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Granted Patent B2
US 12,292,206 · App. 17/951,390 · Granted May 6, 2025

Multi-dwelling temperature monitoring techniques

Inventors: Kyle Rankin Johnson (Falls Church, VA); Gustaf Nicolaus Maxwell Lonaeus (Washington, DC)
Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
F24F11/80F24F11/64F24F2110/12F24F2120/10
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Patent No.
US 12,292,206
App. No.
17/951,390
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for temperature control. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining first temperature data associated with a first climate control component of a first dwelling of a property; obtaining second temperature data associated with a second climate control component of a second dwelling of the property; determining a leak effect between the first dwelling and the second dwelling using the first temperature data and the second temperature data; determining an instruction to adjust operation of the first climate control component using the leak effect; and providing the instruction to the first climate control component.

Claims (47)

1. A method comprising:

obtaining first temperature data associated with a first climate control component of a first dwelling of a property;

obtaining second temperature data associated with a second climate control component of a second dwelling of the property;

determining a leak effect between the first dwelling and the second dwelling using the first temperature data and the second temperature data;

determining an instruction to adjust operation of the first climate control component using the leak effect; and

providing the instruction to the first climate control component.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

obtaining occupancy data indicating the first dwelling of the property is occupied or unoccupied,

wherein determining the instruction comprises determining the instruction to adjust operation of the first climate control component using the occupancy data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the leak effect comprises:

determining that a current performance of the first climate control component does not match a predicted performance of the first climate control component.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising:

determining the predicted performance of the first climate control component using historical performance data for the first climate control component.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the instruction is configured to, when received by the first climate control component, cause the first climate control component to adjust operation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the instruction is configured to, when received by the first climate control component, cause the first climate control component to increase a heating operation.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the leak effect is a heating leak effect that causes a portion of the first dwelling to heat as a result of heating by the second climate control component.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the instruction is configured to, when received by the first climate control component, cause the first climate control component to reduce a heating operation or increase a cooling operation.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the leak effect is a cooling leak effect that causes a portion of the first dwelling to cool as a result of cooling by the second climate control component.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the instruction is configured to, when received by the first climate control component, cause the first climate control component to increase a heating operation or reduce a cooling operation.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first temperature data or the second temperature data includes one or more of a status of the respective climate control component, a current ambient temperature measured in a portion of the respective dwelling, an estimated performance of the respective climate control component, a setpoint temperature of the respective dwelling, or a target temperature used by the respective climate control component for temperature monitoring and regulation.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

obtaining first temperature data associated with a first climate control component of a first dwelling of a property;

obtaining second temperature data associated with a second climate control component of a second dwelling of the property;

determining a leak effect between the first dwelling and the second dwelling using the first temperature data and the second temperature data;

determining an instruction to adjust operation of the first climate control component using the leak effect; and

providing the instruction to the first climate control component.

13. The medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations comprise:

obtaining occupancy data indicating the first dwelling of the property is occupied or unoccupied,

wherein determining the instruction comprises determining the instruction to adjust operation of the first climate control component using the occupancy data.

14. The medium of claim 12 , wherein determining the leak effect comprises:

determining that a current performance of the first climate control component does not match a predicted performance of the first climate control component.

15. The medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations comprise:

determining the predicted performance of the first climate control component using historical performance data for the first climate control component.

16. The medium of claim 12 , wherein the instruction is configured to, when received by the first climate control component, cause the first climate control component to adjust operation.

17. The medium of claim 12 , wherein the instruction is configured to, when received by the first climate control component, cause the first climate control component to increase a heating operation.

18. The medium of claim 12 , wherein the leak effect is a heating leak effect that causes a portion of the first dwelling to heat as a result of heating by the second climate control component.

19. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

machine-readable media interoperably coupled with the one or more processors and storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform operations comprising:

obtaining first temperature data associated with a first climate control component of a first dwelling of a property;

obtaining second temperature data associated with a second climate control component of a second dwelling of the property;

determining a leak effect between the first dwelling and the second dwelling using the first temperature data and the second temperature data;

determining an instruction to adjust operation of the first climate control component using the leak effect; and

providing the instruction to the first climate control component.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the operations comprise:

obtaining occupancy data indicating the first dwelling of the property is occupied or unoccupied,

wherein determining the instruction comprises determining the instruction to adjust operation of the first climate control component using the occupancy data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: JOHNSON, KYLE RANKIN; LONAEUS, GUSTAF NICOLAUS MAXWELL
To: ALARM.COM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 063703/0059 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63247878 · Sep 24, 2021
Related Publication 20230102333A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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