Patent ID: 9733804
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,G08C,G10L,H03J,H04B,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A non-transient, electronically readable media having embedded instructions executable by a processing device of a hand held device having access to a plurality of lists of media favorites, wherein each of the plurality of lists of media favorites comprises a plurality of user selectable icons displayable in a touch screen display of the hand held device, wherein each of the plurality of displayable lists of media favorites corresponds to a one of a plurality of appliance control modes of the hand held device, and wherein each of the plurality of appliance control modes configures the controlling device for use in controlling a different one or more home appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of appliance control modes, the instructions performing steps comprising: accepting input into the hand held device that specifies to the hand held device that the hand held device is to be placed into a one of the plurality of appliance control modes of the hand held device to thereby allow the hand held device to be used to control at least one of a plurality of home appliances that has been associated with the one of the plurality of appliance control modes of the hand held device; and causing a one of a plurality of displayable lists of media favorites that corresponds to the specified one of a plurality of appliance control modes of the hand held device to be displayed in the touch screen display of the hand held device whereby, in response to the user touching the touch screen display to select a one of the plurality of user selectable icons of the displayed one of the plurality of displayable lists of media favorites, the hand held device is caused to transmit one or more command codes to the at least one of the plurality of home appliances that has been associated with the specified one of the plurality of appliance control modes of the hand held device for the purpose of causing the at least one of the plurality of home appliances to initiate a rendering of a media favorite represented on the selected one of the plurality of user selectable icons of the displayed one of the plurality of displayable lists of media favorites.