High priority mode for a commercial laundry environment
A method of coordinating engagement with a group of laundry appliances includes a step of receiving, wirelessly, a high priority input defining a high priority mode for a user account associated with the group of laundry appliances. The method also includes a step of receiving, wirelessly, a load input defining load characteristics of a load of articles following receiving the high priority input. The method further includes reserving one or more laundry appliances for the user account based on the load input received.
1 . A method of coordinating engagement with a group of laundry appliances, the method comprising:
receiving, wirelessly, a high priority input defining a high priority mode for a user account associated with the group of laundry appliances;
recording the user account to a high priority reservation position in a reservation queue in response to receiving the high priority input;
receiving, wirelessly, a load input defining load characteristics of a load of articles following receiving the high priority input; and
reserving one or more laundry appliances for the user account based on the load input received.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
setting operational commands for the one or more laundry appliances following reserving one or more laundry appliances.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the operational commands comprise cycle settings for laundry cycles of the one or more laundry appliances reserved.
4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the operational commands are set via manipulation of a control panel of the group of laundry appliances.
5 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
activating the one or more laundry appliances based on the operational commands.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein recording the user account the high priority reservation position in the reservation queue comprises exchanging reservation positions with another user account in the reservation queue.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein reserving one or more laundry appliances is further based on the high priority reservation position of the user account the reservation queue.
8 . A method of coordinating engagement with a group of laundry appliances, the method comprising:
receiving a high priority input defining a high priority mode for a user account associated with the group of laundry appliances;
recording the user account to a high priority reservation position in a reservation queue in response to receiving the high priority input;
receiving a load input defining load characteristics of a load of laundry following receiving the high priority input; and
reserving one or more laundry appliances based on the load input received.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
setting operational commands for the one or more laundry appliances following reserving one or more laundry appliances.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the operational commands comprise cycle settings for laundry cycles of the one or more laundry appliances reserved.
11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the operational commands are set via manipulation of a control panel of the group of laundry appliances.
12 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
activating the one or more laundry appliances based on the operational commands.
13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein recording the user account the high priority reservation position in the reservation queue comprises exchanging priority reservation positions with another user account in the reservation queue.
14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein reserving one or more laundry appliances is further based on the high priority reservation position of the user account in the reservation queue.
15 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the high priority input is received wirelessly from the user account.
16 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the high priority input is received via manipulation of a control panel of the group of laundry appliances.