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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

May. 14, 2015
Applicant:

Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kyle Golden, Plano, TX (US);

Daniel Castillo, Richardson, TX (US);

Keith Mowery, Richardson, TX (US);

Jayprakash Charavda, Irving, TX (US);

Melissa Amoros, Richardson, TX (US);

Sunil K. Khiani, Plano, TX (US);

Steve Lazar, San Antonio, CT (US);

Assignee:

Lennox Industries, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); F24F 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/0034 (2013.01); F24F 11/006 (2013.01); F24F 11/0009 (2013.01); F24F 11/0086 (2013.01); F24F 11/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05B 19/0426 (2013.01); G06Q 10/20 (2013.01); H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0058 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0091 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25168 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01);
Abstract

A home environment system includes a programmable thermostat and at least one server configured to communicate with the programmable thermostat via a wireless network. The at least one server is configured to receive information regarding work performed on at least one component of an HVAC system, generate a first report regarding the work performed, receive information regarding subsequent work performed on the at least one component of the HVAC system, generate a second report regarding the subsequent work performed, and perform a comparison between the first report and the second report. The at least one server is further configured to generate a comparison report that indicates differences between the first report and the second report and forward the generated comparison report to at least one of the programmable thermostat and at least one communication device.


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