Patent ID: 7334067

Claim:
A programmable, wall-mountable controller, for controlling a target operable to receive content from a selected one of at least one source coupled to the target, said controller having a surface, control keys, and a control output, wherein the controller can be programmed to assert at the control output, in response to actuations of the control keys, target control signals for controlling the target, but wherein the controller includes no source input configured to be coupled to any said source, said controller including: a first key set in a first region of the surface; a second key set in a second region of the surface, where the second region is distinct from the first region and each of the first key set and the second key set includes at least one of the control keys; and programmable circuitry including switches, wherein the switches include at least one switch that is actuatable in response to actuation of at least one key of the first key set and at least one other switch that is actuatable in response to actuation of at least one key of the second key set, the circuitry is programmed to perform at least one control operation of a first type in response to actuation of a key of the first key set and to perform at least one control operation of a second type in response to actuation of a key of the second key set, the circuitry is not programmed to perform a control operation of the second type in response to actuation of any key of the first key set, and the circuitry is not programmed to perform a control operation of the first type in response to actuation of any key of the second key set.