# US 11,029,050 B2 · Interactive communication between a user terminal and an air conditioner using social communication media applications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,050 B2 - Document ID: US11029050B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/475,867 - Filed: 2018-01-15 - Published: 2019-11-14 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-19 - Assignees: Carrier Corporation - Applicants: Carrier Corporation - Inventors: Danqing Sha; Jinlei Ding; Buyun Jing; Yun Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029050B2 ## CPC - F24F 11/30: for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring - F24F 11/0008: {for air-humidification (F24F11/30 takes precedence)} - F24F 11/54: using one central controller connected to several sub-controllers - F24F 11/58: using Internet communication - F24F 11/64: using pre-stored data - F24F 11/65: for selecting an operating mode - G05B 15/02: electric - H04L 12/2807: {Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50)} - H04L 12/2818: {from a device located outside both the home and the home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007)} - H04L 12/2825: {Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002)} - H04L 51/52: for supporting social networking services - F24F 2110/10: Temperature - H04L 12/2834: {Switching of information between an external network and a home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856)} - H04L 51/18: Commands or executable codes - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 2012/285: {Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators} - H04W 4/33: for indoor environments, e.g. buildings - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An air-conditioning interactive terminal, a controller for an air-conditioning system, an air-conditioning system and an air-conditioning interactive system. The air-conditioning interactive terminal is configured with a social communication media module, wherein a user is registered as a first registered user in the social communication media module; the air-conditioning interactive terminal is configured such that the user realizes interactive communication between the first registered user and a second registered user corresponding to one or more air conditioners based on the social communication media module, wherein the second registered user is correspondingly registered by the air conditioners in the social communication media module. The air-conditioning interactive terminal can be implemented based on an instant on-line chatting tool which has been applied on a large scale. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An air-conditioning terminal comprising a processor and memory, wherein the processor and memory are configured to: facilitation communication, via a social communication media module, wherein a user is registered as a first registered user in the social communication media module, wherein the air-conditioning interactive terminal is configured such that the user realizes interactive communication between the first registered user and a second registered user corresponding to one or more air conditioners based on the social communication media module, wherein the second registered user is correspondingly registered by the air conditioners in the social communication media module; wherein the interactive communication between the first registered user and the second registered user is provided directly from the first registered user to the second registered via the social communication media module; wherein the air-conditioning interactive terminal is configured such that the first registered user requests to interactively communicate with the second registered user based on the social communication media module; wherein content interactively communicable between the first registered user and the second registered user is defined by the type of interactive communication between the first registered user and the second registered user; wherein when the first registered user is in a type of ordinary interactive communication with the second registered user, the content interactively communicable between the first registered user and the second registered user comprises: device nameplate information and/or operation state information of a queried air conditioner and first query result information returned correspondingly; and/or an air-conditioning end control instruction and air-conditioning end control result information returned correspondingly; wherein when the first registered user is in a type of special interactive communication with the second registered user, the content interactively communicable between the first registered user and the second registered user comprises: a maintenance schedule for a queried air conditioner and second query result information returned correspondingly; and/or an air-conditioning host control instruction and air-conditioning host control result information returned correspondingly; and/or an air-conditioning end control instruction and air-conditioning end control result information returned correspondingly; and/or maintenance state information of the air-conditioner. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The air-conditioning interactive terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first query result information comprises: the device nameplate information of the air conditioner and/or a current operation temperature/operation humidity and/or set temperature/set humidity and/or operation mode of the air conditioner and/or an operation state of an air conditioner component and/or energy consumption of the air conditioner. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The air-conditioning interactive terminal according to claim 2, wherein by acquiring the current operation temperature/operation humidity of the air conditioner through the communication between the social communication media module and a temperature sensor/humidity sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The air-conditioning interactive terminal according to claim 1, wherein the air-conditioning end control instruction comprises modifying the set temperature/set humidity and/or the operation mode, and the corresponding air-conditioning end control result information comprises whether the control instruction is executed for an estimated control instruction duration. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The air-conditioning interactive terminal according to claim 1, wherein the content interactively communicated between the first registered user and the second registered user comprises text information and/or multi-media information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The air-conditioning interactive terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first registered user of the air-conditioning interactive terminal learns, through the social communication media module, information issued by the second registered user through the social communication media module. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The air-conditioning interactive terminal according to claim 6, wherein the information issued through the social communication media module comprises that the current operation temperature/operation humidity exceeds a set comfortable temperature interval/set comfortable humidity interval. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The air-conditioning interactive terminal according to claim 1, wherein the second registered user of the air conditioner is correspondingly registered in the social communication media module by an air conditioner group composed of a plurality of air conditioners. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The air-conditioning interactive terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first registered user interactively communicates with the second registered user through a cloud, and the content interactively communicated between the first registered user and the second registered user is stored in a cloud server of the cloud. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The air-conditioning interactive terminal according to claim 9, wherein the first registered user can upload to the cloud server a personalized temperature/humidity comfort interval set thereby; and/or the cloud server learns by itself by means of a set temperature/humidity value input by the first registered user historically, to acquire the personalized temperature/humidity comfort interval of the user; and the air conditioner receives information of the cloud server, so as to set the position where the first registered user is located into the personalized temperature/humidity comfort interval of the user. ### Claim 11 A controller for an air-conditioning system, the controller being coupled to a bus of the air-conditioning system comprising an air-conditioning end and an air-conditioning host and configured with a social communication media module, wherein the controller is registered as a second registered user in the social communication media module, and the second registered user can realize interactive communication with a first registered user of the social communication media module registered by a user through an interactive terminal; wherein the interactive communication between the first registered user and the second registered user is provided directly from the first registered user to the second registered via the social communication media module; wherein the controller is configured such that the first registered user requests to interactively communicate with the second registered user based on the social communication media module; wherein content interactively communicable between the first registered user and the second registered user is defined by the type of interactive communication between the first registered user and the second registered user; wherein when the first registered user is in a type of ordinary interactive communication with the second registered user, the content interactively communicable between the first registered user and the second registered user comprises: device nameplate information and/or operation state information of a queried air conditioner and first query result information returned correspondingly; and/or an air-conditioning end control instruction and air-conditioning end control result information returned correspondingly; wherein when the first registered user is in a type of special interactive communication with the second registered user, the content interactively communicable between the first registered user and the second registered user comprises: a maintenance schedule for a queried air conditioner and second query result information returned correspondingly; and/or an air-conditioning host control instruction and air-conditioning host control result information returned correspondingly; and/or an air-conditioning end control instruction and air-conditioning end control result information returned correspondingly; and/or maintenance state information of the air-conditioner. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The controller for an air-conditioning system according to claim 11, wherein the controller is provided with a mobile wireless transceiver, and the controller for an air-conditioning system is in communicative connection with the interactive terminal of the user through a mobile wireless network. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The controller for an air-conditioning system according to claim 12, wherein the controller further comprises an air-conditioning end controller, and the air-conditioning end is coupled to a temperature sensor/humidity sensor disposed in the air-conditioning end, and is capable of sending temperature/humidity information collected by the temperature sensor/humidity sensor at a corresponding moment to the controller.