Patent ID: 9488994
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: F24F,G05B,G05D

Claim Text:
1. A thermostat configured to control one or more components of an HVAC system of a building, the thermostat comprising: a user interface including a display; a memory; a temperature sensor; an I/O block for sending and/or receiving signals to and/or from the one or more components of the HVAC system including one or more wireless sensors; and a controller coupled the user interface, the memory, the temperature sensor and the I/O block, the controller is configured to enroll one or more wireless sensors, and to solicit a name from a user for each of at least one of the one or more enrolled wireless sensors via the user interface of the thermostat, wherein the controller is configured to store the accepted name(s) in the memory of the thermostat and to subsequently display the accepted name(s) on the user interface of the thermostat when referring to the corresponding enrolled wireless sensor(s).