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FLEXIBLE FUNCTIONALITY PARTITIONING WITHIN INTELLIGENT-THERMOSTAT-CONTROLLED HVAC SYSTEMS

  • US 20130338839A1
  • Filed: 01/03/2012
  • Published: 12/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An intelligent thermostat comprising:

  • a visible portion;

    a concealed portion onto which the visible portion mounts by sliding the visible portion onto the concealed portion; and

    subcomponents, each subcomponent associated with one or more intelligent-thermostat functionalities, that are each distributed to one or both of the visible portion and concealed portion of the intelligent thermostat, the subcomponents includinga long-distance wireless communications module that interconnects the intelligent thermostat with remote computing facilities,a local wireless communications module that interconnects the intelligent thermostat with environmental-condition-system components,a microprocessor that controls an interactive user interface and additional monitoring, analysis, and communications functions,a microcontroller that controls low-power-consuming functions and wake-on circuitry,a number of environmental sensors that monitor an environment,a mechanical user interface,an optico-electrical user interface,a display driver,a protocol engine,an electronic memory,a battery,power-management circuitry,power-supply circuitry, andwake-on circuitry that powers up the interactive user interface when a user'"'"'s presence is detected by one or more of the number of environmental sensors.

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