US 12,240,293 B2
Connected car climate control integration and automation
Samuel Simons, Reston, VA (US); and William Mensah, Fairfax, VA (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,467.
Application 17/865,467 is a continuation of application No. 16/674,765, filed on Nov. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,390,140.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,912, filed on Nov. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348055 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); F24F 120/10 (2018.01)
CPC B60H 1/00657 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00771 (2013.01); B60H 1/00971 (2013.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); F24F 2120/10 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
setting a first climate control setting for a first zone using a second climate control setting for a second zone and an adjustment factor;
detecting a change to a climate control setting for the first zone;
receiving, by a first control unit for the first zone and from a second control unit for the second zone, data that reflects a status of the second zone;
determining whether the data that reflects the status of the second zone was received within a particular period of time from detecting the change to the climate control setting for the first zone and an updated adjustment factor should be determined instead of determining to skip updating the adjustment factor;
in response to determining that the data that reflects the status of the second zone was received within the particular period and to not determine to skip updating the adjustment factor, determining an updated adjustment factor using the change to the climate control setting for the first zone, the data that reflects the status of the second zone that was received within the particular period of time from detecting the change to the climate control setting for the first zone, and the adjustment factor; and
setting, for the first zone, an updated climate control setting using the updated adjustment factor that was determined using the change to the climate control setting for the first zone, the data that reflects the status of the second zone that was received within the particular period of time from detecting the change to the climate control setting for the first zone, and the adjustment factor.