Patent ID: 7224410

Claim:
A remote control device for a television receiver having a plurality of equipment inputs to which various equipment may be connected, which comprises: a transmitter; a controller with memory; a keyboard for providing input signals to the controller; a power source for the controller and the transmitter; the keyboard having: (a) a mode selector, (b) a power switch for activating and deactivating equipment based on the position of the mode selector, (c) a TV equipment input selector for selecting the equipment input to the television receiver that is activated for display of the output of the equipment connected to the selected equipment input, (d) a channel selector, (e) a user programmable switch for enabling the user to store user-selected data in a memory; (f) said user selected data including TV equipment input selector data for selecting the desired equipment input of the plurality of equipment inputs; and (g) a restore switch for enabling the controller to transmit data, corresponding to the user-selected data, to the transmitter; whereby actuation of the restore switch restores the television receiver to a state of operation responsive to the user-selected stored data based on the user setting of the user programmable switch, enabling the user to return automatically to a previously selected equipment input.