Patent ID: 11933512
Assignee: LENNOX INDUSTRIES INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H  G | IPC F  H

Claim 7:
8. A wireless network provisioning method, comprising:
establishing a peer-to-peer connection with a controller that is a member of an unprovisioned mesh network, wherein:
the controller is configured for wireless communications;
the controller is configured to operate at least a portion of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system; and
the HVAC system is configured to control a temperature within a space;

sending a request to the controller to identify a wireless network that is in range of the controller, wherein the wireless network is associated with a local area network for the space;
obtaining network credentials for the identified wireless network; and
sending the network credentials to the controller to form a new provisioned mesh network that communicates with a plurality of controllers in a provisioned mesh network via one or more access points, wherein the provisioned mesh network is a mesh network that is associated with the local area network, wherein the plurality of controllers in the provisioned mesh network are each configured to operate at least a portion of the HVAC system; and
wherein sending the network credentials to the controller triggers the controller to use the network credentials to form the new provisioned mesh network and to determine a number of unprovisioned controllers in the unprovisioned mesh network before forming the new provisioned mesh network.