Hub for managing networked household appliances

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United States of America

PATENT NO 11221596
APP PUB NO 20160378082A1
SERIAL NO

14752281

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A hub for managing networked household appliances is provided. The hub may include a network communication interface for wirelessly connecting to a wireless access point of a wireless local area network (WLAN), and a wireless repeater for receiving and rebroadcasting signals from the wireless access point. The hub may include an appliance communication interface for wirelessly connecting the hub to a plurality of household appliances and establish a wireless local appliance network over which the hub and the plurality of household appliances are configured to communicate with one another. The hub may also include a control module coupled to the appliance communication interface and configured to provide a user interface to enable a user to interact with the plurality of household appliances from the hub over the wireless local appliance network, and view status information associated with the household appliance.

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ELECTROLUX CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC10200 DAVID TAYLOR DRIVE CHARLOTTE NC 28262

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fisher, James Charlotte, US 74 1889
Francescangeli, Giorgio Cornelius, US 6 20
Stoufer, Paul Charlotte, US 16 267

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