Intelligent household networked appliances
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1. A method for programming intelligent household appliance network associated with a user, comprising:
- inputting a plurality of data associated with the user in a database on a server;
accessing over a first network the database from an intelligent controller;
receiving the plurality of data from the database at the intelligent controller;
transmitting over a home network a portion of data from the plurality of data to each appliance in the household appliance network, and configuring each appliance in the household appliance network in response to the portion of data that was received at each appliance.
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Abstract
The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a intelligent controller (102) is in communication with appliances (116-122) over the alternating current home wiring and is in communication with a user profile (204) contained in a database (202) at a web server (104) via a modem (206) enabling configuration and programming of the appliances (116-122) to occur over a web device (112) in addition to time synchronization of the clocks in the intelligent controller (102) and appliances (116-122) with the web server (104) in order to maintain the correct time.
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56 Claims
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1. A method for programming intelligent household appliance network associated with a user, comprising:
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inputting a plurality of data associated with the user in a database on a server;
accessing over a first network the database from an intelligent controller;
receiving the plurality of data from the database at the intelligent controller;
transmitting over a home network a portion of data from the plurality of data to each appliance in the household appliance network, and configuring each appliance in the household appliance network in response to the portion of data that was received at each appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15)
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13. The method of 11, further comprising:
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converting a code that is scanned by a bar code reader into a digital signal at the appliance;
determining that none of the recipe programs in memory are associated with the digital signal; and
transmitting to the intelligent controller the digital signal over the home network.
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14. The method of 13, further comprising:
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transmitting the digital signal from the intelligent controller to the server over the first network; and
receiving from the server a new program recipe for the appliance associated with the digital signal.
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16. An intelligent appliance system associated with a user, comprising:
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a graphical interface that enables entry of a plurality of data associated with the user in a database associated with a server accessible via a first network;
an intelligent controller connected to a home network and the first network that is in receipt of the plurality of data from the database by communication over the first network; and
a plurality of household appliances each connected to the home network and each having a controller that is responsive to some portion of the plurality of data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for programming intelligent household appliance network associated with a user, comprising:
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means for inputting a plurality of data associated with the user in a database on a server;
means for accessing over a first network the database from an intelligent controller;
means for receiving the plurality of data from the database at the intelligent controller;
means for transmitting over a home network a portion of data from the plurality of data to each appliance in the household appliance network, and means for configuring each appliance in the household appliance network in response to the portion of data that was received at each appliance. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41)
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39. The system of 37, further comprising:
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means for converting a code that is scanned by a bar code reader into a digital signal at the appliance;
means for determining that none of the recipe programs in memory are associated with the digital signal; and
means for transmitting to the intelligent controller the digital signal over the home network.
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40. The method of 39, further comprising:
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means for transmitting the digital signal from the intelligent controller to the server over the first network; and
means for receiving from the server a new program recipe for the appliance associated with the digital signal.
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42. A machine readable signal-bearing medium containing instructions that cause a system to perform a method for programming intelligent household appliance network associated with a user, the method comprising:
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inputting a plurality of data associated with the user in a database on a server;
accessing over a first network the database from an intelligent controller;
receiving the plurality of data from the database at the intelligent controller;
transmitting over a home network a portion of data from the plurality of data to each appliance in the household appliance network, and configuring each appliance in the household appliance network in response to the portion of data that was received at each appliance. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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