Plural cooking computer communication system
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1. A cooking computer communication system comprising:
- at least two cooking appliance computer means for setting a desired value of at least one parameter of at least two cooking appliances and for sending messages;
a bi-directional bus coupled to said computer means; and
a control computer means coupled through said bus to said at least two cooking appliance computer means for receiving messages therefrom and for sending messages through said bus for controlling said cooking appliance computer means in setting said desired value;
each of said at least two cooking appliance computer means comprising means for bi-directionally communicating with said control computer means, and comprising means for bi-directionally communicating with another of said at least two cooking appliance computer means, for receiving messages and for sending messages.
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Abstract
A cooking computer communication system in which a control computer controls one or more cooking appliance computers. The control computer may, for example, be a local store computer or may be a remote corporate mainframe computer. The system also may include an interface microprocessor between the cooking appliance computer and the local computer and the control computer may include the interface processor. The local store computer or the remote computer may also act as a monitor computer.
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1. A cooking computer communication system comprising:
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at least two cooking appliance computer means for setting a desired value of at least one parameter of at least two cooking appliances and for sending messages; a bi-directional bus coupled to said computer means; and a control computer means coupled through said bus to said at least two cooking appliance computer means for receiving messages therefrom and for sending messages through said bus for controlling said cooking appliance computer means in setting said desired value; each of said at least two cooking appliance computer means comprising means for bi-directionally communicating with said control computer means, and comprising means for bi-directionally communicating with another of said at least two cooking appliance computer means, for receiving messages and for sending messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12)
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8. A cooking computer communication system comprising:
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a cooking appliance computer means for setting a desired value of at least one parameter of a cooking appliance and for sending messages; a bi-directional bus coupled to said computer means; a control computer means coupled through said bus to said cooking appliance computer means for receiving messages therefrom and for sending messages through said bus for controlling said cooking appliance computer means in setting said desired value, said control computer means being a second cooking appliance computer means.
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9. A cooking computer communication system comprising:
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a first cooking appliance computer means for setting a desired value of at least one parameter of a cooking unit; a second cooking appliance computer means for setting a desired value of at least one parameter of a second cooking unit; means for sensing the actual value of the parameter of said second cooking unit; a control computer means coupled to said first and second cooking appliance computer means and responsive to a first inquiry from said first cooking appliance computer means as to whether said control computer means has a message to transmit to said second cooking appliance computer means for transmitting a message to said second cooking appliance computer means; said second cooking appliance computer means being coupled to said first cooking appliance computer means and responsive to an inquiry from said first cooking appliance computer means as to whether said second cooking appliance computer means has a message to transmit to said control computer means for transmitting to said control computer means a message representing said actual value of said parameter of said second cooking unit; said control computer means being responsive to a second inquiry from said first cooking appliance computer means for transmitting to said second cooking appliance computer means a second message relating to setting a desired value of said parameter of said second cooking unit.
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