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Asynchronous reporting system

  • US 10,429,092 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2018
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) reporting system comprising:

  • a gateway device comprising interconnected components including;

    a master clock;

    a random access memory;

    a non-volatile programmable memory having stored therein one or more of;

    a customized bootloader,a gateway application software image;

    a radio frequency tool kit image;

    non-volatile application run data; and

    factory provided data;

    a processor connected to the master clock, the random access memory, and the non-volatile programmable memory; and

    a PHY chip connected to the processor,wherein the gateway device is in communication with one or more pieces of HVAC equipment via radio frequency (RF) communication links,wherein the gateway device is in communication with an external network,wherein the gateway device is in two-way synchronous communication with a router,wherein the gateway device is configured and adapted to provide asynchronous communication to the router,wherein the router is in communication with an Internet cloud through a broadband connection,wherein the one or more pieces of HVAC equipment communicate with the gateway device in data sessions within a round robin sequence of data sessions, andwherein communication between the gateway device and the router occurs within a data session within the round robin sequence of data sessions.

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