Abstract: A kitchen appliance and a refrigerator appliance are commissioned on the same user account, the refrigerator appliance configured with a water dispensing system. The kitchen appliance monitors the water volume of a removable water container. If the level of water in the container is below a prescribed level, the kitchen appliance alerts a user and identifies the connected refrigerator appliance. When the water container is removed from the kitchen appliance, the kitchen appliance determines a refill volume to return the water container to a predetermined level and communicates the refill volume to the water dispensing system. The water dispensing system is preset to dispense the refill volume on the next activation of the dispensing system.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a controller and a communication module. A method of operating the household appliance includes receiving a connection request from a first device and receiving a connection request from a second device. The method also includes looking up a connection priority database. The method further includes connecting to only one of the first device and the second device based on the connection priority database.