Patents by Inventor Wallace J. Elston, III
Wallace J. Elston, III 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).
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Publication number: 20160028556Abstract: An appliance network comprising a networked appliance and capable of communicating with a consumable such that information related to the consumable is communicated to the networked appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: MATTHEW P. EBROM, WALLACE J. ELSTON, III, MARK E. GLOTZBACH, LAYNE E. HEILMAN, ANTHONY E. JENKINS, STEPHEN D. KREFMAN, RICHARD A. MCCOY, JAMES P. O'SHAUGHNESSY, RANDY A. VOSS
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Patent number: 9164867Abstract: An appliance network comprising a networked appliance and capable of communicating with a consumable such that information related to the consumable is communicated to the networked appliance.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Wallace J. Elston, III, Mark E. Glotzbach, Layne E. Heilman, Anthony E. Jenkins, Stephen D. Krefman, Richard A. McCoy, James P. O'Shaughnessy, Randy A. Voss
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Patent number: 9122788Abstract: An appliance network has a network binder accessory to establish a private network among nodes that might be on different networks, using “one-click”.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Wallace J. Elston, III, Anthony E. Jenkins, Richard A. McCoy, Michael A. Morrell
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Patent number: 8849430Abstract: An appliance network has a networked appliance configured to perform a food preparation operation on an article and a cooking sensor accessory in communication with the networked appliance and configured to sense a state of at least one of the article, the cooking sensor accessory, and the networked appliance.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Wallace J. Elston, III, Layne E. Heilman, Anthony E. Jenkins, Richard A. McCoy
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Patent number: 8816828Abstract: A recipe wand reads meal plans and recipes for a recipe book, and with data about the appliance and one or more cycles of operation, sends data about a consumable to the appliance to automatically create and selectively commence a cycle of operation oh the consumable according to the recipe book.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Wallace J. Elston, III, Layne E. Heilman, Anthony E. Jenkins, Richard A. McCoy, James P. O'Shaughnessy, Randy A. Voss
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Patent number: 8786412Abstract: An appliance network has messaging protocol to establish communication between a first networked appliance and a remote user interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Wallace J. Elston, III, Layne E. Heilman, Anthony E. Jenkins, Richard A. McCoy
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Patent number: 8655995Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for commissioning a home network and inhibiting unaffiliated wireless communication devices that are physically proximate to each other from forming a wireless network. A wireless communication device may include a transceiver capable of communicating with at least a second device, a non-volatile memory capable of storing a network name, a controller, and a user input acceptance element capable of placing the controller in a network set-up mode. The controller may have a plurality of modes including the network set-up mode, as well as a status indicator for providing an indication of whether the device is operating with one of a parent status and a child status. A method for joining a wireless network may include entering a network set up mode, and scanning for a second device operating with a parent status. If the second device is operating with the parent status, the network name of the second device may be adopted as the network name.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Wallace J. Elston, III, Anthony E. Jenkins, Gregory S. Lieto, Richard A. Mccoy, Michael A. Morrell
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Patent number: 8426777Abstract: A method of controlling a cooking appliance is disclosed which includes receiving an input corresponding to a staged cooking function, retrieving a preselected parameter set from a data library, the preselected parameter set defining the staged cooking function and including a first heating element behavior parameter and a first temperature parameter, selecting a first heating element behavior from a control library based upon the first heating element behavior parameter, and operating one or more heating elements according to the first heating element behavior and the first temperature parameter. An oven and a tangible, machine-readable medium are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Wallace J. Elston, III, Anthony E. Jenkins, Patrick J. Marciniak
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Publication number: 20110284518Abstract: A method of controlling a cooking appliance is disclosed which includes receiving an input corresponding to a staged cooking function, retrieving a preselected parameter set from a data library, the preselected parameter set defining the staged cooking function and including a first heating element behavior parameter and a first temperature parameter, selecting a first heating element behavior from a control library based upon the first heating element behavior parameter, and operating one or more heating elements according to the first heating element behavior and the first temperature parameter. An oven and a tangible, machine-readable medium are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: WALLACE J. ELSTON, III, ANTHONY E. JENKINS, PATRICK J. MARCINIAK
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Patent number: 8040234Abstract: An appliance network has a service key accessory to facilitate remote diagnosis and service of an appliance.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Wallace J. Elston, III, Mark E. Glotzbach, Layne E. Heilman, Anthony E. Jenkins, Richard A. McCoy
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Patent number: 7831321Abstract: An appliance configured to perform an operation cycle to effect a physical operation on an article, the appliance includes at least one component configured to effect the physical operation, and a cycle engine on the component. The cycle engine can build a cycle structure for the operation cycle to enable the component to perform the physical operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Wallace J. Elston, III, Mark E. Glotzbach, Anthony E. Jenkins, Donald E. Maynard, Richard A. McCoy
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Publication number: 20100180019Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for commissioning a home network and inhibiting unaffiliated wireless communication devices that are physically proximate to each other from forming a wireless network. A wireless communication device may include a transceiver capable of communicating with at least a second device, a non-volatile memory capable of storing a network name, a controller, and a user input acceptance element capable of placing the controller in a network set-up mode. The controller may have a plurality of modes including the network set-up mode, as well as a status indicator for providing an indication of whether the device is operating with one of a parent status and a child status. A method for joining a wireless network may include entering a network set up mode, and scanning for a second device operating with a parent status. If the second device is operating with the parent status, the network name of the second device may be adopted as the network name.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2009Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Wallace J. Elston, III, Anthony E. Jenkins, Gregory S. Lieto, Richard A. Mccoy, Michael A. Morrell
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Patent number: 7742951Abstract: A method of enabling adaptable demonstrations of a household appliance comprising providing consumer-specific updates to a demonstration software at a location remote from an appliance and downloading the consumer-specific updates to the appliance over an information network in response to a determined characteristic of the consumer or enabling a video conference over multimedia interface during the demonstration.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Wallace J. Elston, III, Mark E. Glotzbach, Anthony E. Jenkins, Richard A. McCoy, Phillip A. Molloy
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Publication number: 20080287121Abstract: An appliance network has a service key accessory to facilitate remote diagnosis and service of an appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew P. Ebrom, Wallace J. Elston, III, Mark E. Glotzbach, Layne E. Heilman, Anthony E. Jenkins, Richard A. McCoy