INTELLIGENT COFFEEMAKER APPLIANCE
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Abstract
The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a coffeemaker (116) receives a plurality of timer settings from a network and communicates the state of the coffeemaker (116) to another network device while keeping a real-time clock (1112) synchronized and correctly set by receiving period time synchronization messages.
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34 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. A method, comprising:
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receiving at a coffeemaker apparatus with a network interface at least one timer setting at the network interface;
storing the at least one timer setting in a memory in the coffeemaker apparatus; and
setting a clock with the at least one timer setting.
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12-21. -21. (canceled)
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for receiving at a coffeemaker apparatus at least one timer setting at the network interface;
means for storing the at least one timer setting in the coffeemaker apparatus; and
setting a clock with the at least one timer settings.
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23. (canceled)
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33. A machine-readable signal-bearing medium containing instructions that cause a system to perform a method for operating a coffeemaker apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving at a coffeemaker apparatus with a network interface at least one timer setting at the network interface;
storing the at least one timer setting in a memory in the coffeemaker apparatus; and
setting a clock with the at least one timer settings.
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34-43. -43. (canceled)
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