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Thermostat with remote access feature

  • US 9,939,824 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2011
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A thermostat for controlling one or more components of an HVAC unit, the thermostat comprising:

  • a thermostat housing that houses;

    at least one temperature sensor;

    a user interface including a display;

    a plurality of wire terminals for electrically connecting to a plurality of control wires that are connected to one or more components of the HVAC unit, for sending one or more control signals to the one or more components of the HVAC unit via the control wires;

    a communication port for communicating with at least a second thermostat over a communication channel; and

    a controller programmed to execute a remote access application for remotely accessing and communicating with at least the second thermostat via the communication port, wherein the remote access application executed by the controller of the thermostat is configured to concurrently display a thermostat identifier and at least one thermostat setting of at least the second thermostat on the display of the user interface of the thermostat, and to facilitate making a change to at least one thermostat setting of at least the second thermostat using the user interface.

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