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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Joseph Mark Brian, Louisville, KY (US);
Richard Dean Suel, II, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for authenticating control boards in an appliance includes reading a serial number from a memory of a first control board positioned within the appliance, reading a serial number from a memory of a second control board positioned within the appliance and in communication with the first control board, comparing the serial number from the memory of the first control board to the serial number from the memory of the second control board, and authenticating the first and second control boards when the serial number from the memory of the first control board matches the serial number from the memory of the second control board.