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US 2017/0317846 A1Published application
Appliance network with messaging
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsBRANDON SATANEK, WEN SHI
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Abstract
A method and appliance for a communicating on a network includes an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module, wherein the appliance communication module is configured to receive a message, and in response to the received message, the appliance is configured to send a return message that relates to the message.
Claims20
An appliance for a home network comprising:
- an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module;
- wherein the appliance communication module is configured to receive a message having an embedded interactive element configured to operate a functionality of the appliance embedded into the message;
- and
- wherein the appliance is configured to send a return message that relates to the embedded interactive element.
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A method of communicating among at least one appliance having an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module and a server having a server communication module, the method comprising:
- receiving in the appliance communication module a message having an embedded interactive element having a functionality of the appliance embedded into the message from the server;
- displaying the embedded interactive element on the appliance interactive display;
- and
- sending a return message to the server by way of appliance communication module that relates to the embedded interactive element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.