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Patent US10551861
Issued 2020-02-04
Gateway For Managing Energy Use At A Site
A gateway includes a processor operable to manage energy use at a site. The processor is configured to receive network device data from a long range communication network, wherein the network device data is initiated from at least one of a mobile device or a cloud service to alter an operating condition of a network device located at a site. The processor is also configured to detect an availability of the network device connected to a second network configured as a local network, and format the network device data to a message bus format configured to be output to a communication device configured to access the second network. The processor is further configured to receive response data from the network device formatted to be communicated using the second network, and translate the received response data to another format capable of being output over the long range communication network.
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- 1. A gateway comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; at least one processor operable to manage energy use at a site that executes the instructions stored in the at least one memory to cause the following to be performed:
receiving network device data from a long range communication network, the receiving of the network device data being initiated from at least one of a mobile device associated with a first user or a cloud service and related to altering an operating condition of a network device located at the site, wherein the network device includes at least a thermostat and the network device data is TCP/IP formatted data;
detecting an availability of the network device that is connected to another network that is different than the long range communication network, wherein the other network is configured as a local network at the site using non-TCP/IP formatted communication;
formatting the network device data related to altering at least an operating condition of the network device to a message bus format configured to be output to a set-top box configured to access the local network, the formatted network device data being in the message bus format to alter at least a temperature set-point of the thermostat according to the network device data initiated from at least one of the mobile device or the cloud service;
automatically communicating, in response to a detected location of the mobile device relative to the site and a determination of whether a priority of the first user is higher than a priority of a second user in association with the site, the formatted network device data, the formatted network device data being related at least to altering the temperature set-point of the thermostat to the set-top box and a request of the first user when the determination indicates the priority of the first user being higher than the priority of the second user;
receiving a response data from the network device, wherein the response data includes at least an updated set-point of the thermostat according to the request of the first user and is formatted to be communicated using the other network; and
translating the received response data to another format for output using TCP/IP enabled data over the long range communication network.
- 28. A gateway comprising:
at least one Java enabled processor; at least one memory configured to store incoming and outgoing local network messages and instructions executed by the at least one Java enabled processor; a short range communication device configured to automatically access a local network to alter at least a temperature set-point of a thermostat in response to a detected location of a first user associated with a set-top box and a determination of whether a priority of the first user that is higher than a priority of a second user in association with the set-top box, wherein the local network is configured as at least one of an 802.11 network, a Zigbee network, a Z-wave network, or an Ethernet network; and a long range communication device configured to communicate with a long range communication network, wherein the long range communication device is configured to receive at least one of 802.11 based response data, Zigbee based response data, Z-wave based response data, or Ethernet based response data from a network device according to a request of the first user when the determination indicates the priority of the first user being higher than the priority of the second user, and translate the received response data to another format to be output over the long range communication network.
