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USOO9342O82B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,342,082 B2 Guenette et al. (45) Date of Patent: May 17, 2016 (54) METHODS FOR ENCOURAGING (52) U.S. Cl. ENERGY-EFFICIENT BE HAVORS BASED CPC ............ G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 ONANETWORK CONNECTED (2013.01); G05D 23/1902 (2013.01); THERMOSTATCENTRIC ENERGY (Continued) EFFICIENCY PLATFORM (58) Field of Classification Search (75) Inventors: Isabel Guenette, Palo Alto, CA (US); CPC .................................................. G06Q 30/0208 Yoky Matsuoka, Palo Alto, CA (US); USPC . 705/14.11 Anthony Michael Fadell, Portola Valley, See application file for complete search history. CA (US); Matthew Lee Rogers, Los (56) References Cited Gatos, CA (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US) 3,991.357 A 11/1976 Kaminski (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 4,183,290 A 1/1980 Kucharczyk patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued) U.S.C. 154(b) by 83 days. 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Date: Jul. 5, 2012 Primary Examiner — Amanda Abrahamson (65) Prior Publication Data Assistant Examiner — Scott C Anderson (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Kilpatrick Townsend & US 2014/OO5880.6 A1 Feb. 27, 2014 Stockton LLP Related U.S. Application Data (57) ABSTRACT A home energy efficiency platform is described having as its (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 13/317,423, fundamental component a network-connected, multi-sensing filed on Oct. 17, 2011. learning thermostat that leverages a visually pleasing inter (60) Provisional application No. 61/429,093, filed on Dec. active display associated therewith to encourage energy-sav 31, 2010. ing behavior by a competitive gamesmanship modality, either in terms of self-competition in which a users energy-saving (51) Int. 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