Patent ID: 8033134

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator cabinet; a refrigerator compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet; a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet; a battery disposed within the refrigerator cabinet; at least one fan disposed within the refrigerator cabinet and electrically connected to the battery; wherein the battery provides power for the at least one fan during a power outage to thereby circulate air from the freezer compartment to the refrigerator compartment; an intelligent control powered by the battery during the power outage and configured to control the at least one fan during the power outage to maintain temperature within the refrigerator compartment below a power outage refrigerator compartment set point, the power outage refrigerator compartment set point being higher than a normal operation refrigerator compartment set point; a user interface comprising a display operatively connected to the intelligent control, the user interface powered by the battery during the power outage and adapted to provide information associated with the power outage to a user during the power outage on the display, the information comprising current temperature within the refrigerator compartment and an estimated amount of time before the refrigerator compartment reaches a critical temperature where food spoilage is likely to occur; and wherein the user interface is operatively connected to a refrigerator compartment door providing access to the refrigerator compartment.