Patent ID: 9201432
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computer device, the method comprising: obtaining, by the computer device, a weather forecast for a geographic area associated with a customer premises, wherein the weather forecast is associated with a particular time period within a day, and wherein the particular time period comprises a plurality of particular times; determining, by the computer device and based on the weather forecast, predicted temperatures for the plurality of particular times; determining, by the computer device, a temperature offset for each particular time of the plurality of particular times based on the predicted temperatures and a historic thermostat setting corresponding to each particular time of the plurality of particular times; determining, by the computer device, a thermostat setting for the customer premises based on the determined plurality of temperature offsets; determining, by the computer device and based on the weather forecast, settings for a home monitoring device, wherein the settings are based on the weather forecast, and wherein the home monitoring device comprises at least one of a security sensor, a motion detector, or a light controller; providing, by the computer device, to a set-top box associated with the customer premises, and via a network device from which the customer premises receives television content from a television content provider, a recommendation about the determined thermostat setting and the determined settings for the home monitoring device, wherein the recommendation is displayed on a television; receiving, by the computer device, an indication from the set-top box that the recommendation was accepted; and applying, by the computer device, the determined thermostat setting to a thermostat controller associated with the customer premises and the determined settings to the home monitoring device, in response to receiving the indication from the set-top box that the recommendation was accepted.