Patent ID: 8706933
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: B23Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A combined control/connector, which comprises: a processing means; a memory for storing instructions executable by the processing means; and a connecting means for connecting to an operational component of a domestic appliance, said connecting means being communicatively coupled to the processing means, wherein the combined control/connector is configured to form a network comprising at least one second combined control/connector communicatively coupled to it via a bus in a domestic appliance, wherein the second combined control/connector comprises a second processing means and a second connecting means for connecting to a second operational component of the domestic appliance; wherein the combined control/connector is configured, at initiation of the network, to: determine the identity of an operational component connected to the connecting means and to assume a label identifying the operational component; receive, via the bus, a non-specified first communication containing first instructions executable by the processing means and store the first instructions in the memory; receive, via the bus, a second communication which is specified by the label identifying the operational component and contains second instructions executable by the processing means and store the second instructions in the memory; cause transmission of, via the bus, a third communication specifying a second label and containing third instructions executable by the second processing means, wherein the second label identifies the second operational component; and wherein the combined control/connector is configured, after initiation of the network, to cooperate with the at least one second combined control/connector in the network.