Controller interface with multiple day programming
DCFirst Claim
1. A computer readable medium having stored thereon in non-transitory state a program code for a mobile computing device for use in remotely programming a programmable schedule of a thermal comfort controller, the program code causing the mobile computing device to execute a method comprising:
- displaying on a user interface of the mobile computing device one or more screens that allow a user to select two or more days of a programmable schedule and a message that indicates multiple days can be selected by the user;
allowing a user to change a set-point of the programmable schedule via the user interface of the mobile computing device, the changed set-point being applied to each of the selected two or more days; and
outputting one or more signals that reflect the selected two or more days and the changed set point.
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Abstract
A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed. The user interface may include one or more menus or screens that can be used to program a schedule for one or more selected days during the week. An illustrative method of programming the controller may include the steps of entering a scheduling routine, selecting multiple days for schedule modification, changing the schedule parameters for one or more periods during the selected days, and then exiting the scheduling routine.
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1. A computer readable medium having stored thereon in non-transitory state a program code for a mobile computing device for use in remotely programming a programmable schedule of a thermal comfort controller, the program code causing the mobile computing device to execute a method comprising:
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displaying on a user interface of the mobile computing device one or more screens that allow a user to select two or more days of a programmable schedule and a message that indicates multiple days can be selected by the user; allowing a user to change a set-point of the programmable schedule via the user interface of the mobile computing device, the changed set-point being applied to each of the selected two or more days; and outputting one or more signals that reflect the selected two or more days and the changed set point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A mobile computing device for use in remotely programming a programmable schedule of a thermal comfort controller, wherein the programmable schedule includes two or more days and at least one set-point for each of the two or more days, the mobile computing device comprising:
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a user interface including a display; a controller coupled to the user interface, the controller programmed to provide a screen on the display of the user interface of the mobile computing device that allows a user to select two or more days of the programmable schedule and that displays a message indicating that multiple days can be selected by a user; the controller further allowing a user to change a set-point via the user interface of the mobile computing device, the changed set-point being applied to each of the selected two or more days of the programmable schedule; and the controller outputting from the mobile computing device one or more signals that reflect the selected two or more days and the changed set point. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for remotely programming a programmable schedule of a thermal comfort controller, wherein the programmable schedule includes two or more days and at least one set-point for each of the two or more days, the method comprising:
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selecting two or more non-consecutive days of the programmable schedule via a user interface of a mobile computing device, wherein each of the two or more non-consecutive days of the programmable schedule are independently selectable via the user interface of the mobile computing device; changing a set-point of the programmable schedule via the user interface of the mobile computing device, the changed set-point being applied to each of the selected two or more days of the programmable schedule but not to the un-selected days of the programmable schedule; and outputting from the mobile computing device one or more signals that reflect the selected two or more days and the changed set point.
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20. A computer readable medium having stored thereon on in non-transitory state a program code for a mobile computing device for use in remotely programming a programmable schedule of a thermal comfort controller, the program code causing the mobile computing device to execute a method comprising:
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displaying on a user interface of the mobile computing device one or more screens that allow a user to select two or more days of a programmable schedule, wherein each of the two or more days of the programmable schedule are independently selectable via the user interface; allowing a user to change a set-point of the programmable schedule via the user interface of the mobile computing device, the changed set-point being applied to each of the selected two or more days; displaying a temperature control on the user interface of the mobile computing device for changing a set-point temperature of the set-point via the user interface of the mobile computing device, the temperature control being displayed on a same screen that allows the user to select two or more days of the programmable schedule; and outputting one or more signals that reflect the selected two or more days and the changed set point.
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21. A computer readable medium having stored thereon on in non-transitory state a program code for a mobile computing device for use in remotely programming a programmable schedule of a thermal comfort controller, the program code causing the mobile computing device to execute a method comprising:
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displaying on a user interface of the mobile computing device one or more screens that allow a user to select two or more days of a programmable schedule, wherein each of the two or more days of the programmable schedule are independently selectable via the user interface; allowing a user to change a set-point of the programmable schedule via the user interface of the mobile computing device, the changed set-point being applied to each of the selected two or more days; displaying a temperature control on the user interface of the mobile computing device for changing a set-point temperature of the set-point via the user interface of the mobile computing device; displaying a time control on the user interface for changing a set-point time of the set-point, wherein both the time control and the temperature control are displayed on a same screen that allows the user to select two or more days of the programmable schedule; and outputting one or more signals that reflect the selected two or more days and the changed set point.
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