Patents by Inventor Elysa Soffer

Elysa Soffer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9554689
    Abstract: A method for demonstrating a domestic appliance, the domestic appliance having a controller, a display, and at least one user input component, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of images in accordance with a predetermined order on the display; while displaying a first image of the plurality of images in accordance with the predetermined order on the display, detecting at least one user input that is provided to the at least one user input component; responsive to the at least one user input, displaying a second image of the plurality of images that is associated with the at least one user input on the display for an amount of time; and subsequent to the amount of time, displaying the plurality of images on the display in accordance with the predetermined order resuming with a third image, said second image being different from said first image and said third image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Raphael Guilleminot, Phillip Montanye, Graham Sadtler, Elysa Soffer, Robert Tannen
  • Patent number: 9058024
    Abstract: A domestic appliance with timer control for the treatment of contents, the domestic appliance comprising a timer configured to track a treatment time period, a display configured to display a plurality of screens, at least one user input component programmed to receive a treatment time input corresponding to a treatment time and receive an expiration function input corresponding to an expiration function subsequent to receiving the treatment time input, and a controller programmed to set the timer with the treatment time in accordance with the received treatment time input and set the expiration function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Montanye, Graham Sadtler, Elysa Soffer, Robert Tannen
  • Publication number: 20140201628
    Abstract: A method for demonstrating a domestic appliance, the domestic appliance having a controller, a display, and at least one user input component, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of images in accordance with a predetermined order on the display; while displaying a first image of the plurality of images in accordance with the predetermined order on the display, detecting at least one user input that is provided to the at least one user input component; responsive to the at least one user input, displaying a second image of the plurality of images that is associated with the at least one user input on the display for an amount of time; and subsequent to the amount of time, displaying the plurality of images on the display in accordance with the predetermined order resuming with a third image, said second image being different from said first image and said third image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raphael Guilleminot, Phillip Montanye, Graham Sadtler, Elysa Soffer, Robert Tannen
  • Publication number: 20140192623
    Abstract: A domestic appliance with timer control for the treatment of contents, the domestic appliance comprising a timer configured to track a treatment time period, a display configured to display a plurality of screens, at least one user input component programmed to receive a treatment time input corresponding to a treatment time and receive an expiration function input corresponding to an expiration function subsequent to receiving the treatment time input, and a controller programmed to set the timer with the treatment time in accordance with the received treatment time input and set the expiration function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip Montanye, Graham Sadtler, Elysa Soffer, Robert Tannen
  • Publication number: 20140040830
    Abstract: A method for controlling a domestic appliance, said domestic appliance having a display with a first portion and a second portion, a controller, and at least one user input component, the method comprising: displaying a menu in the first portion, detecting user input associated with a first parameter of said menu with the at least one user input component, displaying a first submenu in the second portion, detecting user input associated with a first parameter value of said first submenu with the at least one user input component, displaying the first parameter value in the menu in the first portion, and displaying a second submenu associated with a second parameter in the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip Montanye, Graham Sadtler, Elysa Soffer, Robert Tannen
  • Patent number: D753683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Raphael Guilleminot, Phillip Montanye, Graham Sadtler, Elysa Soffer, Robert Tannen