Patent ID: 7194700

Claim:
In a multimedia system of networked devices, a method for generating command sequences from a remote control (RC) keystroke, the method comprising: selecting a programmed RC key; accessing a map of RC keys, multimedia sources, multimedia destinations, and multimedia commands; parsing the map by RC key, building a table of RC keys cross-referenced to commands for multimedia sources and multimedia destinations; reading the command associated with the selected RC key; performing a sequence of multimedia functions in response to the command; wherein selecting a programmed RC key includes: triggering a home audio-visual interoperability (HAVi) L2 graphical user interface (GUI) event model; engaging a HAVi event handler; and, wherein parsing the map by RC key includes using a syntax parser program written in the JAVA language to parse the map in response to input from the HAVi event handler; and, wherein performing a sequence of multimedia functions in response to the command includes generating HAVi commands structured in IEEE-1394 protocols.