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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Plymouth, MI (US);
Inventors:
Shaun B. Atchison, Wichita, KS (US);
Theresa N. Gillette, Wichita, KS (US);
Jonathan A. Burns, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 11/32 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); F24F 11/61 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/32 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); F24F 11/61 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01);
Abstract
A thermostat for a building includes a communications interface communicably coupled to an HVAC network and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configure to determine that a HVAC device is connected to the HVAC network and retrieve a software update from the HVAC device via the communications interface and install the software update in response to a determination that the thermostat must install the software update in order to be configured to communicate with the HVAC device.