Patent ID: 8421931

Claim:
A control unit for wirelessly controlling an electronic device, wherein the electronic device has at least one user profile associated therewith, the control unit comprising: a processor; a profile selector, the processor configured to detect actuation of the profile selector, wherein detecting actuation comprises detecting at least a predetermined number of button actuations of a single profile selection button; a transmitter, the processor further configured to cause the transmitter to transmit, to the second device, a user change signal upon detecting actuation of the profile selector; and an indicator configured to change an appearance of the control unit by presenting profile indication indicia on the remote control unit, wherein the indicator further comprises a light source capable of emitting a light in one of a plurality of colors, and a light pipe disposed along the control unit through which the light passes; the processor further configured, upon detecting actuation of the profile selector, to cause the indicator to change an indicia state of the indicator from a first indicia state to a second indicia state by changing the light source from emitting a first color to emitting a second color; wherein the first indicia state is a present indicia state and the second indicia state is a default indicia state.