RECONFIGURABLE NETWORK CONTROLLER
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1. A method, comprising:
- enrolling a thermostat in a home automation system;
determining whether a primary controller is enrolled in the home automation system; and
configuring the thermostat to be the primary controller if no primary controller is enrolled in the home automation system.
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Abstract
A computing device, such as a thermostat, may be structured to communicate with a network access device via a first protocol and communicate with a plurality of home automation devices via a second protocol. The computing device may also be structured to operate as a primary controller or a repeater device in a home automation system. The computing device may receive information from a server instructing the computing device to operate as the primary controller or the repeater device. Or, the computing device may determine itself whether to operate as the primary controller or repeater device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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enrolling a thermostat in a home automation system; determining whether a primary controller is enrolled in the home automation system; and configuring the thermostat to be the primary controller if no primary controller is enrolled in the home automation system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computing device, comprising:
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one or more wireless transceivers structured to communicate via a first protocol and a second protocol; a processing device; a memory including instructions, wherein the instructions when executed by the processing device cause the computing device to; communicate with a network access device via the first protocol; communicate with a plurality of home automation devices via the second protocol; control at least a portion of an HVAC system in a building; and communicate with a server via the network access device to receive configuration information, wherein the configuration information configures the computing device to operate as one of a primary controller and a repeater device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a server structured to enroll a thermostat in a home automation network, determine whether a primary controller is enrolled in the home automation network, and transmit a configuration command to the thermostat, wherein the configuration command instructs the thermostat to be the primary controller in the home automation network if no primary controller is enrolled in the home automation network or to be a repeater device if the primary controller is already enrolled in the home automation network, wherein the thermostat is structured to receive the configuration command and automatically configure itself to operate as one of the primary controller and the repeater device in the home automation network based on the configuration command. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A computing device, comprising:
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one or more wireless transceivers structured to communicate via a first protocol and a second protocol; a processing device; a memory including instructions, wherein the instructions when executed by the processing device cause the computing device to; communicate with a network access device via the first protocol; communicate with a plurality of automation devices via the second protocol; and automatically reconfigure to operate as one of a primary controller and a repeater device in an automation system. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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