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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLING INTERNAL COMPONENTS WITHIN APPLIANCES, AND APPLIANCES WITH EXTERNAL COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES

  • US 20160218884A1
  • Filed: 02/29/2016
  • Published: 07/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An embedded virtual router in a system comprising a device having a first software component configured to obtain and convey information associated with a consumable and an appliance having a second software component configured to perform a physical cycle of operation on an article using the consumable, the improvement wherein the first and second software components collaborate with each other by at least one method of access or exposure to each other to facilitate the cycle of operation, and the embedded virtual router encapsulates routing information about the locations of the first and second software components wherein collaboration between the first and second software components is uniform and identical whether the collaboration is over a network or within a shared runtime environment.

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