Whirlpool Corporation

Randy A Voss

Richard A McCoy

Matthew Peter Ebrom

Anthony E Jenkins

Wallace J Elston, Iii

James P O'Shaughnessy

Layne E Heilman

Matthew J Nibbelink

Mark Eugene Glotzbach

Christopher S Moes

Andrew D Whipple

Gale Richard Horst

Andre O Pires

Stephen David Krefman

Rodrigo C Castaldo

Randy L Jeffery

An appliance network comprising a networked appliance and capable of communicating with a consumable such that information related to the consumable is communicated to the networked appliance.

Network for communicating information related to a consumable to an appliance

A recipe wand reads meal plans and recipes for a recipe book, and with data about the appliance and one or more cycles of operation, sends data about a consumable to the appliance to automatically create and selectively commence a cycle of operation oh the consumable according to the recipe book.

Recipe wand and recipe book for use with a networked appliance

A central collector has appliance communication links to communicate with multiple appliances, and removable memory to store operational data retrieved from the appliances. When the memory is removed from the central collector and installed in a device capable of communication, the operational data can be communicated from the removable memory to a remote service center or a portable computing device.

Method of facilitating servicing an appliance using a central collector

A network includes a smart coupler having a processor, a memory with software, and a power source to energize the processor and the memory, and an appliance configured to perform an operation on a physical article. The appliance is one that consumes at least some of a resource in performing the operation. The network also includes a source of information about the resource. The smart coupler is in communication with the appliance and the source, and the processor and memory operate to request a change to the operation of the appliance in response to a resource parameter or a request communicated by the source.

Network for changing resource consumption in an appliance

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Randy A Voss