Patent ID: 7584897

Claim:
A thermostat having a programmable schedule, wherein the programmable schedule includes one or more days or groups of days, with each of the one or more days or groups of days having two or more schedule time periods, and each of the two or more schedule time periods having one or more temperature set points, the thermostat comprising: a controller; a user interface coupled to the controller, the user interface including a display screen, a first soft key adjacent the display screen, and a second soft key adjacent the display screen; wherein the controller displays a first indication in an associated first area of the display screen adjacent the first soft key that indicates the current function of the first soft key, and displays a second indication in an associated second area of the display screen adjacent the second soft key that indicates the current function of the second soft key; and wherein, when the controller displays a schedule indication in the second area of the display screen adjacent the second soft key, actuating the second soft key initiates a schedule sequence, wherein in the schedule sequence, repeated actuation of the second soft key causes the controller to sequentially display on the display screen one or more of the temperature set points of each of two or more of the schedule time periods of the programmable schedule of the controller.