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Patent US8145357 - Residential environmental management control system with automatic adjustment - Google Patents
Automatic adjustment of the control and operation of residential environmental management systems is made based upon a time of year, a geographic location, or both. A controller receives input of the time of year or the geographic location of the residential environmental management system, or both....http://www.google.com/patents/US8145357?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8145357 - Residential environmental management control system with automatic adjustment
Publication number US8145357 B2
Application number US 12/340,458
Also published as CA2647662A1, US8649908, US20090164049, US20120283853
Publication number 12340458, 340458, US 8145357 B2, US 8145357B2, US-B2-8145357, US8145357 B2, US8145357B2
Inventors David B. Nibler, Edward Feten
Patent Citations (107), Non-Patent Citations (37), Referenced by (19), Classifications (15), Legal Events (5)
US 8145357 B2
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the regular, predetermined period of time is one or more of a monthly basis, weekly, or daily basis.
This application claims the benefit of priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. provisional application No. 61/015,562 filed 20 Dec. 2007 entitled “Residential environmental management control system with automatic adjustment,” which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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U.S. Classification 700/276, 340/505, 340/540, 700/278, 700/277
International Classification G05B15/00, G05D23/00, G01M1/38, G08B21/00, G05B13/00, G08B26/00
Cooperative Classification G05B19/106, G05B15/02
European Classification G05B19/10S, G05B15/02
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