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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael Francis Finch, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert Marten Bultman, Louisville, KY (US);
Timothy Dale Worthington, Crestwood, KY (US);
David C. Bingham, Louisville, KY (US);
Jeff Donald Drake, Louisville, KY (US);
William Anthony Watts, Louisville, KY (US);
Kevin Farrelly Nolan, Louisville, KY (US);
Cathy Diane Emery, Louisville, KY (US);
Henry Kobraei, Louisville, KY (US);
Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael Francis Finch, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert Marten Bultman, Louisville, KY (US);
Timothy Dale Worthington, Crestwood, KY (US);
David C. Bingham, Louisville, KY (US);
Jeff Donald Drake, Louisville, KY (US);
William Anthony Watts, Louisville, KY (US);
Kevin Farrelly Nolan, Louisville, KY (US);
Cathy Diane Emery, Louisville, KY (US);
Henry Kobraei, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for controlling the operation of accessories in a home energy management system which manages a plurality of communication networks. The schedules are generated by using a central controller and interacting with a user interface found on a device separate from the central controller. The plurality of schedules are stored in the storage of the central controller, and a current schedule is selected from the stored schedules. The selected schedule is loaded onto an accessory through one of the communication channels for controlling the associate accessory.