Methods and apparatus for communicatively coupling internal components within appliances, and appliances with external components and accessories

Example methods and apparatus for communicatively coupling internal components and accessories appliances, and appliances with external components and accessories are disclosed herein. A disclosed example method of operating a domestic appliance having at least one of an internal communications netw...

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Hauptverfasser:	McCoy, Richard A, Maynard, Donald E, Nibbelink, Matthew J, Whipple, Andrew D, Glotzbach, Mark E, Ebrom, Matthew P
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING COUNTING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRIC HEATING ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS HOROLOGY LAUNDERING LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS PHYSICS REGULATING TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION TEXTILES TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE
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Zusammenfassung:	Example methods and apparatus for communicatively coupling internal components and accessories appliances, and appliances with external components and accessories are disclosed herein. A disclosed example method of operating a domestic appliance having at least one of an internal communications network and/or an external communications network among at least two components includes identifying the components, communicating the capabilities of each identified component, communicating the status of each identified component, providing a command interface for operating the components, facilitating communication between the components, and operating the appliance using the command interface and the facilitated communication.