Patent ID: 6476825
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A control device for monitoring and controlling an electronic device, comprising:a base unit including a microcontroller and a data interface coupled to the microcontroller for sending and/or receiving external information, the base unit further including a video interface for receiving video programming signals; and a hand-held remote device in communication with the base unit via a data link, the hand-held remote device further including a display component for displaying at least a portion of the external information received from the data interface, said display component also for rendering video content in said video programming signals received from the video interface, said display component also for displaying a dual partition selection list and a selection component for selecting elements from the dual partition selection list, the dual partition selection list having a first selection list and a second selection list, at least a portion of the first selection list and at least a portion of the second selection list being at least partly concurrently displayable on the display component.