ASYNCHRONOUS REPORTING SYSTEM

• US 20140082177A1
• Filed: 09/15/2012
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Lemire, Patrick R., Lv, Cherry, Wang, Bo, Blum, William R., Ferro, Philip J., Schmit, Thomas Paul, Stuart, Jeffrey, Kern, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,705,962 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• 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 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/58 using Internet communication
• 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 11/63 Electronic processing
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/50 Air quality properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

An asynchronous reporting mechanism for a remote device in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning environment. Using gateway information, such as a device address, report information may be sent to the user account, or using another approach, the information may be sent directly to the user. An asynchronous message may be sent without user intervention or request.

Claims

1. A gateway control system for residential equipment comprising:

a gateway device;

heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment connected to the gateway device;

a remote access mechanism connected to the gateway device and an internet cloud; and

an asynchronous reporting mechanism connected the gateway device and to the HVAC equipment; and

wherein;

the HVAC equipment can be monitored; and

an asynchronous message can be sent by the reporting mechanism without user intervention or request.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the gateway device communicates with a server via the remote access mechanism and the internet cloud using an asynchronous messages and/or a data session.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein:

the asynchronous message is for the gateway device to inform the server of information about hosts such as components of the HVAC equipment; and

the asynchronous message is unable to be sent from the server to the gateway device.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the gateway device uses a first protocol for wireless access capability to the HVAC equipment, encapsulated in an asynchronous structure.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein in an absence of a data session, faults and/or errors are sent using an asynchronous message.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein:

the server comprises a database, a web application and communication layers;

a web interface module interacts with the web application to display information and receive action from button events;

the communication layers are instanced in the server when user activity opens a data session on the web interface module.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein:

a data session is opened between the gateway device and the server using a check-in process;

virtually all messages between the gateway device and the server are sent during a data session;

a database in the server infrastructure is used when in absence of a data session between the gateway device and the server; and

an asynchronous message is sent if information needs to be conveyed without a data session from the gateway device.

8. The gateway system of claim 7, wherein an asynchronous message ensures that reports about HVAC equipment are captured by the server most of the time.

9. The gateway system of claim 2, wherein:

the gateway device should know if a message that the gateway device has sent was successfully received by the server; and

transmission control protocol (TCP) is used by the gateway device for an asynchronous message.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the asynchronous message is sent in an encryption mode.

11. An approach for gateway control of residential equipment comprising:

providing a gateway device;

connecting heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment to the gateway device;

connecting a remote access mechanism to the gateway device and an internet cloud; and

incorporating an asynchronous reporting mechanism in the gateway device; and

wherein;

the HVAC equipment can be monitored; and

an asynchronous message can be sent by the reporting mechanism without user intervention or request.

12. The approach of claim 11, wherein an asynchronous message is sent by the gateway device to a server via the remote access mechanism and the internet cloud.

13. The approach of claim 12, wherein the gateway device communicates with a server using an asynchronous messages and/or a data session.

14. The approach of claim 12, wherein:

an asynchronous message is a way for the gateway device to inform the server of information about hosts which are components of the HVAC equipment; and

an asynchronous message is a one-way message in that it is virtually always sent by the gateway device and can include a response from the server.

15. The approach of claim 12, wherein:

the gateway device establishes a data session when requested by the server infrastructure;

the server infrastructure requests the data session between two parties; and

an asynchronous message is sent by the gateway device to the server infrastructure when there is an absence of an open data session between the gateway device and the server infrastructure.

16. A gateway control system for residential equipment comprising:

a gateway device;

heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment connected to the gateway device;

an asynchronous reporting mechanism incorporated in the gateway device and connected to the HVAC equipment; and

a network connected to the gateway; and

wherein;

the HVAC equipment can be monitored; and

an asynchronous message can be sent by the reporting mechanism without user intervention or request.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the gateway device communicates with a server using an asynchronous message or a data session; and

an asynchronous message can be sent by the gateway device to a server via the network in absence of a data session between the gateway device and a server.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein:

an asynchronous message is a way for the gateway device to communicate to the server information about the HVAC equipment;

in an absence of a data session, faults and/or errors are sent using an asynchronous message; and

an asynchronous message is a one-way message in that it is virtually always sent by the gateway device and can include a response from the server.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein:

a data session is opened between the gateway device and the server using a check-in process;

virtually all messages are sent through the data session during a user session via the gateway device; and

an asynchronous message is sent if information needs to be conveyed without a data session from the gateway device.

20. The gateway system of claim 17, wherein:

the gateway device establishes a data session when requested by the server infrastructure;

the server infrastructure enables the data session between two parties;

the gateway device is able to send asynchronous messages to the server infrastructure;

the asynchronous messages are sent by the gateway device when there is an absence of an open data session between the gateway device and the server; and

the gateway device is informed whether an asynchronous message sent by the gateway device has been successfully received by the server.