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Patent No.:

US 9964323 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

May. 14, 2015

Creation and configuration of a distributed heating, ventilation, and air conditioning network

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Daniel A. Castillo, Dallas, TX (US);

Jayprakash Charavda, Irving, TX (US);

Nguyen T. Ho, Highland Village, TX (US);

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

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Henry Crenshaw

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 23/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); F25D 17/00 (2006.01); G05B 21/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/00 (2018.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/006 (2013.01); F24F 11/0009 (2013.01); F24F 11/0012 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04L 12/283 (2013.01); H04L 12/2823 (2013.01); H04L 12/2825 (2013.01); H04L 12/2836 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); F24F 11/0086 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0061 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0063 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0068 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0071 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0091 (2013.01); G05B 2219/21157 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25168 (2013.01); H04L 1/0004 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a system for operating an HVAC control network includes a first control unit communicatively coupled to a first plurality of HVAC units and a first interactive display, the first control unit further comprising a software access point (softAP). A second control unit, the second control unit communicatively coupled to a second plurality of HVAC units and a second interactive display. The second control unit may include a push button. The second control unit may connect to the first control unit to create an HVAC control network using a Wi-Fi direct protocol by invoking a Wi-Fi direct, push button configuration protocol in response to detecting that the push button has been depressed. The first control unit may control the second plurality of HVAC units over the HVAC control network in response to the second control unit connecting to the first control unit.

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