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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
Eric K. Watson, Crestwood, KY (US);
John K. Besore, Prospect, KY (US);
Michael Thomas Beyerle, Pewee Valley, KY (US);
David C. Bingham, Louisville, KY (US);
Darin Franks, Lanesville, IN (US);
Byron Guernsey, Charlestown, IN (US);
Darko Ilickovic, Mount Washington, KY (US);
Mallika Ravindra Patel, DesPlaines, IL (US);
Brian Michael Schork, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric K. Watson, Crestwood, KY (US);
John K. Besore, Prospect, KY (US);
Michael Thomas Beyerle, Pewee Valley, KY (US);
David C. Bingham, Louisville, KY (US);
Darin Franks, Lanesville, IN (US);
Byron Guernsey, Charlestown, IN (US);
Darko Ilickovic, Mount Washington, KY (US);
Mallika Ravindra Patel, DesPlaines, IL (US);
Brian Michael Schork, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A household appliance system and method include an appliance control system having a common appliance interface provided on an appliance and a demand side management module connected to the common appliance interface. The module corresponds to one select utility of a plurality of utilities and is adapted to communicate with the one select utility of the plurality of utilities. The appliance control system operates the appliance based on communications with the one select utility through the module.