Systems and methods for selecting a device software for a connected household appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorSamuel Ryan
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Abstract
A connected household appliance may include one or more sub-control boards that may each include a memory having an appliance identifier corresponding to the connected household appliance stored therein. The connected household appliance may include a main control board in operative communication with the one or more sub-control board. The main control board may be operable for: transmitting one or more read requests to the one or more sub-control boards, obtaining the appliance identifier from each memory of the one or more sub-control boards in response to transmitting the read request, and implementing a target device software corresponding to an external device based on the appliance identifiers obtained.
Claims20
A connected household appliance comprising:
- one or more sub-control boards each comprising a memory having an appliance identifier corresponding to the connected household appliance stored therein;
- and
- a main control board in operative communication with the one or more sub-control boards, the main control board being operable for:
- transmitting one or more read requests to the one or more sub-control boards,
- obtaining the appliance identifier from each memory of the one or more sub-control boards in response to transmitting the read request, and
- implementing a target device software corresponding to an external device based on the appliance identifiers obtained.
A method for selecting a device software for a connected household appliance, the connected household appliance comprising one or more sub-control boards each comprising a memory having an appliance identifier corresponding to the connected household appliance stored therein, and a main control board in operative communication with the one or more sub-control boards, the method comprising:
- transmitting one or more read requests to the one or more sub-control boards;
- obtaining the appliance identifier from each memory of the one or more sub-control boards in response to transmitting the read request;
- and
- implementing a target device software corresponding to an external device based on the appliance identifiers obtained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.