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Modular microprocessor-based appliance system

  • US 8,260,630 B2
  • Filed: 11/15/2005
  • Issued: 09/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A networked appliance system comprising:

  • a programmable microprocessor having (i) at least one input mechanism, (ii) a memory, and (iii) a display;

    at least one appliance having at least one measuring device operable for monitoring a parameter associated with operation of the appliance and for producing digitally encoded signals representative of the monitored parameter;

    a communications device connectable in signal communication with both the programmable microprocessor and the at least one measuring device;

    a server remotely located from said programmable microprocessor, said at least one measuring device and the communications device; and

    program instructions stored in said memory and executable by the programmable microprocessor, when executed the program instructions cause the programmable microprocessor to (i) cause information stored in the memory to be presented to a user on the display, (ii) collect user data from a user interaction with the at least one input mechanism in response to the display and store the user data in the memory, (iii) collect measurement data from the at least one measuring device and store the measurement data in the memory, and (iv) transmit the user data, the measurement data and a particular one of a plurality of script identification codes to said server via a communications network, wherein the script identification codes identify which among a plurality of respective versions of the program instructions was most recently executed by the programmable microprocessor,wherein said server embodies software in a storage medium, when executed by the server the software causes the server to (i) processes said user data and the measurement data based on the particular script identification code as received to generate one or more first reports from said user data and the measurement data, and (ii) cause a given version of the program instructions with a respective one of the script identification codes and the information to be transmitted to the programmable microprocessor via the communications network, andwherein execution of the program instructions further cause said programmable microprocessor to store the information as received from the server in the memory.

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