Usage monitoring HVAC control method
AssigneeMMI Controls Ltd.
InventorRobert J. Poth
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for a usage monitoring HVAC control method. A method, includes: receiving a request for an additional period of heating ventilation and air conditioning system services from a requesting system user, the requesting system user composing a plurality of system users; maintaining a data structure in an on board memory of a programmable thermostat, the data structure including a list of time entries, each time entry associated with one of the plurality of system users; and updating the data structure by adding a duration in units of time to the time associated with the requesting system user.
Claims7
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request for an additional period of heating ventilation and air conditioning system services from a requesting system user, the requesting system user being one of a plurality of system users;
- maintaining a data structure in an on board memory of a programmable thermostat, the data structure including a list of time entries, each time entry associated with one of the plurality of system users;
- and
- updating the data structure by adding a duration in units of time to the time associated with the requesting system user.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request for an additional period of heating ventilation and air conditioning system services from a requesting system user, the requesting system user being one of a plurality of system users;
- maintaining a data structure in an on board memory of a programmable thermostat, the data structure including a list of time entries, each time entry associated with one of the plurality of system users;
- updating the data structure by adding a duration in units of time to the time associated with the requesting system user;
- and
- reformatting the data structure to a spreadsheet format that is compatible with software on a central billing computer.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request for an additional period of heating ventilation and air conditioning system services from a requesting system user, the requesting system user being one of a plurality of system users;
- maintaining a data structure in an on board memory of a programmable thermostat, the data structure including a list of time entries, each time entry associated with one of the plurality of system users;
- and
- updating the data structure by adding a duration in units of time to the time associated with the requesting system user,
- wherein the data structure includes a first segment associated with personal identification numbers and a second segment associated with time entries.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.