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Appliance Network for a Networked Appliance and a Remote User Interface

  • US 20080157936A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 07/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An appliance network comprising:

  • a first networked appliance configured to perform a cycle of operation to complete a physical domestic operation on an article, the first networked appliance having;

    a communication network comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes configured to communicate across the communication network;

    a plurality of components, each component associated with at least one of the plurality of nodes; and

    a remote user interface having at least one node in communication with the communication network; and

    a software architecture comprising a plurality of software elements and configured to generate a plurality of messages, with at least one of the software elements residing in each of the components and in the remote user interface and configured to enable transmission of at least one of the plurality of messages between the components and between the remote user interface and the components.

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