AN APPLIANCE AND ACCESSORY FOR CONTROLLING A CYCLE OF OPERATION

摘要

An appliance (12, 310, 1000) configured to perform an operation cycle to effect a physical operation on an article, the appliance includes at least one component (60, 300, 1060) configured to effect the physical operation, and a cycle engine (69) on the component. The cycle engine can build a cycle structure for the operation cycle to enable the component to perform the physical operation. The appliance can be part of a network (1030) including an operational cycle component accessory (3, 312).