Design Challenge: Simple Remote Thermostat
(Assume) Research shows that 90% of consumers just need these functions for remotely accessing their home thermostat:
States
- Indication of Off / Cool / Heat
- Current temperature (units set elsewhere)
- Current thermostat setting
Actions
- Change Off / Cool / Heat state
- Temporarily set thermostat, starting in a set number of hours/minutes and reverting to normal program after a number of hours/minutes
- Reset temporary setting
Research indicates that most of the time, users just want the temporary setting to start immediately and last an indefinite amount of time.