Patent ID: 7784704

Claim:
A thermostat method for a temperature conditioning unit, wherein the temperature conditioning unit helps control a temperature of a comfort zone, the method comprising: receiving a first manually entered setpoint temperature, which is assigned a first timestamp; controlling the temperature conditioning unit in response to the first manually entered setpoint temperature; receiving a second manually entered setpoint temperature, which is assigned a second timestamp; controlling the temperature conditioning unit in response to the second manually entered setpoint temperature; receiving a third manually entered setpoint temperature, which is assigned a third timestamp; controlling the temperature conditioning unit in response to the third manually entered setpoint temperature; identifying a learned setpoint temperature based on the first manually entered setpoint temperature, the second manually entered setpoint temperature, and third manually entered setpoint temperature; and controlling the temperature conditioning unit in response to the learned setpoint temperature; and wherein the first timestamp, the second timestamp, and the third timestamp are based on a 24-hour timer and all lie within a predetermined range of each other based on the 24-hour timer.