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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2016
Entouch Controls, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Iftekhar Hasan, Richardson, TX (US);
Gregory H. Fasullo, Dallas, TX (US);
Tejasbhai D. Patel, Plano, TX (US);
Entouch Controls, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
A networking thermostat is described that includes a main processor and a communications processor. The main processor includes a network manager function, a master messaging function and a slave messaging function while the communications processor includes a wireless radio enabling the thermostat to communicate with other networking thermostats. The networking thermostat is able to operate in a master mode or a slave mode, where the master mode allows the networking thermostat to act as a main gateway between other networking thermostats and a remote server. When in the master mode the networking thermostat can default to a slave if communication with the remote server is lost, thereby allowing one of the other networking thermostats to become a master.