ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,754, issued on March 11.

"HVAC control system" was invented by Kevin Mundy (Castle Hill, Australia) and Hugo Blanc (Castle Hill, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control system comprising: a smart base attached to a building; and a hub which is dockable to the smart base; wherein: the smart base comprises: a user interface for controlling a limited set of HVAC parameters; and a wireless communication module; the hub comprises: a user interface for controlling a comprehensive set of HVAC parameters; and a wireless communication module; and wherein the hub and the smart base a...