of the appliance;
- and
- automatically shifting the appliance to a Sabbath operating mode with the controller of the appliance when the current date and time of day in the controller of the appliance is Sabbath.
An appliance, comprising:
- a clock configured for tracking a current date and time of day;
- a network interface configured for establishing communication with a network;
- and
- a controller in operative communication with the clock and the network interface, the controller configured for setting the current date and time of day for the clock based at least in part upon a date and time received from the network, the controller also configured for automatically shifting the appliance to a Sabbath operating mode when the current date and time of day of the clock corresponds to Sabbath.
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A method for operating an appliance, comprising:
- connecting the appliance to a server with a network;
- transmitting a Sabbath operating mode initiation signal from the server to the appliance with the network when a current date and time of day at the appliance corresponds to Sabbath;
- and
- shifting the appliance to a Sabbath operating mode in response to receiving the Sabbath operating mode initiation signal at the appliance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.