Method of demonstrating a household appliance
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1. A method of enabling adaptable demonstrations of a household appliance comprising:
- providing a household appliance including;
a first component;
a second component;
a user interface with a multimedia display;
a controller configured to perform a specific function that implements both the first and second components;
a demonstration software which, when executed by the controller, causes a demonstration of the specific function by implementing the first component but not the second component and further causes a display of information related to the demonstration on the multimedia display; and
wherein the household appliance is selected from a group consisting of;
a clothes washing machine, a clothes dryer, an oven, a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, a microwave oven, a trash compactor, and a countertop appliance;
determining a characteristic of a consumer within a predefined distance of the household appliance;
downloading, to the household appliance, a consumer-specific update for the demonstration software from a remote database, wherein the consumer-specific update is selected based on the characteristic of the consumer; and
executing, by the controller, the demonstration software and the consumer-specific update, wherein the demonstration software causes the demonstration of the specific function and the display of the information related to the demonstration and wherein the consumer-specific update causes the demonstration to be tailored to the consumer.
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Abstract
A method of enabling adaptable demonstrations of a household appliance comprising providing consumer-specific updates to a demonstration software at a location remote from an appliance and downloading the consumer-specific updates to the appliance over an information network in response to a determined characteristic of the consumer or enabling a video conference over multimedia interface during the demonstration.
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1. A method of enabling adaptable demonstrations of a household appliance comprising:
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providing a household appliance including; a first component; a second component; a user interface with a multimedia display; a controller configured to perform a specific function that implements both the first and second components; a demonstration software which, when executed by the controller, causes a demonstration of the specific function by implementing the first component but not the second component and further causes a display of information related to the demonstration on the multimedia display; and wherein the household appliance is selected from a group consisting of;
a clothes washing machine, a clothes dryer, an oven, a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, a microwave oven, a trash compactor, and a countertop appliance;determining a characteristic of a consumer within a predefined distance of the household appliance; downloading, to the household appliance, a consumer-specific update for the demonstration software from a remote database, wherein the consumer-specific update is selected based on the characteristic of the consumer; and executing, by the controller, the demonstration software and the consumer-specific update, wherein the demonstration software causes the demonstration of the specific function and the display of the information related to the demonstration and wherein the consumer-specific update causes the demonstration to be tailored to the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of enabling adaptable demonstrations of a household appliance comprising:
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providing a household appliance selected from a group consisting of;
a clothes washing machine, a clothes dryer, an oven, a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, a microwave oven, a trash compactor and a countertop appliance, said household appliance including;a first component; a second component; a user interface including a multimedia display; a controller for controlling the first and second components, with the household appliance being configured to execute a specific function utilizing both the first component and the second component; and a demonstration software which, when executed by the controller, causes a demonstration of the specific function by implementing the first component but not the second component and further causes a display of information related to the demonstration on the multimedia display; determining a characteristic of a consumer for the household appliance; downloading, to the household appliance, a consumer-specific update for the demonstration software from a remote database, wherein the consumer-specific update is selected based on the characteristic of the consumer; executing, by the controller, the demonstration software and the consumer-specific update, wherein the demonstration software causes the demonstration of the specific function and the display of the information related to the demonstration and the consumer-specific update causes the demonstration to be tailored to the consumer; and
establishing a video conference over the user interface between a consumer and a sales representative during the demonstration. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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