Patent ID: 7310893

Claim:
A household appliance comprising: a controller having a processor; a user interface in operable communication with the controller; and multiple operating cycles, where each cycle is a drying cycle for a household clothes dryer, with each operating cycle determined by the controller and having at least two sets of factory-set default values associated therewith and pre-programmed into the controller; wherein a user of the household appliance can access the controller through the user interface to select a new set of factory-set default values from the at least two sets of factory-set default values, so that the set selected by the user replaces the existing set of default values; wherein the default value is a DRYING time, and the controller calculates the DRYING TIME by summing a BASE DRY TIME and an ADD-ON DRY TIME, and the controller multiplies the DRYING TIME by a DRYING TIME MULTIPLIER to form a new DRYING TIME.