Whirlpool Corporation

Phillip A Molloy

Richard A McCoy

Matthew Peter Ebrom

Mark Eugene Glotzbach

Layne E Heilman

Anthony E Jenkins

Wallace J Elston, Iii

An appliance having a smart device in communication with multiple components of the appliance and a user interface of the appliance, the smart device having an updatable demonstration software that takes over control of the multiple components from the controller when executing the demonstration software to implement a demonstration of the appliance by controlling the actuation of the components and display related multimedia information on the multimedia user interface.

System for product demonstration

A method of demonstrating a household appliance by executing a demonstration software to cause demonstration of at least one component of the appliance and to display related information on a user interface of the appliance by a multimedia program.

Method for product demonstration

A method of demonstrating an appliance by customizing a multimedia presentation in real time based on the consumer information.

Method of product demonstration

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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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Phillip A Molloy