Patent ID: 7872590

Claim:
A remote control system generating control signals for reception by at least one responsive device, said system comprising: an actuator for initiating the generation of remote control command signals; logic means responsive to said actuator and adapted to determine if an alternate remote control functionality is associated with said actuator; a fixed interval timer initiated by said logic means determination that an alternate remote control functionality is associated with said actuator; a trigger event sensor adapted to detect if a preset actuator condition has been fulfilled by the termination of said fixed interval wherein said preset actuator condition is a completion of more than one cycling of said actuator prior to the termination of said fixed interval; control signal generation means adapted to generate a primary remote control signal in response to a determination by said logic means that an alternate remote control functionality is not associated with said actuator or a determination by said trigger event sensor that said preset actuator condition has not been fulfilled by the termination of said fixed interval, and further adapted to generate an alternate remote control signal in response to said actuator and a determination by said trigger event sensor that said preset actuator condition has been fulfilled by the termination of said fixed interval.