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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Vijaykumar Subramonie Monie, Edina, MN (US);
Richard Daniel Hamann, Bloomington, MN (US);
Stephen Duane Cook, St. Paul, MN (US);
Premraj K. Mannikkath, Bangalore, IN;
Rajesh K. Vasudevan, Cochin, IN;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A computerized system is provided that shows a visual representation of thermostat programming information and provides context-sensitive help. The system automatically detects communicating thermostats on a network upon starting, and gives a visual representation of the stages of thermostat programming. The system further provides a visual representation of programming details of a user-selected stage while providing the representation of all stages, and allows selection of stages for display or modification of programming details in any order. The system also provides context-sensitive help for each of the stages and for each of the programming details of each stage when selected, in the form of instruction text and pop-up clarifying text.