Patent ID: 7895532

Claim:
A hand-held device having instructions for displaying information to a user of the hand-held device, the instructions performing steps comprising: displaying to the user a plurality of iconic representations to which are assigned a first set of actions whereby activation of an iconic representation causes the hand-held device to perform the action assigned to the activated iconic representation and wherein activation of at least some of the iconic representations causes the hand-held device to transmit command codes for controlling the operation of one or more home appliances; accepting input which will change an action of the first set of actions which is assigned to at least one of the plurality of iconic representations; in response to the input causing a representation of the assignment of the first set of actions to the plurality of iconic representations to be stored in a memory device; and causing the representation of the assignment of first set of actions to the plurality of iconic representations to be retrieved from the memory device in response to a request to restore on the hand-held device the assignment of the first set of actions to the plurality of iconic representations.