Patent ID: 11967196
Assignee: DUKE MANUFACTURING CO.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A food preparation apparatus comprising:
a single board computer, comprising:
a first processor, and
a memory communicatively coupled to the first processor, the memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, provide:
a state machine,
a web server, and
a virtual data bus communicatively coupling the state machine and

the web server;

an operations controller communicatively coupled to the single board computer and configured to receive information from the web server for controlling an operation of the food preparation apparatus; and
a physical data bus communicatively coupling the single board computer and the operations controller,
wherein the web server is configured to enable at least one of a local computer or a remote computer to transmit operations updates to the state machine via the virtual data bus independent of a current functional mode of the food preparation apparatus.