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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventor:

Steven Keith Root, Buckner, KY (US);

Assignee:

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/07 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); H04B 5/0062 (2013.01); H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); G06K 2017/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

An appliance communication system is provided herein. The appliance communications system may include an appliance and a passive command tag. The appliance may include a controller configured to direct an operating cycle and an interface module configured to receive an instruction signal corresponding to the operating cycle. The passive command tag may be separably engaged with the appliance in selective communication with the interface module. The passive command tag may be configured to transmit the instruction signal in response to a read signal received from the interface module. The controller may be configured to vary the operating cycle based on the received instruction signal.


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