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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:

Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, MI (US);

Wallace J. Elston, Iii, Paw Paw, MI (US);

Mark E. Glotzbach, Granger, IN (US);

Anthony E. Jenkins, Stevensville, MI (US);

Richard A. Mccoy, Stevensville, MI (US);

Phillip A. Molloy, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Inventors:

Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, MI (US);

Wallace J. Elston, III, Paw Paw, MI (US);

Mark E. Glotzbach, Granger, IN (US);

Anthony E. Jenkins, Stevensville, MI (US);

Richard A. McCoy, Stevensville, MI (US);

Phillip A. Molloy, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G09B 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of enabling adaptable demonstrations of a household appliance comprising providing consumer-specific updates to a demonstration software at a location remote from an appliance and downloading the consumer-specific updates to the appliance over an information network in response to a determined characteristic of the consumer or enabling a video conference over multimedia interface during the demonstration.


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