Patent ID: 7003967

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a fresh food compartment including a fresh food evaporator positioned therein, a fresh food door coupled to said fresh food compartment and operable for opening and closing access to said fresh food compartment, a fresh food defrosting assembly positioned therein with a fresh food door counter for counting the number of fresh food door openings; a freezer food compartment including a freezer evaporator positioned therein, a freezer food door coupled to said freezer food compartment and operable for opening and closing access to said freezer food compartment, a freezer food defrosting assembly positioned therein with a freezer food door counter for counting the number of freezer food door openings; and a controller operationally coupled to said fresh food and freezer food defrosting assemblies and fresh food and freezer food door counters, said controller configured to: adjust the fresh food door counter when the fresh food door is opened; adjust the freezer food door counter when the freezer food door is opened; update the fresh food door counter when the fresh food compartment is cooled by the fresh food evaporator; and update the freezer food door counter when the freezer food compartment is cooled by the freezer evaporator.