Patent ID: 9322565
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: F24F,G05B,G05D,G05F,G06Q,G09B,H02J,H04L,H04Q,H04W,Y02B,Y02D,Y02P,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A method of preconditioning a temperature of an enclosure, comprising: storing a schedule of temperature setpoints in a storage module communicatively coupled with a thermostat operatively coupled to an HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system that provides heating and/or cooling at the enclosure, the schedule including a plurality of specific times and a desired temperature setpoint for the enclosure for each specific time, the desired temperature setpoint indicating a desired temperature of the enclosure; identifying, by an energy management module, an area that includes the enclosure; transmitting, by the energy management module, a request for weather information for the area; receiving, by the energy management module, data indicating a future weather prediction for the area in response to the request; identifying, by the energy management module, a specific time from the plurality of specific times in the stored schedule that will be affected by the future weather prediction; generating, by the energy management module, a new schedule of temperature setpoints based on a modification of the stored schedule of temperature setpoints, the new schedule of temperature setpoints including: operating the HVAC system at the enclosure in accordance with the new schedule of temperature setpoints.