Patent ID: 7436293
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a network of environmental control units, comprising: independently storing and retrieving individual ones of a plurality of environmental control unit user profiles to and from an environmental control unit configuration profile database; independently storing and retrieving individual ones of a plurality of living environment profiles to and from said environmental control unit configuration profile database; wherein each of said environmental control unit user profiles is made up of user specific environmental control unit configuration information associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of environmental control unit users; and wherein each of said living environment profiles is made up of living environment specific environmental control unit configuration information for at least one living environment device located in an associated living environment; and generating a living environment device selection user interface displaying a list of selectable living environment device representations, wherein each of said selectable living environment device representations corresponds to a type of living environment device that can be controlled through said remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living environment device selection user interface further displays a representation of a current configuration of a remotely located environmental control unit, and wherein said living device selection user interface enables a user to move said selectable living environment device representations into said representation of said current configuration of said remotely located environmental control unit.