US 12,110,628 B2
Distributed networked laundry machine control and operation
Tristan Scott Patterson, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan Christensen, Eagle, CO (US); and Stuart Sonatina, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to Clarified Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Clarified Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/657,585.
Application 18/657,585 is a continuation of application No. 18/543,554, filed on Dec. 18, 2023, granted, now 11,993,887.
Application 18/543,554 is a continuation of application No. 17/065,774, filed on Oct. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,920,274, issued on Mar. 5, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/912,676, filed on Oct. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0295061 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/409 (2006.01); D06F 31/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 101/14 (2020.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01); D06F 105/44 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 34/28 (2020.02) [D06F 31/00 (2013.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); G05B 19/409 (2013.01); D06F 2101/14 (2020.02); D06F 2101/20 (2020.02); D06F 2105/44 (2020.02); G05B 2219/2633 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling laundry machines, the method comprising the operations of:
receiving, from a server, a list of a plurality of machines comprising a listing of washing machines and/or a listing of dryers;
displaying, via a machine control user interface, a first group of one or more machines, wherein the machine control user interface displays the first group of one or more machines as available for use, and wherein the machine control user interface comprises a portion listing washing machines and/or a portion listing dryers;
receiving an input, via the machine control user interface, for a selection of one of the machines indicated as available for use; and
starting an operation of a first physical machine associated with the selected machine.