Patent ID: 9665109
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F24F,G05D,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a temperature limit that indicates a maximum temperature to maintain in a temperature area or a minimum temperature to maintain in the temperature area; receiving, by the computing device, a tolerance measure that indicates a maximum amount of time that the temperature area is permitted to be maintained at temperatures outside of the temperature limit; identifying, by the computing device, a total amount of time that the temperature area has been maintained at temperatures outside of the temperature limit; determining, by the computing device, whether the total amount of time that the temperature area has been maintained at temperatures outside of the temperature limit equals or exceeds the maximum amount of time that the temperature area is permitted to be maintained at temperatures outside of the temperature limit; and in response to determining that the total amount of time that the temperature area has been maintained at temperatures outside of the temperature limit equals or exceeds the maximum amount of time that the temperature area is permitted to be maintained at temperatures outside of the temperature limit, selecting to operate an air comfort device, that is configured to heat or cool the temperature area, so as to maintain a temperature of the temperature area during a future period of time within the received temperature limit rather than maintaining the temperature of the temperature area during the future period of time outside of the temperature limit.