Google Inc.

Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Green Edge Technologies, Inc.

Other

Nextnav, LLC

Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings Llp

William Paul Alberth, Jr

Dean E Thorson

Armin Werner Klomsdorf

William E Welnick

Rachid M Alameh

Scott A Steele

Gregory Redmond Black

Joseph R Ribbich

John Peter Cipolla

Daniel J Declerck

Louis Jay Vannatta

David J Krause

Michael D Kotzin

Timothy Dickinson

David K Hartsfield

Sudhi R Sinha

Brian David Storm

Seang Yong Chau

Michael L Ribbich

Charles J Gaidish

Shaun B Atchison

Theresa N Gillette

Brian D Rigg

Tom R Tasker

Tyler P McCune

Jedidiah O Bentz

John W Uerkvitz

William K Morgan

Jerome O Vogedes

Aneek Muhammad Noor

Damon Bryan Smith

John Michael Reiszl

John Robert Taylor, Jr

Daniel S Middleton

Terrie L Frane

Patricia A Robb

Kevin Lynn Baum

Robert A Zurek

Michael Dormody

Duane C Rabe

Wayne W Ballantyne

Hong Zhao

Michael J Ajax

Zhiming Zhuang

Stephen V Cahill

Carl Lynn Shurboff

Alan S Schwegler

Rashid M Osmani

Scott T Droste

Corey A Poquette

Jeremy A Jacobson

Nicholas S Van Derven

Richard E Mach

Luke Edward Winkelmann

Rolland R Hackbart

Robert T Love

Brian Keith Classon

Murali Narasimha

Alexander Medvinsky

Gary W Grube

Frederick W Vook

Robert E Stengel

Roger William Ady

Christopher N Kurby

Sean S Kelley

Joseph L Allore

Xiang Xu

Steven F Gillig

Karl F Reichenberger

Naveen Aerrabotu

Phillip D Rasky

Cristina A Seibert

Thomas J Walczak

Kenneth Allen Paitl

William S Hede

Gary R Weiss

Robert J O'Dea

Jason P Wojack

William L Olson

Swee Mean Mok

Michael A Newell

Ken K Foo

Howard P Benn

Michael W Frenzer

Brett W Murdock

Timothy David Forrester

John Jerome Janssen

Thomas A Jung

Lawrence R Schumacher

David M Demuro

Jonathan R Engelsma

Matthew H Klapman

John G Rauch

Steve Bunch

John R Barr

Robert J Bero

Joseph F Cramer

James M O'connor

Joan E Zocher

Jin Hyoung Lee

Determining when a barometric-based approach for estimating an unknown altitude of a mobile device should not be used. Different approaches determine if estimating an unknown altitude of a mobile device using a measured atmospheric condition will result in an estimated altitude having acceptable or unacceptable error. If use of the measured atmospheric condition would result in acceptable error, the measured atmospheric condition is used to estimate the unknown altitude. If use of the measured atmospheric condition would result in unacceptable error, the measured atmospheric condition is not used to estimate the unknown altitude. The resultant altitude estimate is then used to locate the mobile device.

Systems and methods for positioning during atypical atmospheric conditions

Determining, broadcasting and using reference pressure data in a network of transmitters. Particular embodiments described herein include machines that select atmospheric data from weather stations within a transmitter network, use the selected atmospheric data to determine a reference atmospheric value, and transmit the reference atmospheric value from a transmitter to a mobile device for use in estimating an altitude of the mobile device. The atmospheric data may include any of reference pressures form the weather stations, measured temperatures from the weather stations, or reference temperatures from the weather stations. The reference atmospheric value may include a reference pressure value of a reference altitude, or a reference temperature value.

Systems and methods for determining, broadcasting and using reference atmospheric data in a network of transmitters

An article of clothing can include a clothing body adapted to be worn by a user. The article of clothing can include a pocket assembly formed as part of the clothing body. The pocket assembly can include an inner panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly. The inner panel can include an electrically conductive material. The pocket assembly can also include an outer panel disposed as a part of the pocket assembly that is farther than the inner panel from a user wearing the article of clothing. The article of clothing can include an RFID tag coupled to the clothing body. The RFID tag can store radio-frequency shielding information regarding the electrically conductive material of the article of clothing.

Method and apparatus for providing radio-frequency shielding information

A building system comprising one or more memory devices storing instructions that, are executed by one or more processors. The instructions include retrieving one or more instructions for installing a thermostat with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment and causing a user interface to display the one or more instructions. The instructions further include receiving one or more confirmation indications of the one or more instructions being performed successfully by a user and causing the user interface to display an interface including one or more indication that the one or more instructions were performed successfully by the user.

