US 10,018,371 C1 (13,301st)
System, method and apparatus for identifying manual inputs to and adaptive programming of a thermostat
John Douglas Steinberg, Millbrae, CA (US); Scott Douglas Hublou, Redwood City, CA (US); and Leo Cheung, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by EcoFactor, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to ECOFACTOR, INC., Millbrae, CA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,115, Sep. 9, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 10,018,371, issued Jul. 10, 2018, Appl. No. 14/878,872, Oct. 8, 2015.
Application 90/015,115 is a continuation of application No. 14/082,675, filed on Nov. 18, 2013, granted, now 9,194,597.
Application 14/082,675 is a continuation of application No. 12/778,052, filed on May 11, 2010, granted, now 8,596,550.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/215,999, filed on May 12, 2009.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Aug. 3, 2026.
Int. Cl. F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/39 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 110/00 (2018.01); F24F 120/20 (2018.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 11/30 (2018.01) [F24F 11/62 (2018.01); G05B 19/0426 (2013.01); G05D 23/1904 (2013.01); F24F 11/39 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 2110/00 (2018.01); F24F 2120/20 (2018.01); G05B 2219/23199 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 9-16 is confirmed.
Claims 1-8 and 17-24 are cancelled.
9. A method for incorporating manual changes to one or more setpoints for a thermostatic controller, the method comprising:
providing a thermostatic controller operatively connected to a heating ventilation and air conditioning system, the one or more setpoints of the heating ventilation and air conditioning system being manually changeable;
calculating scheduled programming of automated setpoints in the thermostatic controller based on the scheduled programming comprising at least a first automated setpoint at a first time and a second automated setpoint at a second time to control the heating ventilation and air conditioning system;
recording, with the thermostatic controller, actual setpoints of the beating ventilation and air condition system;
communicating the actual setpoints from the thermostatic controller to the at least one computer;
comparing at least one of the actual setpoints at the first time for the thermostatic controller to the first automated setpoint for the thermostatic controller;
detecting a manual change to the first automated setpoint by determining whether the at least one of the actual setpoints and the first automated setpoint are the same or different; and
changing the operation of the heating ventilation and air conditioning system by changing the second automated setpoint at the second time based on at least one rule for the interpretation of the manual change.