Patent ID: 8525938

Claim:
A method for configuring a controlling device having a plurality of keys, the method comprising: receiving into the controlling device via an actuation of one or more of the plurality of keys a configuration input where the configuration input is used to configure the controlling device to assign commands to one or more function keys of the plurality of function keys such that, upon a subsequent activation of the one or more function keys of the plurality of keys, the controlling device will be caused to transmit one or more of the commands assigned thereto to command functional operations of at least one intended target controllable appliance; transmitting from the controlling device to a receiving device a representation of the configuration input that was received via actuation of the one or more of the plurality of keys for the purpose of initially configuring the controlling device; and using at the receiving device the transmitted representation of the configuration input to cause an echoing on a display device associated with the receiving device of the one or more of the plurality of keys actuated to provide the configuration input.