Remote access gateway configurable control system

• US 10,791,193 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2018
• Issued: 09/29/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wang, Bo, Lemire, Patrick, Lv, Cherry
• Primary Examiner(s): Hartman, Jr., Ronald D
• Application Number:
  US15/961,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20180248968A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/523 for displaying temperature data
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/54 using one central controller connected to several sub-controllers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25168 Domotique, access through internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2614 HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31348 Gateway
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/102 Gateways arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways, H04L12/66
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/00 Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level

Abstract

A remote access gateway configurable control system. There may be a series of control commands to set or adjust a gateway device'"'"'s running parameters and modify the behavior of the device or start process action. There may be configuration commands for remote control of the device and server commands for unattended devices.

Claims

1. A gateway device for controlling data transmission for a plurality of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, the gateway device comprising:

a storage mechanism configured to store;

current status information of components of the plurality of HVAC systems;

a synchronous schedule; and

an interrupt schedule; and

a lock mechanism operatively coupled to the storage mechanism and configured to access the synchronous schedule for establishing a data transmission link with each of the plurality of HVAC systems for updating the components of the plurality of HVAC systems and capture the current status information of the components, wherein upon reception of an interrupt signal the lock mechanism is further configured to;

suspend the synchronous schedule and access the interrupt schedule for establishing the data transmission link with at least one of the plurality of HVAC systems for updating a component of the at least one of the plurality of HVAC systems and capturing the current status information of the component; and

automatically send the current status information to another system of the plurality of HVAC systems.

2. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the interrupt signal is sent from a web application to update the component of the at least one of the plurality of HVAC and the interrupt schedule instructs the lock mechanism to update the component.

3. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the interrupt signal is sent from the at least one HVAC system that the component has been updated and the interrupt schedule instructs the lock mechanism to capture the current status information of the component.

4. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the interrupt signal comprises a call to the interrupt schedule included in the synchronous schedule and the interrupt schedule instructs the lock mechanism to automatically update the plurality of HVAC systems that have an update available, capture the current status information for the updated HVAC systems, and stored to the current status information in the storage mechanism.

5. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the interrupt signal is sent from the at least one HVAC system that the component has failed and the interrupt schedule instructs the lock mechanism to attempt to fix the component and send a message to remote device when the attempt to fix the component has failed.

6. The gateway device of claim 5, wherein the request is sent from a web application on a server that is operatively coupled to the gateway device.

7. The gateway device of claim 5, wherein the request is sent from a remote device.

8. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the lock mechanism is further configured to receive a request for current status information of at least one component of a particular HVAC system of the plurality of HVAC systems and automatically access the current status information of the at least one component of the particular HVAC system from the storage mechanism.

9. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the synchronous schedule instructs the lock mechanism to establish the data transmission link for a set time with each of the plurality of HVAC systems.

10. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the interrupt schedule provides a priority ranking when multiple components need to be updated.

11. A gateway device for controlling data transmission for a plurality of Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, the gateway device comprising:

a storage mechanism configured to store;

current status information of components of the plurality of HVAC systems;

a synchronous schedule; and

an interrupt schedule; and

a lock mechanism operatively coupled to the storage mechanism and configured to access the synchronous schedule for establishing a data transmission link with each of the plurality of HVAC systems for updating the components of the plurality of HVAC systems and capture the current status information of the components, wherein upon reception of a request for current status information of a set of HVAC systems of the plurality of HVAC systems, the lock mechanism is further configured to;

suspend the synchronous schedule and access the interrupt schedule for establishing the data transmission link with at least one HVAC system from the set of HVAC systems for capturing the current status information of a component of the at least one HVAC system;

store the current status information of the component in the storage mechanism; and

send the current status information of the set of HVAC systems.

12. The gateway device of claim 11, wherein the interrupt schedule provides identification of the component of the at least one HVAC system that has recently been updated but the current status information of the component stored in the storage mechanism does not yet reflect the update.

13. The gateway device of claim 11, wherein the request for the current status information is sent from a web application on a server that is operatively coupled to the gateway device.

14. The gateway device of claim 11, wherein the request for the current status information is sent from a remote device.

15. The gateway device of claim 11, wherein the synchronous schedule instructs the lock mechanism to establish the data transmission link for a set time with each of the plurality of HVAC systems.

16. A system for controlling data transmission for a plurality of Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, the system comprising:

a server including a web application; and

a gateway device operatively coupled to the server and including;

a storage mechanism configured to store;

current status information of components of the plurality of HVAC systems;

a synchronous schedule; and

an interrupt schedule; and

a lock mechanism operatively coupled to the storage mechanism and configured to access the synchronous schedule for establishing a data transmission link with each of the plurality of HVAC systems for updating the components of the plurality of HVAC systems and capture the current status information of the components, wherein upon reception of an interrupt signal the lock mechanism is further configured to;

suspend the synchronous schedule and access the interrupt schedule for establishing the data transmission link with at least one of the plurality of HVAC systems for updating a component of the at least one of the plurality of HVAC systems and capturing the current status information of the component; and

automatically send the current status information to another system of the plurality of HVAC systems.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the interrupt signal is sent from the web application to update the component of the at least one of the plurality of HVAC and the interrupt schedule instructs the lock mechanism to update the component.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the interrupt signal is sent from the at least one HVAC system that the component has been updated and the interrupt schedule instructs the lock mechanism to capture the current status information of the component.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the interrupt signal comprises a call to the interrupt schedule included in the synchronous schedule and the interrupt schedule instructs the lock mechanism to automatically update the plurality of HVAC systems that have an update available, capture the current status information for the updated HVAC systems, store to the current status information in the storage mechanism, and send the current status information to the web application.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the lock mechanism is further configured to receive a request for current status information of at least one component of a particular HVAC system of the plurality of HVAC systems from the web application and automatically access the current status information of the at least one component of the particular HVAC system from the storage mechanism.

21. The system of claim 16, wherein the synchronous schedule instructs the lock mechanism to establish the data transmission link for a set time with each of the plurality of HVAC systems.