Patent ID: 8358383

Claim:
A process for providing output from a remote control device useable to select a desired communication channel from among multiple communication channels in a plurality of channel categories, comprising: selecting an icon, representing the desired communication channel, within a selected category of icons displayed by the remote control device, representing channels in a selected channel category, in place of an unselected icon; dynamically reconfiguring icons within the selected category of icons, based on how recently the icons were selected, as well as icon categories, so as to minimize inputs necessary to alternate from the selected icon back to the unselected icon; and outputting a signal from the remote control device that is receivable by a communication device in order to effect a change to said desired communication channel; wherein dynamically reconfiguring said icons within said selected category of icons includes changing an order of icons within the selected category of icons so that the selected icon is first in a displayed list of icons within said selected category and so that other icons within the selected category appear in the list based on how recently those other icons were selected.