Ademco Inc.

Riley Gerszewski

Eric James Barton

David Quam

Sriharsha Putrevu

Preston Gilmer

George J Mcleod

Steven C Nichols

Gabriel A Bergman

Josef Novotny

Brad Edward Paine

Pavel Marak

Jonathan Paul Frenz

Christopher Goh

Petr Adamik

Kevin L Weirich

Aaron J Klein

Michael Bruce

Rudolph Gamberini

Ricardo Gonzalez

Jonathan Frenz

The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods and tools for coordinating the activities of a contractor and a user during a setup process of a building control system. In some instances, a contractor may install a building device and then partially configure the building device. The contractor may then leave a message at the building device for a customer. The message may including an instruction on how the customer can take action to further configure the building device. In some cases, the message may include an electronic message displayed on a display of the building device. In some cases, the message may be on a cling that is releasably secured to a face of the building device and/or may be on a hang tag that is releasably secured to the building device.

System and method for handing off the configuration of a building device from a contractor to a customer using a hang tag or the like

The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods and tools for coordinating the activities of a contractor and a user during a setup process of a building control system. In some instances, an application program for a mobile device may provide contractors and users with different user experiences when configuring a building device, where the contractor is provided with additional features and functionality.

Mobile device with contractor accessible screens for configuring a building device

The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods and tools for coordinating the activities of a contractor and a user during a setup process of a building control system. In some instances, a contractor may install a building device and then partially configure the building device. The contractor may then send an invite, such as an electronic invite, to a customer that invites the customer to complete the configuration of the installed building device.

Systems and methods for handing off configuration of a building device from a contractor to a customer

A building automation system may adjust operation of a building system based upon information regarding the relative location of one or more users of the building automation system. In some embodiments, a mobile device having location services for determining a location of the mobile device may provide this information. A mobile device may include a user interface, a memory for storing two or more predetermined geo-fences each defining a different sized region about a home of a user of the mobile device and a controller operatively coupled to user interface and the memory, the controller configured to accept a selection of one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences via the user interface. The controller may report when the location of the mobile device crosses the selected one of the two or more predetermined geo-fences to a remote device. Other geofencing approaches are also described.

Building automation system with geo-fencing

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Maple Grove, MN, United States of America

Riley Gerszewski