PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16374246
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["236", "051000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention comprise systems and methods for using the geographic location of networked consumer electronics devices as indications of occupancy of a structure for purposes of automatically adjusting the temperature setpoint on a thermostatic HVAC control. At least one thermostat is located inside a structure and is used to control an HVAC system in the structure. At least one mobile electronic device is used to indicate the state of occupancy of the structure. The state of occupancy is used to alter the setpoint on the thermostatic HVAC control to reduce unneeded conditioning of unoccupied spaces.

Claim (Index 1):
A thermostat comprising:\n a housing; contacts configured to connect the thermostat with wires that allow for at least two electrical connections from a building's HVAC system to the contacts; a display unit configured to present information to a user; a memory configured to store data; a wireless radio compatible with the IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol and configured to communicate bi-directionally with a remote device; a temperature sensor; and one or more processors; the one or more processors configured to receive a first data from the temperature sensor; the one or more processors further configured to receive a second data from a network connection, wherein the second data from the network connection is collected from a source external to the building, wherein the second data comprises an outdoor temperature; the one or more processors further configured to receive a first temperature setpoint for the building, wherein the first setpoint includes a first temperature value and a first time value; the one or more processors further configured to receive a second temperature setpoint for the building, wherein the second setpoint includes a second temperature value and a second time value; the one or more processors further configured to receive commands through the Internet by way of a remote interface; wherein the interface is configured to allow the user to adjust temperature setpoints for the HVAC system; the one or more processors further configured to send user-specific data through the Internet, wherein user-specific information about the building and HVAC system is generated based at least in part on the user-specific data, wherein the user-specific information is presented on a website accessible through the Internet; the one or more processors further configured to automatically adjust a temperature setpoint to a third temperature setpoint without user intervention; and the one or more processors further configured to control the HVAC system to provide heating or cooling to the building in accordance with the third temperature setpoint.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83636
- Patent Class: 236.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14491554', '14048932', '12788246', '16374083', '16374085']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7737509085766433
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5335912456412446
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7497349422831034
- Mean Citation Score: 348.28215199999994
- Max Citation Score: 378.21283
- Similarity Product: 275.7886948580813

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test