Appliance and accessory for controlling a cycle of operation
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1. An appliance configured to perform an operation cycle to effect a physical operation on an article, the appliance comprising:
- a memory,a memory device separate from the memory,at least one component configured to effect the physical operation, anda cycle engine in communication with the at least one component, said cycle engine including;
an uncompiled data portion, residing on the memory device, having a description of an ordered collection of steps, actions to be taken by the at least one component during each step, and conditions under which a current step should transition into a next step in the ordered collection of steps; and
a compiled portion, residing on the at least one component, configured to a) read the data portion to build a cycle structure that includes a set of commands that the appliance executes for the operation cycle to enable the at least one component to perform the physical operation, and b) place the operation cycle in the memory.
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Abstract
An appliance configured to perform an operation cycle to effect a physical operation on an article, the appliance includes at least one component configured to effect the physical operation, and a cycle engine on the component. The cycle engine can build a cycle structure for the operation cycle to enable the component to perform the physical operation.
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1. An appliance configured to perform an operation cycle to effect a physical operation on an article, the appliance comprising:
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a memory, a memory device separate from the memory, at least one component configured to effect the physical operation, and a cycle engine in communication with the at least one component, said cycle engine including; an uncompiled data portion, residing on the memory device, having a description of an ordered collection of steps, actions to be taken by the at least one component during each step, and conditions under which a current step should transition into a next step in the ordered collection of steps; and a compiled portion, residing on the at least one component, configured to a) read the data portion to build a cycle structure that includes a set of commands that the appliance executes for the operation cycle to enable the at least one component to perform the physical operation, and b) place the operation cycle in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network comprising:
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an appliance configured to perform an operation cycle to effect a physical operation on an article, the appliance having at least one component configured to effect the physical operation, and an operational cycle component accessory including at least a portion of an operation cycle, said operational cycle component accessory being removably coupled to the appliance, configured for a physical connection with another computer, and in communication with the appliance whereby the operation cycle enables the at least one component to perform the physical operation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An operational cycle component accessory for an appliance having a driver configured to allow an arbitrary software component in the operational cycle component accessory to communicate with software architecture having a plurality of software elements and configured to generate a plurality of messages, and
at least a portion of an operation cycle, said operational cycle component accessory being removably coupled to the appliance, configured for a physical connection with another computer, and in communication with the appliance whereby the operational cycle component accessory communicates with an appliance by way of the software architecture and the operation cycle enables the appliance to perform a physical operation on an article.
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