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Home system including a portable fob having a rotary menu and a display

US7440767B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 2003
Grant dateOct 21, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/285
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A home wellness system includes a server having a wireless transceiver, a plurality of sensors each of which has a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the server wireless transceiver, and a portable display and configuration fob, the portable fob includes a rotary thumbwheel encoder, a display and a wireless transceiver communicating with the server wireless transceiver, the thumbwheel encoder and the display cooperate to provide a first rotary menu for displaying the sensor information of the sensors and a second rotary menu for configuring the sensors.

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