Thermostat capable of displaying received information

A thermostat for controlling a climate control system, comprising:

• a network interface for establishing an internet connection with a website of a remote service provider;
• a microprocessor for controlling the operation of a climate control system, the microprocessor being in communication with the network interface for periodically establishing an internet connection via the network interface and receiving user-specified information from a website of a remote service provider that maintains a user-profile in which the user can tailor or select the information that the user would like to have sent to the user's thermostat from the remote service provider in the form of a text message, which information comprises weather information including the day's forecasted temperature;
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• a display device in communication with the microprocessor, the display device having at least one heading indicative of a weather forecast, and a plurality of characters each of which comprise segments that allow for displaying a variety of alpha-numeric characters, such that the display device is configured to display at least the first 20 characters of the text message;
• wherein the microprocessor is configured to communicate an initial portion of the received text message including the day's forecasted temperature to the display device to cause the display of the day's forecasted temperature in alignment with the at least one heading on the display device, the microprocessor being further configured to iteratively communicate portions of the text message to the display device to provide for displaying the text message in its entirety in a scrolling marquee fashion via the plurality of characters comprising segments.

A thermostat for controlling a climate control system, comprising:

• a microprocessor that is configured to control operation of the thermostat, and configured to receive a text message;
• a display device in communication with the microprocessor, the display device including:
• a first portion of the display device having a plurality of segmented characters that are configured to display alpha-numeric symbols such that the plurality of segmented characters are configured to display portions of a text message on the display;
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• a second portion of the display device having segmented characters thereon configured to display symbols for displaying a header or other information;
• wherein the microprocessor is configured to communicate to the display device information for display on the second portion of the display device having the segmented characters, and is further configured to iteratively communicate portions of the text message to the display device to provide a scrolling marquee, using the plurality of segmented characters, for displaying the text message in its entirety.