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A multiple language user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory, a language selector and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory can store at least one user interface object and at least one control algorithm.

A multiple language user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory, a language selector and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory can store at least one user interface object and at least one control algorithm. In some embodiments, the user interface system also has a network interface for connecting to the Internet or other network. In some embodiments, the first time the user interface system is powered-up after installation, a first set of user interface objects are displayed on the display unit and the user selects a preferred language. Once a preferred language is chosen, user interface objects can be loaded into the memory and the display unit will display the user interface objects in the preferred language. In some embodiments, control algorithms are loaded into memory.

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A multiple language user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory, a language selector and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory can store at least one user interface object and at least one control algorithm.

A multiple language user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory, a language selector and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory can store at least one user interface object and at least one control algorithm. In some embodiments, the user interface system also has a network interface for connecting to the Internet or other network. In some embodiments, the first time the user interface system is powered-up after installation, a first set of user interface objects are displayed on the display unit and the user selects a preferred language. Once a preferred language is chosen, user interface objects can be loaded into the memory and the display unit will display the user interface objects in the preferred language. In some embodiments, control algorithms are loaded into memory. ction of an operation to be applied to the selected data from the user through the user interface; and if an implementation of the selected operation is specified by the specifier object, invoking the implementation. 16. The method of claim 15, where the user interface sends a query to a specifier object to determine whether an implementation of the selected operation is specified by the specifier object. 17. The method of claim 1, where the specifier object is defined in a separate software component from the user interface. 18. A method of binding operations to data, comprising: receiving a selection of data from a user through a user interface of a computer program running on a computer; recognizing a single type of the selected data; creating a type-specific specifier object based on the recognized single type of the selected data; binding the selected data to the type-specific specifier object; and binding a type-dependent implementation of an operation to the type-specific specifier object according to the recognized single type of the selected data, the type-dependent implementation being operable only on data of the recognized single type. 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising: receiving a selection of an operation to be applied to the selected data from the user through the user interface; and if an implementation of the selected operation is bound to the specifier object, invoking the implementation. 20. The method of claim 18, further comprising: invoking the operation through the user interface, where the user interface sends a type-independent request to the specifier object to invoke the operation; and invoking the type-dependent implementation through the specifier object, where the specifier object invokes the type-dependent implementation in response to the type-independent request from the user interface. 21. A computer program stored on a computer-readable medium, for binding operations to data, including instructions operable to cause a computer to: receive a selection of data having a type from a user through a user interface; recognize the type of the selected data; and create a specifier object according to the type, where the specifier object specifies an implementation of an operation that can be performed on data of the type. 22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the operation can be selected by the user through the user interface. 23. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the specifier object includes a reference to the selected data, whereby the selected data can be accessed through the specifier object. 24. The computer program product of claim 21, further comprising instructions operable to cause a computer to access the implementation by sending a type-independent request for the operation from the user interface to the specifier object. 25. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the user interface accesses the selected data and applies operations to the selected data by sending type-independent requests to the specifier object. 26. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the specifier object specifies a suite of implementations, where the suite of implementations corresponds to a suite of operations. 27. The computer program product of claim 26, wherein the suite of implementations includes implementations of operations related to color. 28. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the operations related to color include operations for setting a color and getting a color. 29. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the specifier object includes: a specifier interface for accessing the specifier object; a selector interface for accessing the selected data; and at least one suite interface for accessing a corresponding suite of implementations, where each suite of implementations corresponds to a suite of operations. 30. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the specifier