Patent ID: 8239922

Claim:
A web enabled building control appliance, comprising: a controller; a first port coupled to the controller, the first port configured to communicate over a first network; a web server implemented by the controller and coupled to the first port for serving up one or more web-pages on the first network via the first port; a second port coupled to the controller, the second port configured to be coupled to one or more thermostats via a second network, wherein each of the one or more thermostats are configured to communicate with the controller over the second network; the web server is configured to provide one or more web-pages via the first port that allow a user to log into the web enabled building control appliance; and once the user is logged into the web enabled building control appliance, the web server is configured to provide one or more web-pages via the first port that solicit and receive user rights privileges for each of at least two users, wherein once the user rights privileges are set, the user rights privileges are used by the web enabled building control appliance to control what information can be changed via the web server and/or what information can be displayed via the web server for each of the at least two users when each of the at least two users are logged into the web enabled building control appliance.