Patent ID: 7907222
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G08C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a controlling device having a plurality of function keys, comprising: receiving input into the controlling device which functions to place the controlling device into a setup mode whereupon one or more keys of the plurality of function keys are activatable to enter a single code used to cause the controlling device to both: 1) automatically assign commands stored within the controlling device and associated with a first device type mapped within the controlling device to the single code entered to a first predetermined group of the plurality of function keys and; 2) automatically assign commands stored within the controlling device and associated with a second device type mapped within the controlling device to the single code entered to a second predetermined group of the plurality of function keys, wherein the first device type is different than the second device type and the first predetermined group of the plurality of function keys is different than the second predetermined group of the plurality of function keys.