System and method for configuring and maintaining individual and multiple environmental control units over a communication network from an administration system
First Claim
1. A method of managing a network of environmental control units, comprising:
- independently storing and retrieving individual ones of a plurality of environmental control unit user profiles to and from an environmental control unit configuration profile database;
independently storing and retrieving individual ones of a plurality of living environment profiles to and from said environmental control unit configuration profile database;
wherein each of said environmental control unit user profiles is made up of user specific environmental control unit configuration information associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of environmental control unit users; and
wherein each of said living environment profiles is made up of living environment specific environmental control unit configuration information for at least one living environment device located in an associated living environment; and
generating a living environment device selection user interface displaying a list of selectable living environment device representations, wherein each of said selectable living environment device representations corresponds to a type of living environment device that can be controlled through said remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living environment device selection user interface further displays a representation of a current configuration of a remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living device selection user interface enables a user to move said selectable living environment device representations into said representation of said current configuration of said remotely located environmental control unit.
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Abstract
A method and system that allow an ECU to be conveniently configured based on the contents of an ECU configuration profile database that stores ECU user profiles and living environment profiles, and that generates a user interface for a selected remote ECU displaying selectable living environment devices, each of which corresponds to a type of living environment device that can be controlled by a user through that ECU. The user interface further displays a representation of a current configuration of the remotely located ECU, and enables the administrator user to move the selectable living environment device representations into the current configuration representation for the remotely located environmental control unit, for example by dragging and dropping the living environment device representations using a mouse user interface device coupled to a computer system on which the administration tool is executing.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of managing a network of environmental control units, comprising:
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independently storing and retrieving individual ones of a plurality of environmental control unit user profiles to and from an environmental control unit configuration profile database; independently storing and retrieving individual ones of a plurality of living environment profiles to and from said environmental control unit configuration profile database; wherein each of said environmental control unit user profiles is made up of user specific environmental control unit configuration information associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of environmental control unit users; and wherein each of said living environment profiles is made up of living environment specific environmental control unit configuration information for at least one living environment device located in an associated living environment; and generating a living environment device selection user interface displaying a list of selectable living environment device representations, wherein each of said selectable living environment device representations corresponds to a type of living environment device that can be controlled through said remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living environment device selection user interface further displays a representation of a current configuration of a remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living device selection user interface enables a user to move said selectable living environment device representations into said representation of said current configuration of said remotely located environmental control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for of managing a network of environmental control units, said system including administration tool program code stored on a computer readable medium, said administration tool program code comprising:
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program code operable to independently store and retrieve individual ones of a plurality of environmental control unit user profiles to and from an environmental control unit configuration profile database; program code operable to independently store and retrieving individual ones of a plurality of living environment profiles to and from said environmental control unit configuration profile database; wherein each of said environmental control unit user profiles is made up of user specific environmental control unit configuration information associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of environmental control unit users; and wherein each of said living environment profiles is made up of living environment specific environmental control unit configuration information for at least one living environment device located in an associated living environment; and program code operable to generate a living environment device selection user interface displaying a list of selectable living environment device representations, wherein each of said selectable living environment device representations corresponds to a type of living environment device that can be controlled through said remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living environment device selection user interface further displays a representation of a current configuration of a remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living device selection user interface enables a user to move said selectable living environment device representations into said representation of said current configuration of said remotely located environmental control unit.
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13. A system for managing a network of environmental control units, comprising:
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means for independently storing and retrieving individual ones of a plurality of environmental control unit user profiles to and from an environmental control unit configuration profile database; means for independently storing and retrieving individual ones of a plurality of living environment profiles to and from said environmental control unit configuration profile database; wherein each of said environmental control unit user profiles is made up of user specific environmental control unit configuration information associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of environmental control unit users; and wherein each of said living environment profiles is made up of living environment specific environmental control unit configuration information for at least one living environment device located in an associated living environment; and means for generating a living environment device selection user interface displaying a list of selectable living environment device representations, wherein each of said selectable living environment device representations corresponds to a type of living environment device that can be controlled through said remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living environment device selection user interface further displays a representation of a current configuration of a remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living device selection user interface enables a user to move said selectable living environment device representations into said representation of said current configuration of said remotely located environmental control unit.
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