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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Vivint, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vivint, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/56 (2018.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 110/00 (2018.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); F24F 2110/00 (2018.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for operating a wall mounted thermostat. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving an indication of a physical touch to an exposed portion of a housing of the thermostat, wherein the housing is movable when touched. The method also includes determining a thermostat command associated with where the housing is touched and movement of the housing in response to the touch, and operating the thermostat according to the determined thermostat command.