Patent ID: 7760107

Claim:
A method of programming a plurality of utilitarian devices for selective operation, said method comprising: electrically interconnecting a plurality of control points to one another and to a power source to collectively define a control point network, assigning a different identifying code to each of the control points, wherein each control point is operatively associated with at least a first utilitarian device, operatively connecting the plurality of control points to at least one control facility having a plurality of control members, designating at least a first of the control members to control a first predetermined number of control points, manipulating the plurality of control members in a predetermined sequence to establish the first predetermined number of control points, designating at least a second control member to control a second predetermined number of control points and manipulating the plurality of control members in the predetermined sequence to establish the second predetermined number of control points, and recognizing the identifying codes of the plurality of control points to prohibit inclusion of the first predetermined number of control points into the second predetermined number of control points.