Patent ID: 11920274
Assignee: CLARIFIED INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  G | IPC D  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of controlling laundry machines, the method comprising:
receiving, from a server, a list of machines at a laundry facility, wherein the list of machines includes a listing of washing machines and a listing of dryers;
displaying, on a user device, the list of machines on a machine control user interface wherein each listed machine is indicated via the machine control user interface as being available or unavailable, wherein an unavailable machine includes a remaining time indicated for the unavailable machine;
receiving, from the user, a selection of a machine from the machine control user interface, wherein the selected machine is indicated as being available via the machine control user interface;
receiving, from the user, a selection of an operation type, wherein the selection of an operation type is made on the user device or on the selected machine;
receiving, from the user, a selection of one or more operational parameters associated with the selected operation type;
displaying, on the machine control user interface, the selected machine, the selected operation type, the one or more selected operational parameters of the selected machine, an estimated duration of the operation, and a cost;
receiving, on the server, a payment amount from the user equal to the cost;
after receiving the payment, changing, on the server, a status of the selected machine from available to unavailable;
starting the operation on the selected machine;
displaying, on the machine control user interface, an amount of time remaining for the selected machine to complete the operation;
receiving, from the user, a request to engage or disengage a locking mechanism of the selected machine;
engaging or disengaging the locking mechanism based on the request;
changing the status of the selected machine from unavailable to available after the locking mechanism has disengaged.