System and method for configuring and maintaining individual and multiple environmental control units over a communication network from an administration system
US7436293B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 21, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/2642
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and system that allow an ECU to be conveniently configured based on the contents of an ECU configuration profile database that stores ECU user profiles and living environment profiles, and that generates a user interface for a selected remote ECU displaying selectable living environment devices, each of which corresponds to a type of living environment device that can be controlled by a user through that ECU. The user interface further displays a representation of a current configuration of the remotely located ECU, and enables the administrator user to move the selectable living environment device representations into the current configuration representation for the remotely located environmental control unit, for example by dragging and dropping the living environment device representations using a mouse user interface device coupled to a computer system on which the administration tool is executing.
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