Thermostat status notification through a network

Details Thermostat status notification through a network Thermostat status notification through a network

2011-05-10

2011-05-10

Won, Michael (Department: 2456)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Computer network monitoring

C709S203000, C709S217000, C709S220000, C700S080000, C062S132000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07941530

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides apparatuses and computer readable media for obtaining status information from a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and sending the status information to a remote networked device using a data container. A thermostat obtains status information from a HVAC system, associates the status information with a corresponding index number, and includes the index number and HVAC information in a data container. The data container can assume different forms, including a customer-defined cluster or a publicly accessible cluster. The HVAC information may be encoded so that the HVAC information can be included as an attribute of the publicly accessible cluster. HVAC information may include relay status of a relay in the HVAC system. The relay is identified by an index number that is included in an attribute. A networked device typically receives the HVAC information from the thermostat in at least one data container.

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