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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Richard W. Cartwright, Piqua, OH (US);
Damon C. Childers, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Eric A. Soller, Dayton, OH (US);
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for enabling network communication relating to a food preparation asset may include receiving, from a third party participant, a registration request to join a community including asset operators that operate at least one food preparation asset, registering the third party participant as a community member, providing the third party participant with access to a communication network for sharing information related to the asset, receiving data indicative of asset related activity, providing the third party participant with data indicative of asset related activity, and enabling the third party participant to establish communications with the asset or asset operators via the communication network based on the data indicative of asset related activity.