Patent ID: 7936287

Claim:
A method comprising: transmitting from a web server a hypertext document, the hypertext document including an indication of a selection criterion of a group of codesets, wherein each codeset of the group of codesets controls an electronic consumer device; receiving onto the web server from a web client a designation of the selection criterion; selecting from a database associated with the web server the group of codesets using the designation of the selection criterion, wherein the selected group of codesets controls a group of electronic consumer devices that correspond to the selection criterion; and transmitting to the web client from the web server the selected group of codesets with at least one codeset of the selected group of codesets being converted into a plurality of strings of timing information; a signal engine which is editable via use of client software to customize a manner in which timing information is used to generate operational signals, and a compiler for compiling the signal engine whereupon the compiled signal engine is usable by a microcontroller with the selected group of codesets to cause generation of operational signals to control functions of the group of electronic consumer devices that correspond to the selection criterion.