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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Grant J. Devilbiss, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Richard A. Mccoy, Stevensville, MI (US);
David M. Williams, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Inventors:
Grant J. DeVilbiss, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Richard A. McCoy, Stevensville, MI (US);
David M. Williams, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/20 (2013.01); H04L 61/303 (2013.01); H04L 61/6004 (2013.01); H04L 29/12801 (2013.01); H04L 29/12207 (2013.01);
Abstract
A message architecture is provided for use in a communications network for an appliance having at least one component and further enabled to communicate information about the at least one component. The message architecture includes first and second identifiers where the first identifier identifies the form of the second identifier and the second identifier identifies at least one component in the appliance.