Patent ID: 8063749

Claim:
A remote control device comprising: a radiofrequency (RF) transmitter; a RF receiver; an optical transmitter; a memory unit; a processor in data communication with the memory unit, the RF transmitter, the RF receiver, and the optical transmitter; and an operator interface including at least one button, the operator interface in data communication with the processor, wherein the memory unit comprises stored programming instructions operable by the processor, the programming instructions comprising: a first component configured to cause the RF transmitter to send at least one previously stored code to a computer in response to the activation of the at least one button; a second component configured to receive an input instruction at the RF receiver, the input instruction being sent from the computer in response to the transmitted at least one code; a third component configured to receive the input instruction and cause the optical transmitter to emit at least one signal to a device, the at least one signal being based upon the input instruction received by the RF receiver; and a fourth component configured to cause the RF transmitter to send a zip code or other geographic indicator to the computer, and a fifth component to receive from the computer, responsive to the sending of the geographic indicator, a plurality of optical codes to be used by the remote control device to associate the operator interface with the plurality of optical codes, wherein the optical codes are associated with the geographic indicator.