Whirlpool Corporation

Christopher W Kelson

Saket Singh

Neomar Giacomini

Wyndham Fairchild Gary, Jr

Richard J Hughes

Michael J Jakeway

Daniel P Boyce

Andrew Benedict Artis

An application for execution on a mobile device can include access to an appliance registration database that includes a list of registered appliances and access to a recipe database wherein at least one recipe contains a list of appliances needed to prepare the at least one recipe. A comparison module can be configured to compare the list of appliances needed to a list of appliances registered.

Recipe implementation via appliance network with remote capabilities

A system for controlling a plurality of appliances is disclosed. The appliances comprise a plurality of controllers in communication with a mobile device. Each of the controllers is configured to receive an instruction from the mobile device corresponding to a selected mode of a plurality of modes and apply the selected mode among the plurality of appliances as a selected global setting of a plurality of available global settings. The controller is further operable to activate an appliance specific control routine for each of the plurality of appliances based on the selected global setting and control each appliance based on the appliance specific control routine. The appliance specific control routine comprises a plurality of controls configured control an operation of each of the appliances causing the operation to conform to the selected mode.

Coordination of control modes among appliances and utilities

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Saint Joseph, MI, United States of America

Christopher W Kelson