Patent ID: 7610555
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: G06F,H03J,H04B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of using a remote control to provide relevant content to a user, comprising: displaying to the user a list having a plurality of items wherein each of the plurality of items is associated with one or more devices that can be controlled using the remote control and wherein each of the plurality of items is mapped to a respective one of a plurality of Web content addresses stored within a memory of the remote control; accepting input by which the user selects one of the plurality of items from the list; and causing the remote control to respond to the input whereupon the remote control is caused to both access at least one command code mapped within the memory of the remote control to the user selected one of the plurality of items for transmission to at least one device setup within the remote control as being associated with the user selected one of the plurality of items and use the one of the plurality of Web content addresses mapped in the memory of the remote control to the user selected one of the plurality of items to cause a retrieval, via the Internet, of Web content which retrieved Web content is displayed in a display of the remote control.