US 12,467,184 B2
Laundry assembly and method for controlling a connected laundry appliance of the laundry assembly
Ryan Hartlage, Crestwood, KY (US); and Jose Efren Rodriguez Munoz, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,682.
Prior Publication US 2024/0384458 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01); D06F 105/50 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 34/05 (2020.02) [D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 2101/20 (2020.02); D06F 2105/50 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treatment assembly comprising:
a washing machine appliance, the washing machine appliance comprising a user interface; and
a dryer appliance, the dryer appliance comprising:
a dryer wireless communication module; and
a dryer controller operably coupled to the dryer wireless communication module; wherein the dryer controller is configured to perform an operation, the operation comprising:
generating a plurality of request identification codes;
emitting, via the dryer wireless communication module, a first request identification code of the plurality of request identification codes;
emitting, after an expiration of a predetermined refresh period, a second request identification code of the plurality of request identification codes;
receiving, via the dryer wireless communication module, a data package from the washing machine appliance, the data package comprising a start command to initiate a drying cycle of the dryer appliance and a discrete code of the plurality of request identification codes; and
implementing a responsive action in response to receiving the data package.