Thermostat with interactive installation features

A thermostat for a building includes a light emitting diode (LED) system including one or more LEDs configured to emit light to illuminate a floor area beneath the thermostat. The thermostat incorporates an occupancy sensor to sense the approach of a user based on changes in conditions in proximity to the thermostat and detect an ambient light level. The thermostat includes a processing circuit configured to receive data outputs from the occupancy sensor, determine whether the data outputs indicate the approach of a user, cause the one or more LEDs to emit the light towards the floor in response to an indication that a user is approaching the thermostat based on occupancy sensor data correlated with occupancy conditions, and record and store LED activations and deactivations for later retrieval as historic data. The one or more LEDs may be configured as an illumination module removably attachable to the thermostat.

Thermostat with area light system and occupancy sensor

Determining one or more heights of one or more mobile devices above surfaces. Particular embodiments described herein include machines that retrieve first data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of a mobile device or estimated position(s) of the mobile device), determine a location context based on the first data, identify second data (e.g., measurement value(s) determined by sensor(s) of the mobile device or status indicator value(s) of feature(s) of the mobile device) to retrieve for use in determining an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the determined location context, retrieve the second data, and determine an estimated height above a surface at which the mobile device is located based on the retrieved second data.

Systems and methods for determining a height of a mobile device above a surface

An apparatus can include a plurality of antennas. The apparatus can include a first transceiver coupled to the plurality of antennas. The apparatus can include a second transceiver. The second transceiver can be an RFID transceiver. The apparatus can include a controller coupled to the first transceiver and coupled to the RFID transceiver. The controller can detect the presence of an RFID tag. The controller can retrieve, in response to detecting the presence of the RFID tag, information corresponding to the RFID tag. The information can include radio-frequency shielding information regarding electrically conductive material of an article of clothing. The controller can adjust the first transceiver based on the information retrieved corresponding to the RFID tag.

A thermostat for a building space includes a communications interface, an electronic display, and a processing circuit. The communications interface is configured to receive service provider information via a network connection. The electronic display includes a user interface configured to display the service provider information. The processing circuit is configured to determine when to display the service provider information on the electronic display by monitoring thermostat events.

Thermostat having network connected branding features

A thermostat for a building includes a halo light emitting diode (LED) system including one or more LEDs configured to emit light and a halo diffuser structured around at least a portion of an outer edge of the thermostat. The halo diffuser is configured to diffuse the emitted light of the one or more LEDs around at least the portion of the outer edge of the thermostat. The thermostat includes a processing circuit configured to receive one or more data streams, determine whether the one or more data streams indicate a building emergency condition, and operate the one or more LEDs of the halo LED system to indicate the building emergency condition to a user.

Sensor with halo light system

A method and system for identifying location of a touched body part. The method includes initializing a tracking system for monitoring travel of a pointer useful for indicating a touching operation, wherein the touching operation is performed on a body part. In addition, the method includes monitoring the travel of the pointer from a predetermined first location to a second location, wherein the second location coincides with a touch endpoint on a body part; and identifying the location of body part that was touched by the pointer.

Method and system for identifying location of a touched body part

The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for collecting media associated with a mobile device. In one aspect, a method is performed at a computing system. The method comprises receiving and storing, without user interaction, video and audio data captured during a predefined time period by a plurality of distributed video devices configured to monitor one or more vicinities, and mobile device presence information from which presence of mobile devices in vicinity of the video devices can be determined throughout the predefined time period. The method further comprises receiving from a requestor a request to identify from the captured video and audio data a first subset associated with a first person. The request includes first information of a mobile device associated with the first person. In response to the request, the first subset based on the mobile device presence information is identified and transmitted to the requestor.

Method for collecting media associated with a mobile device

Thermostat with halo light system and emergency directions

A multi-function thermostat for a building space includes a user interface capable of visually representing an event schedule. The thermostat is configured to receive a request to modify an event schedule associated with the multi-function thermostat. The thermostat is configured to receive a puncturing event with a time interval that conflicts with a time interval associated with an existing event. The thermostat is configured to store information associated with the puncturing event in a memory. The thermostat is configured to modify the time interval associated with the existing event. The thermostat is configured to add the puncturing event in the event schedule. The thermostat is configured to add an adjustment event in the event schedule.

Multi-function thermostat with event schedule controls

A thermostat for a building space includes a communication interface and a processing circuit. The communications interface is configured to communicate with one or more user devices and a master device. The processing circuit is configured to determine a master temperature setpoint based on input received from the master device via the communications interface and determine a non-master temperature setpoint based on input received from the one or more user devices via the communications interface. The processing circuit is configured to select one of the master temperature setpoint and the non-master temperature setpoint based on an operating mode of the thermostat. Based on the selected temperature setpoint, the processing circuit is configured to generate and provide control signals for building equipment. The control signals cause the building equipment to control an ambient temperature of the building space to the selected setpoint.

Thermostat with master control features

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William Paul Alberth, Jr