Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermostat with software update features
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Application No.: US15340930Application Date: 2016-11-01
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Publication No.: US10430175B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Shaun B. Atchison , Theresa N. Gillette , Jonathan A. Burns
- Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F8/65 ; F24F11/63 ; F24F11/30 ; F24F11/62 ; F24F11/32 ; F24F11/58 ; F24F11/61 ; F24F11/52

Abstract:
A thermostat for a building includes a communications interface communicably coupled to an HVAC network and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configure to determine that a HVAC device is connected to the HVAC network and retrieve a software update from the HVAC device via the communications interface and install the software update in response to a determination that the thermostat must install the software update in order to be configured to communicate with the HVAC device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180121190A1 THERMOSTAT WITH SOFTWARE UPDATE FEATURES Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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