Patent ID: 8219251
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: F24F,G05B,G05D,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of programming an HVAC schedule of an HVAC controller, the HVAC schedule having a number of schedule parameters including time parameters related to two or more time periods for each of at least two days of a week, and a number of temperature parameters related to one or more temperature set points for each of the two or more time periods, the method comprising: activating a guided programming routine, wherein once activated, the guided programming routine does not request user entry of the number of set points in a day and the routine sequentially providing two or more solicitations to a user via a user interface from a first solicitation to a last solicitation, the two or more solicitations directed to user activities and collectively soliciting schedule and comfort information from a user without specifically identifying the two or more time periods of the HVAC schedule within the solicitations; accepting a user response to each of the two or more solicitations via the user interface; translating the accepted user responses into at least some of the schedule parameters for two or more days the HVAC schedule, including at least one time parameter and at least one temperature parameter of the HVAC schedule; updating the HVAC schedule parameters of the HVAC controller with the translated schedule parameters.