HVAC CONTROLLER WITH TIME OF USE SCHEDULER

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APP PUB NO 20130178985A1
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13346991

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A controller for operating HVAC equipment on a premise. The controller has a processor and memory, and is adapted to regulate operation of the HVAC equipment based upon a scheduling program stored in memory. The scheduling program includes usage periods and a set point associated with each usage period. The controller is adapted to receive time of use pricing; the controller is further adapted to present a graphical representation of the scheduling program period on a display, the graphical representation providing a scheduling grid and each usage period being shown as an area on the scheduling grid; the controller is operable to display a time of use pricing overlay over the graphical representation of the scheduling program; and the controller creates at least one new usage period based upon where the time of use pricing overlay bisects the at least one usage period being presented on the display.

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ECOBEE INC25 DOCKSIDE DRIVE SUITE 700 TORONTO M5A 0B5

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fahmy, Hesham Ezzat Mississauga, CA 4 103
LOMBARD, Stuart Toronto, CA 12 378
Machiondo, Mark Mississauga, CA 5 228
Sobec, Erland Woodbridge, CA 1 23

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