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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2019
Braeburn Systems Llc, Montgomery, IL (US);
Daniel S Poplawski, Oswego, IL (US);
Ernest E Soderlund, Hampshire, IL (US);
W. L. Ha, Hong Kong, HK;
Braeburn Systems LLC, Montgomery, IL (US);
Abstract
A thermostat includes a microprocessor operatively coupled to and adapted to control a HVAC system. The thermostat also includes a wireless transceiver operatively coupled to the microprocessor and adapted to communicate with wireless routers. The thermostat is adapted to be placed into a listen mode, connect with a remote input device in a direct wireless connection while in the listen mode, receive a Wi-Fi password from the remote input device for accessing a first Wi-Fi wireless network over the direct wireless connection, be disconnected from the remote input device after the Wi-Fi password is received, detect a set of available networks accessible over the wireless transceiver, attempt to login to the set of available networks with the Wi-Fi password, successfully connect to the first Wi-Fi wireless network using the Wi-Fi password, and transmit device information of the thermostat over the first Wi-Fi wireless network to a cloud server.