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An electronic programmable thermostat having a program set made up of a plurality of program start times and program temperature values for a daily time period which can be automatically vacated upon initiation by the thermostat user. The user may initiate a temporary reset of the program time/tempe

An electronic programmable thermostat having a program set made up of a plurality of program start times and program temperature values for a daily time period which can be automatically vacated upon initiation by the thermostat user. The user may initiate a temporary reset of the program time/temperature values whereby a microprocessor sets a new temperature value corresponding to a comfort temperature value obtained from one of the program temperature values. Preferably, the system automatically sets a temperature value equal to the highest temperature value of the program set temperatures, when in a heating mode, or the lowest temperature value when in a cooling mode. The system maintains such reset values until the beginning of one of the program start times depending upon when the reset feature was selected by the user.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A programmable thermostat for controlling temperature in accordance with program set temperature values, said programmable thermostat including a memory for receiving a program set for at least one of a heating and cooling mode, said program set defined by a plurality of time/tempe

[ We claim:] [1.] A programmable thermostat for controlling temperature in accordance with program set temperature values, said programmable thermostat including a memory for receiving a program set for at least one of a heating and cooling mode, said program set defined by a plurality of time/temperature programs, over a daily period, each program including a program start time value, and corresponding program temperature values for each of the at least one heating and cooling modes;a manually selectable input element for initiating a change to the then current program set temperature value;means responsive to selection of said input element for automatically re-setting the then-current program set temperature value to the highest program temperature value of the day when in a heating mode and the lowest program temperature value of the day when in a cooling mode.