ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,249, issued on June 30, was assigned to WATTS REGULATOR Co. (North Andover, Mass.).

"Systems and controllers for controlling heating unit temperature with a simulated outdoor temperature, and methods using the same" was invented by Jay Vath (Coldstream, Canada) and Michael Breault (Ontario, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling a heating Technologies for controlling a heating unit are disclosed. In embodiments, the systems and methods determine a heating unit target temperature based at least in part on a duty cycle of at least one thermostat. The systems and methods may then determine a simulated ...