US 12,247,753 B1
HVAC system zoning protection
Harrison Wayne Donahue, Attleboro, MA (US); Daniel Marc Goodman, Needham, MA (US); Craig Carl Heffernan, Oregon City, OR (US); Liam Shea Daly, Needham, MA (US); and Grant Rudd, Braintree, MA (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/221,615.
Application 18/221,615 is a division of application No. 16/940,552, filed on Jul. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,739,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/879,666, filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); F24F 11/00 (2018.01); F24F 11/49 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/72 (2018.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24F 11/81 (2018.01); F24F 13/00 (2006.01); F24F 13/02 (2006.01); F24F 13/10 (2006.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 110/40 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/49 (2018.01) [F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/72 (2018.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24F 11/81 (2018.01); F24F 13/02 (2013.01); F24F 13/10 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2110/40 (2018.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
receiving sensor data representing an error with a component of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system implementing a control setting of the HVAC system, the control setting previously provided by a link module located at a monitored property and to the component as part of control information for the monitored property that includes the HVAC system, the component from a plurality of components that implement the HVAC system, wherein the link module communicates with the HVAC using a local network at the monitor property, and the link module automatically sends data pertaining to controlling settings of the HVAC system to a remote system away from the monitored property;
in response to receiving the sensor data representing the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system, obtaining, from the remote system, data representing: (i) the control setting provided by the link module and (ii) a response provided by the component of the HVAC system to the link module;
generating, using the sensor data and the data representing (i) the control setting provided by the link module and (ii) the response provided by the component of the HVAC system to the link module, a classification of a status of the component of the HVAC system;
generating an alert a) corresponding to the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system, and b) that comprises the classification of the status of the component of the HVAC system; and
providing the alert corresponding to the error with the component of the HVAC system implementing the control setting of the HVAC system to a device to cause the device to present information about the error.