APPLIANCE AND A CONSUMABLE HOLDER IN A NETWORK
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1. A network comprising a client and an appliance configured to perform an operation cycle on an article using a consumable wherein information associated with the consumable can be exchanged between the client and the appliance across the network.
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A network includes a client and an appliance configured to perform an operation cycle on an article using a consumable. Information associated with the consumable can be exchanged between the appliance and the client across the network.
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- 1. A network comprising a client and an appliance configured to perform an operation cycle on an article using a consumable wherein information associated with the consumable can be exchanged between the client and the appliance across the network.
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12. An appliance configured to perform an operation cycle related to a consumable comprising one of a user interface, a consumable holder and a consumable reader having information associated with a consumable and further configured to send the information to one of a smart coupler, a remote client, and a second appliance.
- 13. An external client enabled to communicate with an appliance configured to perform an operation cycle related to a consumable, the external client comprising information associated with the consumable that can be exchanged with the appliance across a network.
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19. A graphical user interface adapted to communicate with one of an appliance configured to perform a physical cycle of operation on an article, and an external client configured to communicate with the appliance wherein the graphical user interface comprises software configured to send a network message to one of the appliance and the external client for effecting the configuration, enablement, functionality, or operation of the external client.
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