Patent ID: 7353073
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A method for maintaining and repairing an appliance, comprising: collecting information from the appliance, wherein a flash device collects information from the appliance and based on the collected information, the flash device determines what information is to be presented to a user; launching an application stored in the flash device after the flash device interfaces with a computing system, wherein the flash device assists in launching the application and the application provides a user interface with selectable options for maintaining and repairing the appliance; contacting a server, wherein the computing system has access to a network connection and connects to the server; transmitting the collected information from the flash device to the server; and upgrading appliance related information, wherein the server upgrades the appliance related information based on the collected information and the upgraded appliance related information is used to maintain and repair the appliance.