Patent ID: 8054854

Claim:
A remote control unit comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a plurality of interfaces from networked devices, said plurality of interfaces being stored in a memory module to become stored interfaces; a display device connected to said system bus, said display device displaying user interface screens, wherein said one of the stored interfaces is used to generate one of the user interface screens, a processor configured to generate a command, one of the stored interfaces extracted from said memory module being used to generate said command, wherein said command instructs an electrical device to perform or control a function, said electrical device being one of the networked devices, wherein a network interconnects with each of said networked devices, said networked devices being end devices connected to the network, and wherein said command is initiated from the remote control unit responsive to selection based upon said one of the user interface screens and is sent through a different one of the networked devices to said electrical device.