Patents Assigned to RCS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
  • HVAC-based volume control
    Patent number: 11277670
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for automatically controlling the volume of a home entertainment device by an HVAC component. An HVAC component determines when it, or another HVAC, is active or not, and causes a home entertainment device to adjust its volume accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: RCS Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Acosta
  • Method and device for direct communication with thermostat that is not in communication with LAN
    Patent number: 11262094
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for remote control of a thermostat by a network-based server, when the thermostat is not connected to a local or wide-area network. A network-based server calculates a modified temperature profile for a thermostat based on a utility's time-of-use pricing and/or weather forecasts. After the server has calculated the modified temperature profile, it is provided to a mobile device via a wide-area network, and the mobile device provides the modified temperature profile directly to the thermostat when the mobile device is within range of the thermostat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: RCS Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Hoffman
  • Conveyor belt monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 11155416
    Abstract: A conveyor belt monitoring system may utilize one or more ultrasonic sensors to identify variations in the position of the conveyor belt. These variations may be minor variations in belt position, which can be identified by the belt monitoring system well before they would be readily perceptible by a user. The monitoring system may be operated in conjunction with one or more belt adjustment mechanisms which can be used to correct the path of the conveyor belt based on information gathered by the monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: RCS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Donald Greene Murphy, Jr.
  • HVAC-based volume control
    Patent number: 10798462
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for automatically controlling the volume of a home entertainment device by an HVAC component. An HVAC component determines when it, or another HVAC, is active or not, and causes a home entertainment device to adjust its volume accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: RCS Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Acosta
  • Server-based thermostat control
    Patent number: 10539336
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for remote control of a thermostat by a network-based server, when the thermostat is not connected to a local or wide-area network. A network-based server calculates a modified temperature profile for a thermostat based on a utility's time-of-use pricing and/or weather forecasts. After the server has calculated the modified temperature profile, it is provided to a mobile device via a wide-area network, and the mobile device provides the modified temperature profile directly to the thermostat when the mobile device is within range of the thermostat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: RCS Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Hoffman