System and method for monitoring building environmental data

• US 10,055,323 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2015
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Braeburn Systems LLC
• Original Assignee: Braeburn Systems LLC
• Inventors: Moore, Glenn A, Poplawski, Daniel S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Phuong
• Application Number:
  US14/928,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20160124828A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

The invention provides a system for generating a performance data (PD) report comprising a first module for collecting performance data, a second module for formatting the PD and selecting from at least one of the following types of data: system run time in minutes, heat run time in minutes, cooling run time in minutes, fan run time in minutes, average heating temperature by degrees, average cooling temperature by degrees, average outdoor temperature by degrees, average humidity level by percent humidity, highest indoor temperature by degrees, lowest indoor temperature by degrees, highest outdoor temperature by degrees, lowest indoor temperature by degrees, highest humidity level by percent humidity and lowest percent humidity by percent humidity, date, time, system mode, such as cool or heat or a fan, system state, room temperature, setpoint, fan state, outdoor temperature and humidity level (collectively hereinafter “custom Performance Data”).

Claims

1. A mobile device for monitoring building environmental data, the mobile device comprising:

(1) a touchpad screen for accepting user input and displaying screens;

(2) a wireless network interface for connecting said mobile device to a cloud server over the Internet, wherein said cloud server adapted to receive performance data generated by detection devices from a remote thermostat over the Internet; and

(3) a specialized application, wherein said specialized application adapted to;

(i) execute on said mobile device;

(ii) display a first screen on said touchpad screen, said first screen displaying a quick report button for providing quick reports;

(iii) responsive to clicking said quick report button, request said cloud server over the Internet to provide quick reports conforming to a set of saved settings, said set of saved settings entered via said touchpad screen, wherein said set of saved settings indicates a facility, a frequency and a quick report type; and

(iv) receive a first quick report from said cloud server over the Internet.

2. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein:

(1) said facility is one of a basement, downstairs, family room, home office, kitchen or bedroom, wherein a first detection device is a sensor, a thermostat or a HVAC control disposed in said facility to collect performance data, wherein said performance data is at least one of system run time in minutes, heat run time in minutes, cooling time in minutes, fan run time in minutes, average heating temperature by degrees, average cooling temperature by degree, average outdoor temperature by degrees, average humidity level by percent humidity, highest indoor temperature by degrees, indoor temperature by degrees, highest outdoor temperature by degrees, lowest indoor temperature by degrees, highest humidity level by percent humidity and highest percent humidity by percent humidity, date, time, system mode, system state, room temperature, setpoint, fan state, outdoor temperature and humidity level;

(2) said frequency is daily, weekly or monthly; and

(3) said quick report type is summary, all or both.

3. The mobile device of claim 2 wherein said sensor is an indoor temperature sensor, an outdoor temperature sensor, an occupancy sensor, a humidity level sensor, a smoke sensor, or a carbon monoxide sensor.

4. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said specialized application is adapted, to receive said first quick report via an e-mail service.

5. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said specialized application is further adapted to display a performance data, report notification indicating a date in the future when the next performance data report will be generated, wherein said date is computed based on said frequency.

6. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said specialized application is further adapted to:

(1) display a facility selection screen;

(2) responsive to a first user input to select said facility, select said, facility;

(3) responsive to a second user input to select said frequency, select said frequency;

(4) responsive to a third user input to select said quick report type, select said quick report type; and

(4) over the Internet, request said cloud server to generate performance reports based on said facility, said frequency and said quick report type, wherein said cloud server saves said facility, said frequency and said quick report type.