Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Abdelghani Elfarra

Chad Michael Helms

A method for operating an appliance, the appliance including a user interface and a wireless connection module. The method includes establishing a wireless connection between the appliance and a wireless network via the wireless connection module, determining that the appliance is communicating with a remote server via the wireless connection module in response to establishing the wireless connection, and disabling a disconnect button on the user interface for disconnecting the appliance from the wireless connection in response to determining the communication between the appliance and the remote server.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Abdelghani Elfarra