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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Warren Frank Bessler, Amsterdam, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for scheduling and monitoring usage of an electrical household appliance includes an electronic controller and at least one sensor connectible to one another and to the appliance to respectively control operation of the appliance and to detect the amount of electrical power supplied to the appliance, and a computer connectible with the electronic controller and with the Internet for providing communications therebetween and for receiving instructions inputted by a service provider via the Internet and by a user and producing an output to the electronic controller for scheduling and monitoring the operation of the appliance via the electronic controller.