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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, MI (US);
Richard A. Mccoy, Stevensville, MI (US);
Andrew D. Whipple, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew P. Ebrom, Holland, MI (US);
Richard A. McCoy, Stevensville, MI (US);
Andrew D. Whipple, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2006.01); G04G 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H05B 6/68 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2825 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 39/005 (2013.01); G04G 7/02 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06F 11/3495 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 12/2818 (2013.01); H04L 12/2823 (2013.01); H04L 12/2827 (2013.01); H04L 12/2832 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); H05B 6/688 (2013.01); A47L 15/0063 (2013.01); H04L 12/2807 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 69/26 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01); Y02B 40/143 (2013.01); Y02B 60/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of facilitating servicing an appliance includes establishing two way communications between an appliance and a remote client, and monitoring and communicating to the remote client operational data associated with the appliance. In this way, the remote client can use the operational data to service the appliance.