Patent ID: 7142932

Claim:
A control system to set a variable physical property of a structure to an operational setting between a maximum setting and a minimum setting, the system comprising: a control device including first, second, third, and fourth buttons and at least one preset button; and a receiving arrangement communicatively coupled to the control device and to the structure, the receiving arrangement including a memory to store at least one preset setting of the variable physical property, each of the buttons of the control device being exclusively operable to cause a transmission of a respectively assigned signal from the control device to the receiving arrangement when pressed, the receiving arrangement being operable to: a) set the operational setting of the variable physical property to the maximum setting exclusively when the control device transmits a first signal assigned to the first button, b) set the operational setting of the variable physical property to the minimum setting exclusively when the control device transmits a second signal assigned to the second button, c) increase the operational setting of the variable physical property toward the maximum setting exclusively when the control device transmits a third signal assigned to the third button, d) decrease the operational setting of the variable physical property toward the minimum setting exclusively when the control device transmits a fourth signal assigned to the fourth button, e) set the operational setting of the variable physical property to the preset setting stored in the memory exclusively if the preset button is depressed for a first time duration, and f) store the operational setting of the variable physical property in the memory exclusively if the preset button is depressed for a second time duration.