Patents by Inventor Stephan Arnold

Stephan Arnold 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).

  • Publication number: 20130074062
    Abstract: A method for operating a household appliance includes detecting an identifier of the household appliance with a mobile device having a data collector, where the household appliance has a memory containing a control program and at least one appliance program executable by the control program and a processing unit configured to execute the control program. A database that is accessible on the internet is accessed using the identifier and the mobile device. At least one appliance program is selected and transmitted to the mobile device. The at least one appliance program is transferred to the memory of the household appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Arnold, Rudolf Herden, Ernst Hokamp, Annette Meyer, Achim Schoening, Christian Schrutek, Ralf Westerheide