PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887814
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["236", "051000"]

Abstract:
Remote control of energy consumption is realized using a readily installable, flexible approach. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a remote source communicates with a wireless controller for executing energy usage control. The remote source sends signals to the wireless controller via a gateway located near or, in one implementation, forming part of the wireless controller. In response to the signals, the wireless controller sets control settings for operating one or more of a variety of equipment types, such as a furnace, air conditioner, water heater or heat pump.

Claim (Index 16):
A method for controlling an HVAC system of a building, the method comprising:\n a user of the building entering setpoint changes via a remotely located user device, and once entered, the remotely located user device sending control signals to a gateway of the building via the Internet; sending wireless information based on the control signals from the gateway to an HVAC controller of the building; generating a call signal for one or more of a furnace, a heat pump, an air conditioner, and a fan using the HVAC controller in accordance with the control signals, and delivering the call signal to one or more of the furnace, the heat pump, the air conditioner, and the fan; receiving a setpoint change at a user interface of the HVAC controller; generating a call signal for one or more of the furnace, the heat pump, the air conditioner, and the fan in accordance with the setpoint change received at the user interface of the HVAC controller, and delivering the call signal to one or more of the furnace, the heat pump, the air conditioner, and the fan; and in response to receiving the setpoint change at the user interface of the HVAC controller, reporting the setpoint change to the remotely located user device via the gateway for display by the remotely located device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65079
- Patent Class: 236.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14671912', '12700643', '11777143', '14521305', '15358131']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.728841196119415
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5382531715290004
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7097823936603735
- Mean Citation Score: 300.213254
- Max Citation Score: 370.65793
- Similarity Product: 357.90979879978244

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

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