公开(公告)号：US20230266960A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US17679747

申请日：2022-02-24

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Vivek Patil ,  Manish Saha ,  Dhanimol Sebastian ,  Marcelo Sepulveda

IPC: G06F8/65 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04L69/16

CPC classification number: G06F8/65 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: A system is provided for programming one or more of a plurality of appliances of the same type. The appliances are preferably commercial laundry appliances. The system includes a communication device and the plurality of appliances communicatively coupled with the communication device through a wireless connection. The communication device can be configured to acquire appliance information from the appliances. Based on said acquired information, the communication device determines whether one or more of the appliances requires a program update. The communication device of the system receives and stores into a memory the program update, then transmits the program update to the appliances. The communication device uses a broadcast transmission protocol, preferably user datagram protocol (UDP), for programming the respective appliances requiring a program update. A method for programming simultaneously a plurality of commercial laundry appliances includes using the same system.

公开(公告)号：US12190093B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US17679747

申请日：2022-02-24

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Vivek Patil ,  Manish Saha ,  Dhanimol Sebastian ,  Marcelo Sepulveda

IPC: G06F8/65 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: A system is provided for programming one or more of a plurality of appliances of the same type. The appliances are commercial laundry appliances. The system includes a communication device and the plurality of appliances communicatively coupled with the communication device through a wireless connection. The communication device can be configured to acquire appliance information from the appliances. Based on the acquired information, the communication device determines whether one or more of the appliances requires a program update. The communication device of the system receives and stores into a memory the program update, then transmits the program update to the appliances. The communication device uses a broadcast transmission protocol, user datagram protocol (UDP), for programming the respective appliances requiring a program update. A method for programming simultaneously a plurality of commercial laundry appliances includes using the same system.