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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2008
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Stevensville, MI (US);
Ali R. Buendia-garcia, Coloma, MI (US);
Richard A. Mccoy, Stevensville, MI (US);
Yingqin Yuan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Stevensville, MI (US);
Ali R. Buendia-Garcia, Coloma, MI (US);
Richard A. McCoy, Stevensville, MI (US);
Yingqin Yuan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of managing an inventory includes associating an identifier with a container system component such as a container, a sensor or a substance, where the sensor is configured to determine an indication of an attribute of the substance stored in the container. The method further may include associating an identifier with a container system member within a dataset remote to the container; remotely receiving container system data including the identifier and the indication of the attribute; and performing at least one data processing task associated with the container system data.