Thermostat system for remote reading, setting, and control of devices
A system and approach for remote reading, setting and control of devices such as thermostats. A phone, such as a smartphone, a gateway and a cloud may be incorporated relative to interaction with the device or devices. The gateway may have a hub that has bluetooth communication capabilities with the device. The hub may be connected to a router that in turn is connected to a cloud in a wireless or wired manner. The phone may communicate with the cloud to achieve interaction with the device. The hub may also handle WiFi communications. The gateway may instead be a phone that contains an app which lets operate as a gateway for communications with the cloud. There may be one or more devices that are a part of one or more home area networks that are connected to a gateway via bluetooth and WiFi, and in turn connected to the cloud.
1. A thermostat system comprising:
a thermostat having bluetooth capability;
a hub having a direct bluetooth connection with the thermostat without the direct bluetooth connection going through any home area network, and having WiFi capability;
a router having a WiFi connection with the hub and having a connection with a cloud for transactions on cloud computing; and
a smart phone or tablet having a WiFi connection with the cloud; and
wherein:
the smart phone or tablet configured to transmit and receive signals to and from the thermostat;
the hub provides gateways to the cloud for remote access and data warehousing;
the hub further provides gateways to one or more additional bluetooth devices;
the one or more additional bluetooth devices are connected to a first home area network, and wherein the hub provides gateways to the one or more additional bluetooth devices through the first home area network; and
one or more WiFi devices are connected to a second home area network, and wherein the hub provides gateways to the one or more WiFi devices through the second home area network.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the smart phone and the thermostat within a certain proximity of each other are capable of having peer to peer communication over bluetooth.
3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more additional hubs; and
wherein each of the one or more additional hubs has bluetooth connection to the thermostat.
4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising one or more devices having bluetooth connection to each of the one or more additional hubs.
5. The system of claim 3 , further comprising one or more devices having a WiFi connection to each of the one or more additional hubs.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the hub provides a continuous connection of the thermostat to the cloud.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
one or more additional smartphones configured to be connected to the thermostat via the cloud, the router and the hub; and
the one or more additional smart phones are registered with the thermostat via a pairing procedure.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
a registered smartphone configured to update data about the thermostat to the cloud; and
the registered smart phone configured to change parameters of the thermostat.
9. A thermostat system comprising:
a thermostat having bluetooth capability;
a hub having a direct bluetooth connection with the thermostat without the direct bluetooth connection going through any home area network, and having WiFi capability;
a router having a WiFi connection with the hub and having a connection with a cloud for transactions on cloud computing; and
a smart phone or tablet having a WiFi connection with the cloud; and
wherein:
the smart phone or tablet configured to transmit and receive signals to and from the thermostat;
one or more additional smartphones configured to be connected to the thermostat via a direct connection from a first smart phone of the one or more additional smartphones to the cloud and from the cloud to the thermostat, via a direct connection from a second smart phone of the one or more additional smartphones to the router and from the router to the thermostat, or via a direct connection from a third smart phone of the one or more additional smartphones to the hub and from the hub to the thermostat;
the hub is configured to provide gateways to one or more WiFi devices and one or more bluetooth devices; and
the one or more additional smart phones are registered with the thermostat via a pairing procedure.
10. A thermostat system comprising:
a thermostat having bluetooth capability;
a hub having a direct bluetooth connection with the thermostat without the direct bluetooth connection going through any home area network, and having WiFi capability;
a router having a WiFi connection with the hub and having a connection with a cloud for transactions on cloud computing; and
a smart phone or tablet having a WiFi connection with the cloud; and
wherein:
the smart phone or tablet configured to transmit and receive signals to and from the thermostat;
a registered smartphone configured to update data about the thermostat to the cloud;
the registered smart phone configured to change parameters of the thermostat;
the hub provides gateways to one or more additional bluetooth devices and one or more WiFi devices; and
the one or more additional bluetooth devices are connected to a first home area network, and wherein the hub provides gateways to the one or more additional bluetooth devices through the first home area network.