Patent ID: 6879351
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting information from a first device to a second device, comprising: receiving a first user input at the first device, the first user input indicating a first one of a plurality of second devices; receiving, subsequent to the first user input, a second user input at the first device, the second user input indicating that a programmed association mode has been selected; receiving, subsequent to the second user input at the first device, a third user input at the first device, the third user input belonging to a first one of a plurality of user input classes; associating the first one of the plurality of user input classes with the first one of the plurality of second devices; receiving, subsequent to the third user input at the first device, a fourth user input at the first device, the fourth user input belonging to the first class; identifying one of a plurality of sets of information which is associated with the first class; looking up at least one datum in the identified set of information; and transmitting the datum; wherein the third and fourth user inputs are different from each other.