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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Andrea Mucignat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Oliver W. Steele, Amherst, MA (US);
Senthilvasan Supramaniam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Osborne B. Hardison, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard J. Schultz, Iii, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrea Mucignat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Oliver W. Steele, Amherst, MA (US);
Senthilvasan Supramaniam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Osborne B. Hardison, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard J. Schultz, III, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention provide energy conserving communications for networked thermostats powered, in part, by batteries. A thermostat communication server stores a thermostat battery-level to determine what data should be sent to the thermostat. The thermostat communication server classifies types of data to be transmitted to the thermostat according to a data priority ranging from a low-priority to a high-priority data type. If the battery-level associated with the battery on the thermostat is at a low battery-level, the thermostat communication server may only transmit data classified under a high-priority data type. This conserves the power used by the thermostat, allows the battery on the thermostat time to recharge and perform other functions. If the battery-level of the thermostat is at a high level, the thermostat communication server may transmit a range of data to the thermostat classified from a low-priority type to a high-priority data type.