Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Honeywell International Inc.

Mark Allen Butler

Richard Dean Suel, Ii

Robert Marten Bultman

Joseph Mark Brian

Robert H Brockelsby

Jeffrey W Shrode

Gregory P Lindauer

Victor Suarez

A domestic appliance includes a wireless transmitter provided within the domestic appliance, the wireless transmitter configured to emit a signal; a wireless communication module provided within the domestic appliance, the wireless communication module establishing a wireless connection between the appliance and a remote terminal; and a controller provided within the domestic appliance. The controller is configured for emitting, via the wireless communication module, the signal, wherein the signal contains a table of information uniquely associated with the domestic appliance, the table of information comprising a model identification and an indication of wireless connectivity.

Service mode indication for domestic appliances

Systems and methods for updating a software configuration of one or more control boards of an appliance are provided. For instance, a payload image file can be received. The payload image file can comprise a plurality of update images that include software configuration data for an appliance control board associated with an appliance group. Configuration data associated with a plurality of control boards present in a target appliance can be received. An appliance payload associated with the target appliance can be determined based at least in part on the configuration data. The appliance payload can include one or more update images to be associated with the target appliance.

Updating a software configuration of an appliance

A method of supervising a plurality of displaced devices includes having each device emit a supervisory signal that is detectable by a designated unit. Indicia can be included indicative that an intervening message has been sent from a respective device. The designated unit can respond to missing, expected supervisory signals as well as unreceived messages.

Systems and methods of deterministic annunciation

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Elizabethtown, KY, United States of America

Mark Allen Butler