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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Tcd Parts, Inc., Edgerton, MO (US);
Mark B. Fisher, Edgerton, MO (US);
Joel Gross, Gilbert, AZ (US);
TCD PARTS, INC., Edgerton, MO (US);
Abstract
A method for remotely monitoring and operating a dishwashing machine includes providing a remote appliance monitoring and control unit. The unit has a portable housing having an indicator, a wireless network interface, a processor, and a memory having machine readable instructions configured to be executed by the processor. The instructions are executed to determine an attribute of the dishwashing machine and to control the indicator based on the determination of the attribute. The method includes communicatively coupling the unit to the dishwashing machine, and using the unit to determine the attribute of the dishwashing machine. The method comprises causing the unit to wirelessly communicate the determined attribute to a remote user computer together with a geographic location of the dishwashing machine. The method includes taking a responsive action in response to the determined attribute.