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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Wai-leung Ha, Pokfulam, HK;
Kairy Kai Lei, Shen Zhen, CN;
Gordon Qian, Shen Zhen, CN;
Hao-hui Huang, Shen Zhen, CN;
Wai-leung Ha, Pokfulam, HK;
Kairy Kai Lei, Shen Zhen, CN;
Gordon Qian, Shen Zhen, CN;
Hao-hui Huang, Shen Zhen, CN;
Computime, Ltd, Wanchai, HK;
Abstract
The present invention provides apparatuses and computer readable media for obtaining status information from a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and sending the status information to a remote networked device using a data container. A thermostat obtains status information from a HVAC system, associates the status information with a corresponding index number, and includes the index number and HVAC information in a data container. The data container can assume different forms, including a customer-defined cluster or a publicly accessible cluster. The HVAC information may be encoded so that the HVAC information can be included as an attribute of the publicly accessible cluster. HVAC information may include relay status of a relay in the HVAC system. The relay is identified by an index number that is included in an attribute. A networked device typically receives the HVAC information from the thermostat in at least one data container.