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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);

Inventors:

Sunil K. Khiani, Plano, TX (US);

Sridharan Shanmugam, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:

Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); F24F 11/54 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/54 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04N 21/414 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02);
Abstract

A system includes a plurality of programmable intelligent thermostats positioned within at least one of a first home environment and a second home environment, a plurality of communication devices configured to operate an electronic media sharing application, and at least one server configured to communicate with the plurality of programmable intelligent thermostats and the plurality of communication devices via a wireless network. A user initiates the electronic media sharing application on at least one of the plurality of communication devices. A touch-screen display of the at least one communication device demonstrates the plurality of programmable intelligent thermostats positioned within the first and second home environments and at least one user-selected electronic media is simultaneously uploaded to at least one of the plurality of programmable intelligent thermostats responsive to a user selection of a region on the touch-screen display.


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