US2007055387A1PendingUtilityA1
Intelligent coffeemaker appliance
Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Nov 1, 2001Filed: Oct 26, 2006Published: Mar 8, 2007
Est. expiryNov 1, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Charles G. Williamson
A47J 31/521A47J 31/52
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Abstract
The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a coffeemaker ( 116 ) receives a plurality of timer settings from a network and communicates the state of the coffeemaker ( 116 ) to another network device while keeping a real-time clock ( 1112 ) synchronized and correctly set by receiving period time synchronization messages.
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exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 - 10 . (canceled)
11 . A method, comprising:
receiving at a coffeemaker apparatus with a network interface at least one timer setting at the network interface; storing the at least one timer setting in a memory in the coffeemaker apparatus; and setting a clock with the at least one timer setting.
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22 . An apparatus, comprising:
means for receiving at a coffeemaker apparatus at least one timer setting at the network interface; means for storing the at least one timer setting in the coffeemaker apparatus; and setting a clock with the at least one timer settings.
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33 . A machine-readable signal-bearing medium containing instructions that cause a system to perform a method for operating a coffeemaker apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving at a coffeemaker apparatus with a network interface at least one timer setting at the network interface; storing the at least one timer setting in a memory in the coffeemaker apparatus; and setting a clock with the at least one timer settings.
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