Patent ID: 8543243

Claim:
A HVAC graphical interface dashboard, comprising: a display a weather tab, wherein invoking the weather tab advances to a weather screen; an indoor humidity tab, wherein invoking the indoor humidity tab advances to a humidity screen which displays at least a current indoor humidity; an alerts tab, wherein invoking the alerts tab advances to an alerts screen; a help tab, wherein invoking the help tab advances to a help screen that provides context sensitive help that presents at least one dialog box related to a function of a current screen; an indoor settings tab, wherein invoking the indoor settings tab advances to an indoor settings screen which includes a current indoor temperature; a programs tab, wherein invoking the programs tab advances to a programs screen which can program at least one of: a) a time; b) temperature setpoints; c) heating/cooling setpoints; and a home tab, wherein invoking the home tab advances to a home screen which provides a summary of indoor conditions, wherein the home screen includes an icon for an installer screen and provides access thereto by pressing and holding at least a portion of the installer screen icon for a given time period and then dragging the at least portion across the interface, and wherein said dashboard includes at least one downloadable screen saver.