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Patent No.:

US 9655810 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

May. 08, 2015

Internet based spa networking system having wireless spa nodes

Applicant:

Watkins Manufacturing Corporation, Vista, CA (US);

Inventor:

Stephen S. Macey, Oceanside, CA (US);

Assignee:

WATKINS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, Vista, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Lapple Ubell IP Law, LLP

Franklin D. Ubell

Primary Examiner:

Sean Shechtman

Assistant Examiner:

Jennifer L Norton

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 33/00 (2006.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G05B 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2016.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/26 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 84/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); G06F 12/1081 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 33/005 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/0421 (2013.01); G05B 23/00 (2013.01); G06F 13/122 (2013.01); G06F 13/26 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 12/2825 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04W 84/02 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5012 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); G01D 4/004 (2013.01); G01R 19/00 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01); G06F 12/1081 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A spa node comprising a spa controller, a power sense adapter configured to compute power being drawn by selected spa components; a spa network adapter, and a home network adapter, each of the three adapters including a wireless transceiver wherein the spa network adapter is configured to receive power data transmitted over a wireless link by the power sense adapter and to further receive status/performance data from the spa controller. The home network adapter is configured to receive power and status data transmitted by the spa network adapter over a wireless link and to convert that data to a form suitable for transmission to an Internet access point. The home network adapter is further linkable over the Internet to a central server, a dealer computer and a spa owner or user computer.

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