The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Matteo Santinato, Albignasego, IT;
Ettore Arione, Leggiuno, IT;
Giorgio Braghini, Varese, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/008 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/224 (2013.01); Y04S 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic system for power consumption management of one or more domestic appliances is routinely informed on actual energy tariff through a network control unit or through a predetermined time-table stored in the system. A user interface of the electronic system is provided where the user can set his preference concerning the switch-on time of each appliance and/or function thereof and read the related estimated energy consumption and/or energy cost of the appliance working program.