Patent ID: 7170422
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G08C,H04B

Abstract:
1. A personal programmable universal remote control apparatus comprising: an input module receptive of command sets operable to control devices; an interface module receptive of manual input from a user; an organization module operable to organize the command sets into groups based on the manual input, wherein the command sets are device specific, and wherein the groups are location specific, thereby integrating command sets of remotely controllable devices at a particular location into a single, user-defined device system; a datastore storing the command sets of multiple devices; and a user-defined device definition module allowing a user to instantiate a user-defined device data object and store therein selected commands from the command sets of multiple devices in a user-defined user interface configuration, wherein said interface module allows the user to select commands of the command sets in order to define the user-defined device, and control the multiple devices by interacting with the user-defined interface of the user-defined object in order to send commands to the devices via a wireless output of the apparatus, and wherein said user-defined device definition module allows the user to associate a source guide and a program guide with the user defined-device data object, wherein the source guide provides channel-station correspondence for the particular location and the program guide provides program-station correspondence for the particular location.