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WIRELESS CONTROLLER WITH GATEWAY

  • US 20180156486A1
  • Filed: 02/02/2018
  • Published: 06/07/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wall mountable control panel for use in controlling one or more of a furnace, a heat pump, an air conditioner, and a fan of a building, the wall mountable control panel comprising:

  • a housing;

    a user interface including a display housed by the housing for allowing a user of the building to physically interact with the wall mountable control panel and to set a value of one or more operational parameters;

    a wireless interface housed by the housing;

    a controller housed by the housing and operatively coupled to the user interface and the wireless interface, the controller configured to provide one or more control signals for use in controlling one or more of the furnace, the heat pump, the air conditioner, and the fan, wherein the one or more control signals are based at least in part on the value of one or more of the operational parameters;

    wherein the wireless interface is configured to wirelessly connect to a remote gateway in order to access the Internet, and to wirelessly receive user control inputs from the Internet, the wireless interface is further configured to provide the received user control inputs to the controller, wherein the controller is configured make one or more changes to the value of one or more of the operational parameters based at least in part on the received user control inputs, thereby allowing the user of the building to remotely change the value of one or more of the operational parameters from a remote location through the received user control inputs provided by a remotely located user device operated by the user of the building; and

    wherein the controller is configured to receive one or more user interactions made at the user interface of the wall mountable control panel to set the value of one or more of the operational parameters, and in response to receipt of the one or more user interactions made at the user interface of the wall mountable control panel to set the value of one or more of the operational parameters, report a change to the value of one or more of the operational parameters via transmission by the wireless interface through the remote gateway to the Internet and to the remotely located user device of the user of the building.

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