Home system including a portable fob having a rotary menu and a display
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1. A system for a structure, said system for a structure comprising:
- a server including a wireless transceiver;
a plurality of sensors, each of said sensors including a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the wireless transceiver of said server; and
a portable fob including a user input device, a display and a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate with the wireless transceiver of said server, said user input device and said display cooperating to provide at least one of a first rotary menu for displaying said sensor information of said sensors and a second rotary menu for configuring said sensors.
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Abstract
A home wellness system includes a server having a wireless transceiver, a plurality of sensors each of which has a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the server wireless transceiver, and a portable display and configuration fob, the portable fob includes a rotary thumbwheel encoder, a display and a wireless transceiver communicating with the server wireless transceiver, the thumbwheel encoder and the display cooperate to provide a first rotary menu for displaying the sensor information of the sensors and a second rotary menu for configuring the sensors.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for a structure, said system for a structure comprising:
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a server including a wireless transceiver; a plurality of sensors, each of said sensors including a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the wireless transceiver of said server; and a portable fob including a user input device, a display and a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate with the wireless transceiver of said server, said user input device and said display cooperating to provide at least one of a first rotary menu for displaying said sensor information of said sensors and a second rotary menu for configuring said sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for a structure, said system for a structure comprising:
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a server including a wireless transceiver; a plurality of sensors, each of said sensors including a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the wireless transceiver of said server; and a portable fob including a user input device, a display and a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate with the wireless transceiver of said server, said user input device and said display cooperating to provide at least one of a first rotary menu for displaying said sensor information of said sensors and a second rotary menu for configuring said sensors, wherein said server further includes a processor, which detects a state change from the sensor information of one of said sensors, and which sends said state change from the wireless transceiver of said server to the wireless transceiver of portable fob; and
wherein said portable fob further includes a processor, which responsively displays said first rotary menu if said state change is received.
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12. A system for a structure, said system for a structure comprising:
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a server including a wireless transceiver; a plurality of sensors, each of said sensors including a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the wireless transceiver of said server; and a portable fob including a user input device, a display and a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate with the wireless transceiver of said server, said user input device and said display cooperating to provide at least one of a first rotary menu for displaying said sensor information of said sensors and a second rotary menu for configuring said sensors, wherein said portable fob further includes a port, which detects if said portable fob is mated with or proximate to another component, and also includes a processor, which responsively displays said second rotary menu when said portable fob is mated with or proximate to said another component.
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13. A portable fob for a system for a structure, said system for a structure including a server and a plurality of sensors, said portable fob comprising:
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a portable housing; a wireless communication port adapted for wireless communication with said server; a user input device; and a display, said user input device and said display cooperating to provide at least one of a first rotary menu for displaying information from said server for at least one of said sensors and a second rotary menu for configuring at least one of said sensors at said server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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