COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR A COMMUNICATING APPLIANCE

摘要

An appliance network comprising a networked appliance (12, 14) performing a cycle of operation to complete a physical domestic operation. The first networked appliance having a communication network comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes configured to communicate across the communication network, with a plurality of components associated with the nodes. An accessory (10) having at least one node in communication with the communication network. A software architecture configured to generate a plurality of messages (arrows), with at least one of the software elements residing in each of the components and in the accessory and configured to enable transmission of at least one of the plurality of messages between the components and between the accessory and the components.