Honeywell International Inc.

Ademco Inc.

Jan Malek

Soumitri N Kolavennu

Cary Leen

Robert D Juntunen

Amit Kulkarni

Steven R Hoglund

Josef Novotny

Heidi Finch

Hari Thiruvengada

David Mulhouse

Preston Gilmer

Christopher Goh

Tomas Losak

Jay Nelson

Thomas C Gessner

Daniel Becvar

Adam Nemcek

Martin Adamek

Martin Skala

Juraj Buno

Libor Horky

David Bures

Petr Kasparik

Roman Konecny

A method of controlling an HVAC system can include receiving audio that includes a predefined trigger phrase followed by a voice command to change a set point temperature of the HVAC system to a requested set point value, converting the audio into a natural language audio stream, identifying the predefined trigger phrase in the natural language audio stream, transmitting a part of the natural language audio stream that includes the voice command to a remote web service for identifying the voice command therein, receiving a first building control device command generated by and from the remote web service at a building control device when the requested set point value is within a predetermined range, and receiving a second building control command generated by and from the remote web service at the building control device when the requested set point value is outside of the predetermined range.

Devices and methods for interacting with an HVAC controller

An HVAC controller may be controlled in response to a natural language audio message that is not recognizable by the HVAC controller as a command, where the natural language audio message is translated into a command recognizable by the HVAC controller. The HVAC controller may be a thermostat including a housing that houses a temperature sensor, a microphone, and a controller. The controller may identify a trigger phrase in an audio stream provided by the microphone. In response to identifying the trigger phrase, the controller initiates processing of the audio stream to identify a command following the trigger phrase and to generate a command understandable by the thermostat that instructs the controller to perform the identified command. The controller then executes the generated command understandable by the thermostat. A user may communicate with the thermostat via the microphone of the thermostat and/or a remote device having a microphone.

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