Whirlpool Corporation

Wen Shi

Brandon Lynn Satanek

Estela Duhart

Amy Cross

Alexander L Clayton

Peter J Melsa

Nathan L Bilancio

Richard J Hughes

Martyna Alexander

Chiara Pini

Augusto W Silva

James O Thompson

An appliance, communication system, and method thereof for a communicating on a network including an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module. The appliance communication module is configured to receive a message having an embedded interactive element configured to operate a functionality of the appliance embedded into the message. A return message is sent that relates to a post-cycle of operation of the embedded interactive element.

Appliance network with messaging

An appliance, communication system, and method thereof for a communicating on a network including an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module. The appliance communication module is configured to receive a message having an embedded interactive element configured to operate a functionality of the appliance embedded into the message. The message further includes a non-interactive detail.

An appliance, communication system, and method thereof for a communicating on a network including an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module, wherein the appliance communication module is configured to receive a message including an embedded interactive element, and sending a return message that relates to the activation of the embedded interactive element.

A home network can comprise at least one appliance with an appliance interactive display and at least one mobile device with a mobile interactive display. An application on the mobile device or the appliance can be configured to enable a user to create a user interface on the appliance or mobile device interactive displays. The user interface can be cast to the other of the mobile device or the appliance on which it was created and can be interacted with independent of where the user interface was created.

Network and method for casting a user interface

A method and appliance for a communicating on a network includes an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module, wherein the appliance communication module is configured to receive a message, and in response to the received message, the appliance is configured to send a return message that relates to the message.

Control panel for appliance with embedded display screen having a graphical user interface

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A home network comprises at least one appliance having an appliance interactive display and an appliance communication module, a server having a server communication module, and a mobile device having a mobile interactive display and a mobile communication module. The mobile device or server is configured to send a message having an embedded interactive element to the at least on appliance when the server communication module or the mobile communication module is in communication with the appliance communication module.

Display panel for appliance with partial graphical user interface portion

Example appliances that trigger applications on consumer devices based on user proximity to appliance background are disclosed. A disclosed example system includes an appliance to detect a proximity of a user to the appliance, a remote server to receive a result of the proximity detection from the appliance, and to send an application trigger based on the result, and a user device associated with the user to activate an application on the user device in response to the application trigger received from the remote server.

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Stevensville, MI, United States of America

Wen Shi